A fix that I've found when googling is specify x11 as the video out. With mplayer you can specify it with the -vo option.
mplayer some_file.avi -your-other-options -vo x11 -- [i945gm] 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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
