On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
I'm not sure if video device options such as AccelMethod can be set via FDI... I think they may still belong in xorg.conf, just not input devices. I have nothing but the video device options in my xorg.conf :) Also as someone suggested in a similar thread recently, maybe give driconf a try as well.
