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

Patton Echols p.echols at comcast.net
Sun May 3 23:32:59 UTC 2009


On 05/03/2009 03:58 AM, Wybo Dekker wrote:
> Patton Echols wrote:
>
>   
>> Sounds like it may be this bug:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/299280
>> there is a workaround noted there that requires a minor edit of your 
>> xorg.conf file 
>>     
>
> Unfortunately, this didn't help. I added
> Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
> to the device section and restarted X, but mplayer still shows an blank
> screen and the BadAlloc errors. xvinfo gave the same output with and
> without the option.
>
> what may help (although I don't know how) is the difference between the
> jaunty and the suse11 output of xvinfo:
>
> $ diff xvinfo_ubuntu xvinfo_suse11.0
> 5c5
> <     port base: 84
> ---
>   
>>     port base: 98
>>     
> 8c8,15
> <       depth 24, visualID 0x21
> ---
>   
>>       depth 24, visualID 0x23
>>       depth 24, visualID 0x24
>>       depth 24, visualID 0x25
>>       depth 24, visualID 0x26
>>       depth 24, visualID 0x27
>>       depth 24, visualID 0x28
>>       depth 24, visualID 0x29
>>       depth 24, visualID 0x2a
>>     
>
>
>   

Ok, you're over my head now.  You might want to see if there is some 
other bug filed or file one of your own.   Good luck with it.




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