[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#427242: kmplayer: mysterious crash, crashing X also

[A Mennucc]

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 08:34:33PM +0530, Mahesh T. Pai wrote:
> A Mennucc said on Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 02:13:01PM +0200,:
> 
>  > the fact that X crashes when any of the above program is run would
>  > suggest that the problem is with X and not with the above programs
> 
> Hmm.. yes. And the fact that all video player front ends - xine-ui,
> kmplayer and kaffeine crashed X while exiting.

let me clarify: xine-ui is a frontend for libxine, and while
it shares some code with mplayer, it is not the same

anyway try viewing  your video with the command
$ mplayer -vo x11 video.mpeg

that is, using the x11 output method of mplayer

a.