i can confirm that backporting just this one patch is possible - i am using this that way already 2 weeks or so. (on 14.04 x86-64 lts)
what ive done: bzr branch lp:ubuntu/trusty/libva and patch (added as attachment) its up to you to decide if utopic version should be backported to previous ubuntu's or just this one patch cheers. ** Patch added: "my_patch.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libva/+bug/1330067/+attachment/4138230/+files/my_patch.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libva in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1330067 Title: outdated package causing crashes Status in “libva” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: current libva1 package versioned 1.3.0-2 in ubuntu 14.04 is causing crashes due to bug(fix released): http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libva/commit/va/va.c?h=staging&id=d4988142a3f2256e38c5c5cdcdfc1b4f5f3c1ea9 im using it with libvdpau-va-gl to have acceletated flash in webbrowser with intel cpu - ubuntus version worked fine with firefox 29 but with 30.0 is crashing when 2 youtube movies are opened (not even played) or some flash players crash when you just fast-forward it a little bit this fix that i linked above fixes this - no more crashes this is bug report that resolved this issue - has steps how to fix etc. - please look for more info: https://github.com/i-rinat/libvdpau-va-gl/issues/40 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libva/+bug/1330067/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
