vlc menus invisible in Natty

[Ken Sharp]

With a video loaded, including when paused, in vlc, the menus are invisible. The menu bar is visible.

I am using the classic (without effects) desktop.

This was not the case in previous versions of Ubuntu.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: vlc 1.1.9-1ubuntu1.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 26 16:17:06 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vlc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Rémi Denis-Courmont (rdenis)]

This sounds like a problem with the XVideo driver. Can you please provide the output of xvinfo (from x11-utils)?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont (rdenis)]

Hmm well, I dunno. Use another video output plug-in (OpenGL or X11) and see if that helps.

[Ken Sharp (kennybobs)]

Changed to X11 (XCB) and this is solved!

So, there is or isn't a bug? Thanks.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont (rdenis)]

That's a bug in the XVideo driver.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hey kennybobs,

You filed this bug report against natty, but I see it's still open and
doesn't appear to have much activity recently. So, now that oneiric
is released and stable, this may be a good point for you to upgrade
and re-test if this issue is still present there.

If it's solved in the new release and you think it's worth backporting
the fix, please indicate that. Or if having the fix in the new release
is good enough, feel free to close out the bug (or let us know and we'll
close it.)

If it's not solved, leave the bug report open. I can't promise we'll
get to it (we get way more bugs filed than we can usually get to), but
your testing and feedback can help out if and when we do.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.