> > > I'm running an amd64 athlon x2 2.6ghz with 2gb ram and video playback
> > > stutters if I try to play a video after the system has been running
> > > for awhile, even after closing all programs.  Restarting always fixes
> > > it.  How would you track this down?
> > >
> > > - Grant
> >
> > Look at your RAM usage with "free -m" (the second line is interesting).
> >
> > Look at your log files (especially dmesg) for anything suspicious. Maybe
> > your graphic card's driver fell back to a compatibility mode or something
> > like that.
>
> or (in case of NVIDIA) it has thrown a 'Xid' error - after that you can be
> called lucky if video works at all ...

I do use the nvidia driver.  The Xid error would  be in dmesg?

- Grant
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