I was getting this error and then realised that there were multiple users
with X sessions logged in to the machine (using the user switch applet) with
one of them being an automatic logon using GDM. I have since discovered that
the first person to log on (the automatic GDM one) can play video just fine,
while other users (X sessions) can't play video and get the BadAlloc error
(not sure about virtual width as this is a single head laptop). Apologies if
this isn't relevant to this bug.
Cheers,
Kehan

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Bug Watch Updater <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel
>       Status: Unknown => In Progress
>
> --
> [i945gm] all video players crash with BadAlloc error (no Compiz, Xv) if
> Virtual width > 2048.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359831
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in Mactel Support: New
> Status in X.org xf86-video-intel: In Progress
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
>
> xine, mplayer, or totem all crash when attempting to play any video file
> with an error like this one from xine:
> This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.6cvs.
> (c) 2000-2007 The xine Team.
> X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
>  Major opcode of failed request:  132 (XVideo)
>  Minor opcode of failed request:  19 ()
>  Serial number of failed request:  4731
>  Current serial number in output stream:  4732
>
> This worked in Intrepid and does not work since updating to the Jaunty beta
> this morning. I noticed it removing the xserver-xorg-video-i810 package and
> I can see other similar bugs saying that this has been deprecated in favor
> of xserver-xorg-video-intel.
>
> mplayer -vo x11 file.avi works, so it seems very likely this is an xvideo
> problem.
>
> One oddity: at first, 'mplayer file.avi' crashed immediately. After trying
> to run it and other video players a few times, now it opens a black window,
> plays the audio, and spams "X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for
> operation)" to console. I didn't change any settings (cross my heart), I was
> just hitting up and rerunning the last couple attempts to show someone in
> the room.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386, x86_64
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9
> ProcEnviron:
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
>  PATH=(custom, user)
>  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-11-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version
> 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 8 04:38:53 UTC 2009
> SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
>
> [lspci]
> 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS,
> 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
>        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile
> 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2]
> (rev 03)
>        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
>
>


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