VLC won't start [FIXED]

[txHarleyMan]

VLC was working just a couple of days ago. Now when I try to start it all I get is the spinning hourglass. Tried to start from Konsole and get this message:

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 716 error_code 11 request_code 147 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.)

Anyone having issues with VLC all of a sudden or know how to resolve this?

Mike

edit - xserver-xorg-core fixed.

[Antkin]

Re: VLC won't start

Hi, I'm having problems starting programs since I updated today. It effects Kubuntu and Ubuntu. KDE won't launch programs.

Look down forum for Antkin posting.

[dibl]

Re: VLC won't start

Apparently there's new bug introduced in the updated Debian xserver-xorg-core. It affects many programs beyond VLC:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=461409

[txHarleyMan]

Re: VLC won't start

Ah. OK. I do remember an update to xserver-xorg-core just recently.

Bummer.

[Rog131]

Re: VLC won't start

You can downgrade:

How to downgrade packages (forcing version)
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3090553.0

Note
You need to restart or restart xserver afterwards.


Link:

Pinning version
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...9271#msg109271