VLC Problem

Bestiapeluda · 2008-01-18 14:27:59

I just cant run vlc....
Any ideas

[matyas@sanmartin ~]$ vlc
VLC media player 0.8.6d Janus
The program '.' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
  (Details: serial 198 error_code 11 request_code 148 minor_code 5)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

Allan · 2008-01-18 14:33:50

What video driver are you using? I can remember having similar problems with xf86-video-intel and needing to revert to xf86-video-i810.

Also, did you get the error message right away or when you started to play the video? What video output module are you using?

Bestiapeluda · 2008-01-18 14:43:44

Im using the propietary nvidia drivers.
And I just run vlc, nothing more.

palmaway · 2008-01-18 15:21:38

Same here with aMule:

[paolo@liberty ~]$ amule
Initialising aMule
Checking if there is an instance already running...
No other instances are running.
The program 'amule' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
  (Details: serial 611 error_code 11 request_code 148 minor_code 5)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

The problems has been reported on many other Linux distributions (see for example here), and is related to the new xorg-server.
In fact, it arises after an update to the current xorg-server-1.4.0.90-4 package.

Maybe it wasn't a smart choice to release that update so soon...

palmaway · 2008-01-18 15:50:04

Update: I reported the bug here.

jacko · 2008-01-18 15:52:53

well I got vlc and nvidia drivers from the repository and all works. The gui loads just fine. But, when I go to watch a video I have no video.

Maybe it wasn't a smart choice to release that update so soon...

something is broke.

I got an 8600 gt, what card u got?
someone on the ubuntu bug report stated his amd64 was still working fine. So how many of you are on 32 bit systems?

Last edited by jacko (2008-01-18 15:59:01)

palmaway · 2008-01-18 16:00:59

jacko wrote:

well I got vlc and nvidia drivers from the repository and all works. The gui loads just fine. But, when I go to watch a video I have no video.

What's your xorg-server and libxfont version? Did you upgrade to the latest in the core repo (libxfont-1.3.1-2, xorg-server-1.4.0.90-4)?

Could you please try to run aMule, or filezilla or any other wxWidgets if you have any installed?

jacko wrote:

I got an 8600 gt, what card u got?

[paolo@liberty ~]$ lspci
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS (rev a1)

Bye!
Paolo

jacko · 2008-01-18 16:20:38

[jasin@kermit ~]$ pacman -Qi libxfont
Name           : libxfont
Version        : 1.3.1-2
URL            : http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
Licenses       : custom  
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : libfontenc  freetype2>=2.3.4  fontsproto  
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : xorg-font-utils  xorg-server  
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 1371.54 K
Packager       : Alexander Baldeck <alexander@archlinux.org>
Architecture   : x86_64
Build Date     : Fri 18 Jan 2008 04:36:29 AM EST
Install Date   : Fri 18 Jan 2008 10:43:26 AM EST
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script : No
Description    : X11 font rasterisation library

[jasin@kermit ~]$ pacman -Qi xorg-server
Name           : xorg-server
Version        : 1.4.0.90-4
URL            : http://xorg.freedesktop.org
Licenses       : None
Groups         : xorg  
Provides       : x-server  
Depends On     : gcc-libs  libxkbui  ncurses  libxi  libxxf86misc  libxfont  
                 libxrender  libdmx  libxaw  libxxf86vm  xcursor-themes  
                 xkeyboard-config  xorg-server-utils  xorg-utils  
                 libdrm>=2.3.0  libxfixes  xorg-fonts-misc  pixman>=0.9.6  
                 xbitmaps  libgl  
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : nvidia-utils  
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 23554.18 K
Packager       : Alexander Baldeck <alexander@archlinux.org>
Architecture   : x86_64
Build Date     : Fri 18 Jan 2008 06:36:16 AM EST
Install Date   : Fri 18 Jan 2008 10:43:27 AM EST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Description    : X.Org X servers

I am installing aMule to try that and downloading a movie now to see if it's data corruption on the HD for the video. will check back.

aMule does crash.

$ amule
Initialising aMule
Checking if there is an instance already running...
No other instances are running.
Loading temp files from /home/jasin/.aMule/Temp.

All PartFiles Loaded.
ListenSocket: Ok.

External connections disabled in config file
*** Server UDP socket (TCP+3) at 0.0.0.0:4665
*** TCP socket (TCP) listening on 0.0.0.0:4662
*** Client UDP socket (extended eMule) at 0.0.0.0:4672
Empty dir /home/jasin/.aMule/Incoming/ shared
HTTP download thread started
Host: ocbmaurice.dyns.net:80
URL: http://ocbmaurice.dyns.net/pl/slist.pl?download/server-best.met
Response: 302 (Error: 0)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A fatal error has occurred and aMule has crashed.
Please assist us in fixing this problem by posting the backtrace below in our
'aMule Crashes' forum and include as much information as possible regarding the
circumstances of this crash. The forum is located here:
    http://forum.amule.org/board.php?boardid=67
If possible, please try to generate a real backtrace of this crash:
    http://www.amule.org/wiki/index.php/Backtraces

----------------------------=| BACKTRACE FOLLOWS: |=----------------------------
Current version is: aMule 2.1.3 using wxGTK2 v2.8.0 (Unicoded)
Running on: Linux 2.6.23-ARCH x86_64

