I have more information for you. The problem stated in my last message definitely exists, I changed skins again and now when I try playing my avi I still get the crash. Here is output when I run it from terminal [0x87c83e8] skins2 interface: skin: ASkin for VLC 0.8.6 author: Anton [????????] x11 video output error: X11 request 59.0 failed with error code 8: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 59 (X_SetClipRectangles) Serial number of failed request: 9021 Current serial number in output stream: 9023 Failed to receive messages at scim_bridge_client_read_and_dispatch () An IOException occurred at handle_message () *** glibc detected *** vlc: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x0895ef58 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7f04604] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x96)[0xb7f065b6] /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-scim-bridge.so(scim_bridge_free_messenger+0x52)[0xb5666892] /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-scim-bridge.so(scim_bridge_client_close_messenger+0x3b)[0xb566892b] /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-scim-bridge.so(scim_bridge_client_finalize+0x42)[0xb566b1e2] /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-scim-bridge.so(scim_bridge_client_gtk_finalize+0x41)[0xb5662441] /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(exit+0x89)[0xb7ec3bb9] /usr/lib/libX11.so.6[0xb7347c0e] /usr/lib/vlc/video_output/libxvideo_plugin.so[0xb19cdb30] ======= Memory map: ======== 08048000-0804a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 5192 /usr/bin/vlc 0804a000-0804b000 r--p 00001000 08:01 5192 /usr/bin/vlc 0804b000-0804c000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 5192 /usr/bin/vlc 08717000-092dd000 rw-p 08717000 00:00 0 [heap] a9803000-ad804000 rw-s 00000000 00:15 314392 /dev/shm/pulse-shm-971662862 ad804000-ad873000 rw-p ad804000 00:00 0 b166b000-b1681000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 138825 /usr/lib/libmad.so.0.2.1 b1681000-b1682000 r--p 00015000 08:01 138825 /usr/lib/libmad.so.0.2.1 b1682000-b1683000 rw-p 00016000 08:01 138825 /usr/lib/libmad.so.0.2.1 b1683000-b169c000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 149876 /usr/lib/libdca.so.0.0.0 b169c000-b169d000 r--p 00018000 08:01 149876 /usr/lib/libdca.so.0.0.0 b169d000-b16aa000 rw-p 00019000 08:01 149876 /usr/lib/libdca.so.0.0.0 b16bd000-b16c6000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 150043 /usr/lib/liba52-0.7.4.so b16c6000-b16c7000 rw-p 00008000 08:01 150043 /usr/lib/liba52-0.7.4.so b16c7000-b16c8000 rw-p b16c7000 00:00 0 b16ca000-b16d0000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 157218 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libbandlimited_resampler_plugin.so b16d0000-b16d1000 r--p 00005000 08:01 157218 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libbandlimited_resampler_plugin.so b16d1000-b16d2000 rw-p 00006000 08:01 157218 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libbandlimited_resampler_plugin.so b16d2000-b16d5000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 157209 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libmpgatofixed32_plugin.so b16d5000-b16d6000 r--p 00002000 08:01 157209 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libmpgatofixed32_plugin.so b16d6000-b16d7000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 157209 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libmpgatofixed32_plugin.so b16d7000-b16d9000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 157204 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libdtstofloat32_plugin.so b16d9000-b16da000 r--p 00001000 08:01 157204 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libdtstofloat32_plugin.so b16da000-b16db000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 157204 /usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libdtstofloat32_plugin.so b16db000-b16dc000 ---p b16db000 00:00 0 b16dc000-b175c000 rwxp b16dc000 00:00 0 b175c000-b1760000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9405 /usr/lib/libXv.so.1.0.0 b1760000-b1761000 r--p 00003000 08:01 9405 /usr/lib/libXv.so.1.0.0 b1761000-b1762000 rw-p 00004000 08:01 9405 /usr/lib/libXv.so.1.0.0 b1762000-b1765000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 157138 /usr/lib/vlc/video_chroma/libi422_yuy2_mmx_plugin.so b1765000-b1766000 r--p 00002000 08:01 157138 /usr/lib/vlc/video_chroma/libi422_yuy2_mmx_plugin.so b1766000-b1767000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 157138 /usr/lib/vlc/video_chroma/libi422_yuy2_mmx_plugin.so b1767000-b1768000 ---p b1767000 00:00 0 b1768000-b17e8000 rwxp b1768000 00:00 0 b17e8000-b1874000 r--p 00000000 08:01 42097 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf b1874000-b18e3000 rw-p b1874000 00:00 0 b18e3000-b1940000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 10868 /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0.7.1 b1940000-b1941000 r--p 0005c000 08:01 10868 /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0.7.1 b1941000-b1942000 rw-p 0005d000 08:01 10868 /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0.7.1 b1942000-b19b1000 rw-p b1942000 00:00 0 b19b1000-b19b5000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 9415 /usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1.0.0 b19b5000-b19b6000 r--p 00003000 08:01 9415 /usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1.0.0 b19b6000-b19b7000 rw-p 00004000 08:01 9415 /usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1.0.0 b19b9000-b19bb000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 157214 /usr/Aborted Thank you much