kino, xine, mplayer, totem: X11 error: BadAlloc

[Wybo Dekker]

p.echols at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> ----- "Wybo Dekker" <wybo at servalys.nl> wrote:
>> I wrote:
>>> Hi, I want to edit some video, tried kino, but it says
>>> 
>>> The program 'kino' received an X Window System error. This
>>> probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadAlloc
>>> (insufficient resources for operation)'.
>> 
>>> xine gave a similar error message:
>>> 
>>> X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for
>>> 
> operation)
>> 
>> I found out that avidemux is a much nicer tool than kino; I could
>> edit a movie with it. However, my favourite  movie-player: mplayer
>> plays the sound, but shows only a black image and generates many
>> errors:
>> 
>> X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
>> 
>> totem gives the same error message.
> 
> 
> Are you getting these messages about a "known good" video that should
>  play or does play on other players?

yes, any video shows the problem

> Or is this the video that you have edited, clipped or whatever and
> now resaved?

and the video I edited runs fine when played with mplayer under SuSE-11.0

> In other words, can mplayer and xine play other videos?  If not, then
> this is a system wide problem.  But if the problem is with the videos
> you edited with avidemux, then read on.

so it's a system wide problem indeed.

-- 
Wybo