Realplayer crashes entire system

[Sb]

Binary package hint: realplayer

Hi,

I'm using Kubuntu Edgy, and I installed Realplayer 10 Gold from the Ubuntu commercial repos. I also have the mplayerplugin configured in Firefox. If I goto a site that has embedded Real content, it works well. When I view a site that has embedded media that opens in mplayerplugin, it works fine. However, if I visit a site with Real content AFTER using mplayerplugin, it crashes X and totally hangs my system, requiring a hard reset.

Thanks.

[Sb (sb56637)]

OK, after more investigation, it has nothing to do with the mplayerplug-in. The standalone Realplayer also crashes my system several times. Rather, it appears that the problem is due to Realplayer using XVideo by default. When I uncheck the "Use XVideo" in Reaplplayer, it no longer crashes. I have a Dell Inspiron B130 (1300) laptop with Intel 915 video.

It's still a major bug, because it royally crashes the system by default.

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

Edgy is not supported anymore. Please reopen this report if this is still an issue with a later version of Ubuntu.