mplayer crash and ubuntu reboot while watching *.rmvb

[Jeffrey Seguerra]

Binary package hint: totem

i was watching a *.rmvb file last night and mplayer suddenly just close and my machine reboot.

there's not much info i can give right now about this.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/totem-gstreamer
Package: totem-gstreamer 2.24.2-0ubuntu4
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_PH.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: totem
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

how is mplayer crashing the box a totem bug?

[Sergio Meneses (sergiomeneses)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in MPLAYER.
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