Bug#365441: xserver-xorg-video-savage: XVideo extension using too much CPU

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

found 365441 1:2.1.2-3
thank you



John Gruenenfelder wrote:
> It never really went away.  That is, even with the latest (as of about one
> month ago) version in unstable it was still present.
>   

Ok, marking the bug as found in 1:2.1.2-3 then.

> I was unable to get any help or pointers on the xorg mailing list so I
> eventually gave up and bought a cheap Nvidia card.  This machine is my MythTV
> box and Myth has a couple of extra features on Nvidia cards (such as sync on
> v-blank for TV-out).
>
> The savage driver, at least on this particular chipset, also had a few other
> issues including some corruption/artifacts with Xvideo playback and
> instability with GL, so the upgrade was worth it.
>   

Does this mean that you won't be able to debug anymore if a new release
comes out? In this case, there's no real point to keep this bug open,
unless somebody else complains...

Thanks,
Brice