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fast_rizwaan

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Registered: 2010-04-01

Posts: 65

[SOLVED] mplayer + nouveau + {xv, gl, gl2} hangs KDE 4.7beta2 and X

i'm using testing, kde-unstable, i686, nouveau-git from testing

0. smplayer or gnome player works fine with gl and gl2 (but hangs whole desktop with xv),
1. so I set the "gl2" into smplayer vo settings. which works fine
2. but vo=gl or vo=xv in ~/.mplayer/config, for MPlayer, hangs X11 or KDE 4.7beta2; when launched with mplayer <video file> from konsole.

Is this a bug with nouveau or mplayer?

UPDATE:

3. kwin compositing is causing the bug, when mplayer is using xv/gl/gl2 vo; alt+tab, application switching like cover-switch, etc., use opengl effects, might be causing those.

How to reproduce:

0. install nouveau git from testing
1. enable kwin compositing in kde 4.7beta2
2. enable 'cover switch' in desktop-effects in system-settings
3. open konsole, play a video file using mplayer
4. switch to full screen by pressing 'F' key
5. press alt+tab a few times to switch to other application
6. bam, artifacts and after sometime a few seconds, whole desktop hangs.

when I disabled kwin compositing, then mplayer played as expected.

Last edited by fast_rizwaan (2011-07-12 06:35:39)

mutlu_inek

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From: all over the place

Registered: 2006-11-18

Posts: 683

Re: [SOLVED] mplayer + nouveau + {xv, gl, gl2} hangs KDE 4.7beta2 and X

A bug report to https://bugs.kde.org/ would probably be the right thing to do.

adaptee

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From: China

Registered: 2010-02-02

Posts: 36

Re: [SOLVED] mplayer + nouveau + {xv, gl, gl2} hangs KDE 4.7beta2 and X

Try turning off the  option `Suspend desktop effects for fullscreen windows` in the advanced tab of desktop effects.

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fast_rizwaan

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Registered: 2010-04-01

Posts: 65

Re: [SOLVED] mplayer + nouveau + {xv, gl, gl2} hangs KDE 4.7beta2 and X

Try turning off the  option `Suspend desktop effects for fullscreen windows` in the advanced tab of desktop effects.

Wow, thanks Adaptee. Disabling "[ ] Suspend Desktop effects for fullscreen windows" - did fix the problem!!! Thank you