[linux-audio-user] [OT] ? DVD questions: summary

Dave Phillips dlphilp at bright.net
Wed May 14 13:15:01 EDT 2003


Matthew Sargent wrote:
 
> >   I downloaded and built the very latest Xine, and I must
> > say, it rocks.
> > Alas, it's crashing my X server or my window manager (or both). After
> > using Xine my X session segfaults if I switch workspaces in Blackbox.
> > Does anyone else know about that problem ?
> 
> How are you closing it?  May sound an odd question but IIRC there's
> something in the (lengthy and pretty good) documentation for the version I
> installed some while back that suggests you'll run into memory problems
> unless it's closed with Ctrl+Q.  Sorry if this is a little vague, but it may
> provide a pointer.

Thanks for the tip, Matthew. It seems to work: I just played a trailer
in Xine, exited via Ctrl-Q, then switched between workspaces without
segfaulting. So far, so good...

Best regards,

== Dave Phillips

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