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vlc package

  1. Bug #308385
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 308385

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komputes (komputes) wrote :

I haven't had this issue with vlc 1.0.6 in Lucid. Marking as fixed.

There is also a workaround from http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=53415#p191217
I used to have this problem and solved it by disabling desktop effects.
If it doesn't solve, try "sudo renice +1 <vlc pid>"