https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88574
Bug ID: 88574 Summary: VA-API on RV610 crashes my system Product: Mesa Version: unspecified Hardware: Other OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: medium Component: Drivers/Gallium/r600 Assignee: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Reporter: user142@hotmail.com
when I start VLC like this: export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=gallium vlc and then inside VLC select VA-API as hardware acceleration and then open a video, my screen goes black after a few seconds and my system becomes unresponsive and I have to force poweroff by long pressing the power button.
I am using Arch Linux with the 3.18.2 Kernel and Mesa 10.4.2 My graphics card: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV610/M74 [Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT]