xfmedia crashes while playing with "received an X Window System error."

[Oxenfrogga]

Binary package hint: xfmedia

From time to time xfmedia crashes, but not in reproducible situations. It often happens while playing sound files. It gives:

The program 'xfmedia' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
  (Details: serial 93 error_code 11 request_code 140 minor_code 19)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

The appropriate section in xorg.conf says:

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Card0"
        Driver "intel"
        VendorName "Intel Corporation"
        BoardName "Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller"
        BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
EndSection

... and I'm owning a 915 GM chipset.

By the way: My notebook got two videocards you can choose from by a switch. I just tried the Nvidia card -- and it works here quite properly!

[Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for your bug report. Do you still have this issue with an up-to-date Xubuntu Feisty 7.04?

[Oxenfrogga (tlatlik)]

Last week I updated to Gutsy and -- yes -- I still have the same error (it persisted all over my feisty time, too). Or even worse: Trying to play a video file from the command line I get:

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oxi:~/extern_bilder/kurzfilme > xfmedia --debug -v wahlspot.wmv
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file "/home/harald/.smb/smb.conf.append":
        No such file or directory
added interface ip=192.168.2.2 bcast=192.168.2.255 nmask=255.255.255.0
Using netbios name OXI.
Using workgroup ARBEITSGRUPPE.
xine: found input plugin : file input plugin
xine: found demuxer plugin: ASF demux plugin
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
ffmpeg_audio_dec: increasing buffer to 98304 to avoid overflow.
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
xine: found input plugin : file input plugin
xine: found demuxer plugin: ASF demux plugin
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
ffmpeg_audio_dec: increasing buffer to 98304 to avoid overflow.
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
xine: found input plugin : file input plugin
xine: found demuxer plugin: ASF demux plugin
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
ffmpeg_audio_dec: increasing buffer to 98304 to avoid overflow.
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
xine: found input plugin : file input plugin
xine: found demuxer plugin: ASF demux plugin
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
ffmpeg_audio_dec: increasing buffer to 98304 to avoid overflow.
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
video_out_dxr3: Failed to open control device /dev/em8300-0 (No such file or directory)
video_out_xv: using Xv port 73 from adaptor Intel(R) Textured Video for hardware colorspace conversion and scaling.
video_out_xv: this adaptor supports the yuy2 format.
video_out_xv: this adaptor supports the yv12 format.
ffmpeg_video_dec: direct rendering enabled
xine: found input plugin : file input plugin
xine: found demuxer plugin: ASF demux plugin
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helper: can't find out current locale character set
info_helpe...

[Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount)]

What video driver are you using ? (nvidia-glx, nvidia-glx-legacy, radeon...)

[Oxenfrogga (tlatlik)]

The appropriate section in xorg.conf says:

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Card0"
        Driver "intel"
        VendorName "Intel Corporation"
        BoardName "Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller"
        BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
EndSection

... and I'm owning a 915 GM chipset.

By the way: My notebook got two videocards you can choose from by a switch. I just tried the Nvidia card -- and it works here quite properly!

Harald

[Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount)]

Ok thank you, so this is not a bug with xfmedia, maybe with your intel driver.