Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree
When playing videos on flashplugin-nonfree they periodically (1-2 mins in to a video generally, but fairly randomly) stop updating the video while the sound plays on perfectly. On moving the window, the video immediately pops back and updates (to perfectly in sync with the sound). This can also be caused by moving the web page within the window, moving another window partly over the video image or positioning a right click menu so it pops up over the video image. This feels like a video overlay bug, but only occurs with flash. Totem plugin works perfectly for hours of video playback, and so does mplayer. Swfdec also does not display this behavior, even on the same files.
My machine is an x61s Thinkpad with an x3100 video card. The video card is running on the intel driver, and compiz is not enabled.
Software versions are Intrepid as of 12/10/08, and the relevant packages are: flashplugin-nonfree (10.0.12.10ubuntu1), xorg-xserver (1:7.4~2ubuntu7) and xorg-xserver-video-intel (2:2.4.1-1ubuntu6).
The xorg.conf file is autogenerated, but included as an attachment for completeness.
I am available for followup, and I am willing to test any binaries or patches.
Many thanks.
I have exactly the same problem with intrepid on easynote-bg45. My graphics card:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Packard Bell B.V. Device c10a
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
Region 0: Memory at feb00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Region 2: Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Region 4: I/O ports at ec00 [size=8]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: intelfb
Enabling compiz (in appereance->Visual effects) workarounds the problem.