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[Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Qt4-X11 is using ARGB visuals, which seems like a logical thing to do if
Cairo-Dock is running. VLC Xvideo and X11 plugins fail to handle this
correctly when creating their rendering window. Thus, this is
essentially a LibVLC bug.

A trivial work-around is here:
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=c0ec5be56e71c273eef4faea8d927eeb3cbc7ec5;hp=493ed6ef7ff138e7b93f31e962bb28dfa06d928b

** Changed in: vlc
    Milestone: 1.1.0 => 1.0.4

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VLC crashes if cairo-dock is installed in karmic alpha 4
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416294
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Status in Cairo-Dock : Core: Invalid
Status in Qt: Confirmed
Status in VLC media player: Fix Committed
Status in “qt4-x11” package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “vlc” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: vlc

using a fresh install of Karmic 64bit Alpha 4 or the latest daily build with either the Karmic Desktop CD or Alternate CD for installations VLC fails to playback any type of video file is cario-dock is installed.

Notes: 

1) VLC works normally if installed on a fresh install of Karmic Alpha 4.
2) VLC fails to playback video after the package cairo-dock is installed

tested on HP pavilion laptop with intel CPU & Nvidia GPU and also tested on Toshiba Satelite laptop with Intel CPU & Intel GPU.