[i965gm] Kubuntu: kde4.2 kills session and shows kdm login screen on playing videos in vlc or dragon player

[Gletscher]

Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace

sometimes upon playing a movie in dragon player or vlc, the kde session closes and I see the kdm login screen so I have to login again. This happens with a 720p movie instantly, with smaller movies after a few seconds, or it doesn't happen at all. Desktop Effects are turned off due to their very instable nature: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365729

I'm on Kubuntu 9.04 using an Asus U3s and the Intel GMA.

[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03)
            Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1597]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 03)
            Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:14e2]

[Gletscher (gletscherspalte)]

I just tried to reproduce the bug by playing the 720p movie in dragonplayer, this time the system froze instantly instead of kicking me out to kdm.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

X is most likely crashing, and those are either xserver or driver bugs.

Could you please provide the output of lspci -vvnn (two v's, not a w) and, after the crash, attach copies of your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old files please? Thanks in advance.

[Gletscher (gletscherspalte)]

output of lspci -vvnn

[Gletscher (gletscherspalte)]

/var/log/Xorg.0.log

[Gletscher (gletscherspalte)]

/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old

thanks alot for taking care of this :-)

[Bue (matteo-testa-gmail)]

same problem here https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189624
and here http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268349

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Are you able to reproduce this issue? If so, please collect a full backtrace - see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Backtracing for directions.

Also include your kdm.log in case it has some useful error messages.

[Gletscher (gletscherspalte)]

after adding this intel gma driver repo,video playback works fine:
http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/05/graphic-video-drivers-ubuntu-repository.html

[robert (robert-kiwanuka)]

I also get logged out whenever I finish playing a movie with movie player (totem) or of try to go back a few minutes in a movie that is playing. I'm on Ubuntu 9.04
$ uname -r
2.6.28-16-generic
$ totem --version
totem 2.26.1

[Geir Ove Myhr (gomyhr)]

This bug report has been inactive for quite some time and in the meantime Ubuntu has moved along. I hope the reported problem has been resolved in the current version of Ubuntu. If it has not and there are people willing to follow up with information collecting and testing, it is best to file a new bug report with the latest Ubuntu development version (10.04 still works, but soon 10.10 is better), using the ubuntu-bug command if possible. Feel free to mention the bug number of this bug.

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