FGLRX 8.42.3: XVideo causes crashes

[IL CARTOLAiO]

Hi, all
with the new driver 8.42.3, i have a big (very big) problem. Xvideo playback causes chrashes of Xorg
Ex.
If i try to play a video with mplayer or Vlc in XVideo mode, Xorg, crash, the screen become black and there is no way to restore the system: i have to restart it from reset button (tried Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and Ctrl+Alt+F1 with no succes)
In OpenGL mode, everything works fine

Some software such as Avidemux, support only Xvideo for playback, so i can't work

I think that it is a wrong configuration of Xorg but i can't find any solution

I tried

VideoOverlay on
OpenglOverlay off

and

VideoOverlay off
OpenglOverlay off

Nothing works

Here is the device section of my xorg.conf

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
        Driver      "fglrx"
        Option      "VideoOverlay" "on"
        Option      "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
        Option      "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
        Option      "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
        Option      "mtrr" "off"
        Option      "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
        Option      "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
        Option      "UseFastTLS" "0"
EndSection

[chabo]

Option "TexturedVideo" "on"

[IL CARTOLAiO]

It works
I'm sorry for this too simple question
Many thanks

[sark666]

I was trying to help a friend with an ati x1250. He doesn't have xv support. I set up flgrx but haven't tried the latest yet, using the one that comes with ubuntu 7.10

I don't get a crash like you do but just get an error that xv isn't available in mplayer. Totem and vlc play videos but are really choppy and it's obivous xv isn't being used.

Do you know if your solution would work with a x1250? I was going to upgrade to latest flgrx but I read that xv doesn't work with it even with the latest. But that was one user's account, trying to find more info.

[IL CARTOLAiO]

Do you know if your solution would work with a x1250?

Try!

I was going to upgrade to latest flgrx but I read that xv doesn't work with it even with the latest

Try!

I don't know the xXXXX series, but this problem sounds very strange

it's obivous xv isn't being used

The available output in Vlc are:
1. X11 (default?...uhm i don't remember)...
2. Xvideo extension
3. OpenGL
.....and some others

Could you post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf ?