On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: >> This started as part of Michael's thread about Myth crashing. >> mythfrontend is segfaulting for me also, but my problem has spread to >> pretty much any application that tries to display video - mplayer, >> xine and Myth all crash with similar errors. Only xine doesn't crash X >> completely and leaves behind anything in terms of clues. > > It looks like maybe a problem with xv overlays. You can try using a > different output driver than xv. Also, try adding AccelMethod to your > device section in xorg.conf if you don't have it: > > Option "AccelMethod" "XAA" > > If that doesn't help, maybe try EXA instead of XAA. > > Also, if you're using anything like compiz of KDE4 desktop effects, > try turning it off.
Right now I don't have an xorg.conf file as the new xorg upgrade guide encourages you to dump it. I'm not overly comfortable with that and will likely try creating a new xorg or using my old one later. I'll try your idea as soon as I get to that. Thanks, Mark
