vlc freezes the whole system

[Nitin Venkatesh]

Binary package hint: vlc

Release of Ubuntu I am using:
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

Version of Package:
vlc:
  Installed: 1.1.9-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.1.9-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.1.9-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

What I expected to happen:
Play a video file normally

What happened instead:
My system just froze forcing me to do a hard-reboot

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: vlc 1.1.9-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri May 27 20:05:52 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vlc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)