[Bug 573728] [NEW] Video playback fails due to missing xv support

[StefanF]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-image

The problem occured first after I upgraded from Kubuntu 9.10 to 10.04.

I cannot play back Video anymore properly on my ATI Radeon Mobility M6.
The XV driver is not available anymore..I found out that the problem is
caused by KMS, which is now enabled by default. The graphic driver or
chip does not support XV when KMS is enabled.

Adding the boot parameter "nomodeset" to /etc/default/grub fixed the
problem.

Maybe the kernel should care the limitations of these affected old
chipsets.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun May  2 16:47:52 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 firefox-gnome-support N/A
 firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

** Affects: linux-ports-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid

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Video playback fails due to missing xv support
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