Bug#509729: xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd: XVideo operation cause X server segfault, regardless of DRI status

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

Julien BLACHE wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd
> Version: 1.2.3-1
> Severity: normal
>
> It looks like any XVideo operation (even a simple "does it work?") causes the
> X server to segfault right away, regardless of whether DRI is enabled or not.
>
> There are also video artefacts; resizing a window leaves me with a 1 pixel
> border of something around the window.
>   

I will try to package radeonhd 1.2.4 in the next days. 1.2.3 is a bit
old. If you have time to build 1.2.4 or upstream git in the meantime, it
would be nice.

> I've switched to radeon for the time being, without any issue so far. It looks
> like it's 50% faster for 3D stuff compared to radeonhd, too.
>   


Good to know, I prefer radeon :)

Merry Christmas,
Brice