I see the exact same behavior when playing a video file or a sound file using totem. Totem starts, but after a second it locks up everything. With sound files, you usually get about a half second of music before the crash, but with video you typically don't get any output at all.
I've had consistant success in saving the system just by mashing ctrl+alt+backspace after the freeze takes place. It may take a few minutes, but eventually X does go down, taking all its apps with it. Not much of a solution, but it at least avoids having to reboot. I have the exact same setup as Tim does. I have a Dell D620 running Edgy with Totem 2.16.2. -- system crashes when totem plays a file https://launchpad.net/bugs/70760 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
