[mythtv-users] No playback - X Error: Bad Alloc - problem
explination.
Michael J. Lynch
mlynch at gcom.com
Wed Aug 4 15:41:06 EDT 2004
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.
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