[mythtv-users] No playback - X Error: Bad Alloc - problem explination.

[Michael J. Lynch]

Hi list,

For those of you that may be experiencing the "X Error: Bad Alloc" when 
trying to playback or watch live TV I think I've found the problem.  If 
you are using Xorg rather than Xfree (Redhat Fedora Core 2 distros use 
Xorg) the explination for the problem can be found in the following bug 
report at Xorg.  Unfortunately, there are no reliable work arounds for 
the moment.

http://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=474

Apparently there is some sort of bug that has been reported by several 
people and so far Xorg's response is "I'll look at it when I get a 
chance".  This bug apparently affects all programs that use XV.  Since I 
have no idea when the problem may be fixed, I'm considering switching to 
a different distro that uses XFree.  Does anyone know if RHFC1 uses Xorg 
or Xfree?  Does anyone have a suggestion for a "general" purpose distro 
for which step-by-step installation howto's (like Jarods for Redhat) 
exist?  Thanks.