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compiz package

Totem Movie Player & VLC does not work

Asked by Enrique

Upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04 using upgrade tool.
Attempting to play any video file both Movie Player or VLC media player cause program to terminate abruptly.

Distribution: Ubuntu 9.04
 Desktop environment: GNOME
 Graphics chip: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
 Driver in use: intel
 Rendering method: AIGLX

Checking if it's possible to run Compiz on your system...

 Checking for texture_from_pixmap... [ OK ]
 Checking for non power of two support... [ OK ]
 Checking for composite extension... [ OK ]
 Checking for FBConfig... [ OK ]
 Checking for hardware/setup problems... [FAIL]

There has been (at least) one error detected with your setup:
 Error: Software Rasterizer in use

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This question was originally filed as bug #369087.

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teju (teju) said : 		#1

It seems to be a compiz related issue. Please look at the following discussion thread. Seems to be the same issue there as well:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1018240.html

Also, please do take a look at the bug 270122 at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/270122

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Enrique (e-alegret) said : 		#2

Terminal window type command: gstreamer-properties

and then changing the Video output from "Auto" to "...(no Xv)" stopped movie players from shutting down.