Bug#451791: xserver-xorg-video-intel: XAA on GM965 - no video player working

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

Kai Weber wrote:
>> xserver-xorg-video-intel (2:2.3.2-2+lenny3) unstable; urgency=low
>>
>>  [ Brice Goglin ]
>>  * Add 02_xaa_by_default_on_i965.diff to switch back to XAA on
>>    i965 by default to avoid many rendering problems, closes: #451791.
>>     
>
> With this patch, all my video players (totem, vlc, mplayer, xine) stopped working with error messages like that:
>
> The error was 'BadAlloc' (insufficient resources for operation)
>   

Yeah, we are aware of the problem, XAA and XV are not always friends. We
are thinking of replacing the above "force XAA" patch into "Force
EXANoComposite" on i965.

> BTW, I never had problems with font rendering.
>   

Let's say you're lucky :) We don't know what's causing this font
rendering problem, but many people were affected on various i965 board
models.

Brice