https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=411183
User tsipple@yahoo.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=411183#c104
--- Comment #104 from Timothy Sipples 2008-08-30 18:39:10 MDT ---
OK, how about letting Compiz's RPM flip TexturedVideo off if there's an intel
driver section in xorg.conf (and back on as part of its RPM removal)? That'd be
one way. I think it'd still be the wrong way to go, but at least it'd be better
than the current situation.
But I think we're making this too complicated here. Let's examine the choice
set once again resulting from the default settings....
Case 1 (current situation): Compiz works, video playback completely broken (in
xine-based players, for example). I think most end users (including me) would
find this grossly unacceptable. Their computers cannot do what a simple
television can in this state.
Case 2 (proposed): Compiz works but slower (and it's an optional feature
anyway, both for installation and then for activation, and doesn't work on all
hardware anyway), and video playback works. Maybe document this in the release
notes, similar to what was done in OpenSUSE 10.3 with Intel ipw/iwl wireless.
What you're suggesting is that the performance of an eye candy feature (but
apparently not the function of it) takes precedence over the actual functioning
of a very basic capability, playing back any motion video, right? I think
that's...strange. And most Compiz users aren't going to be happy watching blue
boxes instead of videos either, so it isn't just about Compiz.
In terms of finding and squashing this particular TexturedVideo bug, that would
actually be a priority for someone in the eye candy (Compiz) performance
department, wouldn't it, and not the video playback department? Video playback
has been around years longer than Compiz, and it's no surprise why: it has far
higher end user value than the eye candy.
I'm just totally missing your reasoning here as to why the current default set
is preferable, given the current driver state. What's going on?
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