VLC 1.0.0 Goldeneye crashes on Karmic

More info:

It vas working flawlessly this morning, but after updating with latest updates it stopped working.
I'm updating Karmic every day.

Please let me know if is there any more information that I can provide.

Rodrigo Castrillon <email address hidden> writes:

> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: vlc
>
> After updating Karmic, VLC crashes when open AVI files.
> on terminal:
> ###############################################
> ~$ vlc /home/rodrigo/Desktop/Séries\ e\ Filmes/New\ in\ Town/New_in_town.avi
> VLC media player 1.0.0 Goldeneye
> [0x93aafe8] main interface error: no interface module matched "globalhotkeys,none"
> [0x93aafe8] main interface error: no suitable interface module
> [0x9301140] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
> [0x9301140] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
> QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
> QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
> [????????] x11 video output error: X11 request 132.19 failed with error code 8:
> BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
> X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
> Major opcode of failed request: 132 (XVideo)
> Minor opcode of failed request: 19 ()
> Serial number of failed request: 101
> Current serial number in output stream: 102

this indicates a bug in your video driver. Please attach your
/var/log/Xorg.0.log. See also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Reporting for
general hints how to report good bugs on Xserver failures like here.

--
Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4

Reinhard,

     I rebooted my laptop several times today, running other tests not related to VLC. Tonight I tried to watch a movie using the X11 video output (the one that was buggy), but for my surprise this time VLC don't crashed and worked flawlessly. I also tried all video outputs, in oder to see whether the buggy one could be other than X11, but all that suppose to work, worked.
    I really dont know what happened, and very sorry for bothering.
    Anyway, I'll attach the log and take a good look on that link you suggested, in case of future bug reports :)

     Thanks and regards

I did a fresh install of Karmic Alpha 4. I also installed cairo-dock and vlc. vlc will not play any video file. it just closes right away. i saw on the ubuntu forums other people said vlc wouldnt work if cairo was installed. did any of you install cairo-dock?

Well, I have cairo-dock running GL version and VLC works flawlessly... If it is a fresh install, you should update it.
A few weeks ago, after a update VLC stopped working, but next day it got working again.
You can also try switching the video output in configurations as a workaround. It worked for me while I waited for the next update.

The same problem. I have both vlc and cairo-dock in my Karmic and VLC crashes:

[0x7fae08c21918] a52 decoder: A/52 channels:6 samplerate:48000 bitrate:448000
[0x7fadfc000a88] pulse audio output: No. of Audio Channels: 6
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
[????????] x11 video output error: X11 request 132.19 failed with error code 8:
 BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request: 132 (XVideo)
  Minor opcode of failed request: 19 ()
  Serial number of failed request: 101
  Current serial number in output stream: 102

(<unknown>:7403): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid unclassed pointer in cast to `GObject'

(<unknown>:7403): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(<unknown>:7403): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid unclassed pointer in cast to `GObject'

(<unknown>:7403): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

The same problem. Removing Cairo-Dock solves the problem and VLC starts working.

There is a similar bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-core/+bug/416294) and its is/will be solved in new Ubuntu version.