The Intel XvMC on eselect-xvmc 0.2 is outdated. Acording to the "intel" man page, the file "/etc/X11/XvMCConfig" should contain the full path to "libIntelXvMC.so". When selecting "intel" from eselect-xvmc, it does do NOT provide the full path to "libIntelXvMC.so". It provides only the name "libI810XvMC.so.1", which is the wrong version for my video card and is also not an absolute path. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Execute "eselect xvmc set intel"; 2. Check the contents of the file "/etc/X11/XvMCConfig". Actual Results: The file "/etc/X11/XvMCConfig" contais only the string "libI810XvMC.so.1". Expected Results: The file "/etc/X11/XvMCConfig" should contain the absolute path for "libIntelXvMC.so" ("/usr/lib64/libIntelXvMC.so"). My kernel video driver is "i915".
Created attachment 282947 [details, diff] Patch to add support for newer Intel XvMC and to fix broken redirect This replaces the "intel" option for "intel-i810" (old Intel driver version) and adds the option "intel-i915" (new version). This patch also changes the module behavior so that when setting the XvMC the absolute path to the ".so" file will be saved on the file "/etc/X11/XvMCConfig", instead of the relative filename. This makes the module behave as the "intel" man page suggests. It also fixes bug #314031.
You are correct, the Intel XvMC driver requires the full path. However all the other drivers either require relative or suggest relative paths. I've modified your patch to take that into account. Thank you for the changes.
Added in eselect-xvmc-0.3
