Re: video problem on powerbook g4 in squeeze

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 18:37 +0200, drz wrote: 
> Am Montag 12 Juli 2010 17:56:33 schrieb Michel Dänzer:
> > On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 17:27 +0200, drz wrote:
> > > Ive got a problem with videos in debian powerpc (squeeze uptodate) on a
> > > powerbook g4
> > >
> > > video card is:
> > >  VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon
> > > 9600 M10]
> > >
> > > symptoms:
> > > If I watch video (no matter which player I use (mplayer and vlc)) I get a
> > > picture that is vertically 'distorted'. Kind of every 5 pixels
> > > (horizontically) the picture is moved 5 pixels (vertically)
> > 
> > Sounds like it could be http://bugs.debian.org/587999 . Make sure the
> > DRI is enabled (not only for this but also better performance in
> > general).
> > 
> 
> DRI is enabled. or isnt it...? Are DRI and the glxinfo output about direct 
> rendering two pair of shoes?
> 
> -- # glxinfo
> name of display: :0.0
> display: :0  screen: 0
> direct rendering: Yes

That's not sufficient anymore. Use something like

glxinfo|grep render

and check that the renderer string isn't the software rasterizer. Or
just

grep rendering /var/log/Xorg.0.log


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