[MPlayer-users] mplayer -vo xv crashes xorg

[Szabolcs Nagy]

On 4/19/06, RC <rcooley at spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:06:44 +0200
> "Szabolcs Nagy" <nszabolcs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > mplayer totally crashes the x server (no input anymore), if i play a
> > certain file with -vo xv (the file plays fine with other vo)
> > How can i verify wether it's an mplayer or xorg bug?
>
> It's crashing Xorg, which shouldn't be possible (unless you're running
> MPlayer as root, which you really shouldn't be), so it must be an Xorg
> bug.
ok
i could reproduce the bug with the ubuntu mplayer deb package
now i'll file a bug report against ubuntu xorg

(if anyone has comment on what should i provide along with the
bugreport i gladly listen to it)

nsz