[Intel-gfx] Problems with Intel HD Graphics 3000 in Squeeze-based distro

[Daniel Vetter]

On Sat, Feb 04, 2012 at 08:03:20PM +0400, Vitaliy Dovgan wrote:
> I have some problems with Intel HD Graphics 3000 video subsystem. I have
> found that video fails to display (while video's audio track goes on ok)
> in all the players I have (Totem, Xine, VLC and (S)Mplayer), leaving
> video area black during playback. However, Avidemux plays it back with
> no problems, and (S)Mplayer works too when using the x11 video output.
> Compiz don't work as well. I tried to uninstall the
> "xserver-xorg-video-intel" package, and it seemes like it solves the
> issue with video playback, but adds another one - losing in the
> dual-head functionality, leaving single screen for all the video heads. 
> 
> How can I solve this issue?
> 
> Some details:
> 
> Computer: Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E520
> CPU: Intel Core i3-2330M
> Distro: AV Linux 5.0.2 (a custom shop modded and rodded 32bit multimedia system based on Debian Squeeze)
> Kernel: 3.0.16-avl-7-pae (custom-made for AV Linux)
> Packages:
>         xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.0-6

This here is officially outdated (massively so) and it wouldn't be
surprised that you'll experience tons of gpu hangs. Please upgrade to
something modern. We generally fix so many bugs, especially for newer hw
that anything than the latest released versions of libdrm, kernel, ddx and
mesa is not advised.

Cheers, Daniel
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