hi guys- from a linux novice, but for what it's worth, i'm having the exactly same problem and here's what i've noticed (it also works as an awkward workaround):
1. install smplayer 2. start the video you'd like to play with smplayer. it should start playing with only the sound. 3. start the same video with vlc or mplayer. it will play with both sound and video. thanks for your good work! -c -- all video players crash with BadAlloc error (no Compiz) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359831 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mactel Support, which is the registrant for Mactel Support. Status in Mactel Support: New Status in X.org xf86-video-intel: New Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel xine, mplayer, or totem all crash when attempting to play any video file with an error like this one from xine: This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.6cvs. (c) 2000-2007 The xine Team. X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 132 (XVideo) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 () Serial number of failed request: 4731 Current serial number in output stream: 4732 This worked in Intrepid and does not work since updating to the Jaunty beta this morning. I noticed it removing the xserver-xorg-video-i810 package and I can see other similar bugs saying that this has been deprecated in favor of xserver-xorg-video-intel. mplayer -vo x11 file.avi works, so it seems very likely this is an xvideo problem. One oddity: at first, 'mplayer file.avi' crashed immediately. After trying to run it and other video players a few times, now it opens a black window, plays the audio, and spams "X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)" to console. I didn't change any settings (cross my heart), I was just hitting up and rerunning the last couple attempts to show someone in the room. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-11-generic (bui...@rothera) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 8 04:38:53 UTC 2009 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
