Comment 29 for bug 359831

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cleggton (mat-cleggville) wrote : Re: [i945gm] all video players crash with BadAlloc error (no Compiz)

On hardware:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2772] (rev 02)

reverting to the 2.4 driver resolved the issue.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReinhardTartler/X/RevertingIntelDriverTo2.4

I don't know how "safe" or generic this fix is, but it has fixed my "showstopper" for now.