I tried to use the experimental packages of XFree 4.3.0pre1v6 (same problem in pre1v5). My graphics card is a ATI Radeon 9200SE. When using the xvideo extension the xserver freezes and does not respond to anything. Only killing it via remote login helps.
Additionally: I build XFree 4.4.0 (source is 4.4.0rc2) using Waren Turkals work in the XFS SVN repository ( ported some patches and hacked things together, to get it to build). With 4.4.0 XVideo works flawless on my Radeon. Second, I tested the same 4.3.0-pre1v{5/6} packages on an i810 Chip (kernel 2.6.1) and a Voodoo3-3000 (kernel 2.4.24) and everything works just fine. (including XVideo and DRI) I wanted to get back to 4.3.0 to test the fixes for the dri on my radeon mentioned on this list as this does not work at all on 4.4.0 Any thoughts on this problem? Greetings Heiko