Comment # 37 on bug 69341 from Vladimir Ysikov

(In reply to comment #36)
> You need to patch your xorg server with
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/
> ?id=7ecfab47eb221dbb996ea6c033348b8eceaeb893 (glx: Add support for the new
> DRI loader entrypoint.)
> 
> Now it is fast because it doesn't use your graphic card at all :)

I'll leave it at that for a while. I miss fast 2D :-)

> Regarding your issue with mplayer please see this bug:
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71448

I read this bug. My mplayer start playing immediately, slow only opens to full
screen and back. Not only play video, firefox slow too (F11 key).