[2] ?? in amule [0x437485]
[3] wxFatalSignalHandler in /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0[0x2adfd470c12c]
[4] ?? in /lib/libpthread.so.0 [0x2adfd369f300]
[5] wxGIFDecoder::GetFrameSize(unsigned int) const in /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0[0x2adfd405979a]
[6] wxGIFDecoder::ConvertToImage(unsigned int, wxImage*) const in /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0[0x2adfd40597e9]
[7] ?? in amule [0x74b4df]
[8] wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventIfMatches(wxEventTableEntryBase const&, wxEvtHandler*, wxEvent&) in /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0[0x2adfd4707ffd]
[9] wxEventHashTable::HandleEvent(wxEvent&, wxEvtHandler*) in /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0[0x2adfd47081bc]
[10] wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(wxEvent&) in /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0[0x2adfd47082fd]
[11] wxTimerBase::Notify() in /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0[0x2adfd409d8a6]
[12] ?? in /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 [0x2adfd3fa08e4]
[13] ?? in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 [0x2adfd6da272b]
[14] g_main_context_dispatch in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0x2adfd6da1fd4]
[15] ?? in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 [0x2adfd6da52bd]
[16] g_main_loop_run in /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0[0x2adfd6da55b7]
[17] gtk_main in /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0[0x2adfd579eac3]
[18] wxEventLoop::Run() in /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0[0x2adfd3f983ad]
[19] wxAppBase::MainLoop() in /usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0[0x2adfd401e9fb]
[20] wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**) in /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0[0x2adfd46a6e1c]
[21] ?? in amule [0x53ea52]
[22] __libc_start_main in /lib/libc.so.6[0x2adfd512d164]
[23] wxAppBase::MainLoop() in amule[0x42e8f9]


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aborted

edit: something is broke that's for sure. if I just add the server automatically and connect to it I can use aMule without anything happening. I am completely confused now. vlc is still broke, same as before no video even on newly downloaded files. Audio seems to work.

Last edited by jacko (2008-01-18 16:59:29)

zyghom · 2008-01-18 19:55:13

same problem here with my vlc
and of course after upgrade of xorg - so, lets wait for update soon

kenen · 2008-01-18 21:52:43

Same as at the bug report:

kenen wrote:

If you have cleaned your cache, here are some links to get the xorg-server-1.4.0.90-3 package (i686 and x86_64).
Official (Outdated) Mirror:
i686: ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/suns … pkg.tar.gz
x86_64: ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/suns … pkg.tar.gz
Inofficial "Emergency" (in case of an update of ftp.tu-chemnitz.de) Mirror:
i686: http://files.kenen.de/xorg-server-1.4.0 … pkg.tar.gz
x86_64: http://files.kenen.de/xorg-server-1.4.0 … pkg.tar.gz

floke · 2008-01-18 22:42:15

Same here - haven't tried downgrading yet...

Dheart · 2008-01-18 23:01:45

Same here, running FX 5200. I upgraded xorg, I run VLC to watch some 720p movies that wouldn't play smooth on mplayer, then after reboot (Hence loading the new xorg-server) I can no longer run vlc... going to downgrade now.

EDIT: Everything is fine after downgrade of xorg-server.

Last edited by Dheart (2008-01-19 17:17:08)

zyghom · 2008-01-18 23:10:27

downgrading for me does not work at all :-(

kenen · 2008-01-19 00:01:20

@zyghom: you've done it this way?:

pacman -Rd xorg-server
pacman -U path-to-your-1.4.90-3-package

+ xorg-server restart?

Last edited by kenen (2008-01-19 00:01:32)

Shadowed · 2008-01-19 00:05:55

same problem here with arch sid and gentoo...all wx applications don't work...solved with downgrade....

zyghom · 2008-01-19 06:26:24

That URL is the fix for this bug. Another workaround is to put this in xorg.conf:

Section "Extensions"
Option "MIT-SHM" "no"
EndSection

This will disable the offended feature, though fixing the offended feature is better for performance than disabling it.

(taken from FS#9254)
this solves the problem but disabling something

gkal · 2008-01-19 10:35:18

zyghom wrote:

That URL is the fix for this bug. Another workaround is to put this in xorg.conf:
Section "Extensions"
Option "MIT-SHM" "no"
EndSection
This will disable the offended feature, though fixing the offended feature is better for performance than disabling it.
(taken from FS#9254)
this solves the problem but disabling something

The workaround works for me too. Is it the best way though? Better than downgrading?

zyghom · 2008-01-19 10:56:28

I did downgraded and lost all X
then reinstalled X and then changec xorg.conf

btw: ubuntu users got already repaired version of xorg - fast no ?

joephantom · 2008-01-19 14:28:11

Same problem here.

Djon · 2008-01-19 14:40:31

Hi!

Same problem here.

Cave · 2008-01-19 15:03:01

I have also got the problem of not being able to start VLC.

Nyq · 2008-01-19 16:03:19

Same problem here while launching Eclipse Europa...

synthead · 2008-01-19 23:19:14

Same thing with VLC here.

vik · 2008-01-20 11:40:09

Can confirm problem with vlc and stated version of xorg server.

Shadowed · 2008-01-20 13:08:27

Shadowed wrote:

same problem here with arch sid and gentoo...all wx applications don't work...solved with downgrade....

update**

fixed in Gentoo -> xorg-server-1.4.0.90-r2
fixed in Sid -> xorg git20080118-1

waiting for Arch

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