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On hardware:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ
Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2772] (rev 02)

reverting to the 2.4 driver resolved the issue.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReinhardTartler/X/RevertingIntelDriverTo2.4

I don't know how "safe" or generic this fix is, but it has fixed my
"showstopper" for now.

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[i945gm] all video players crash with BadAlloc error (no Compiz)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/359831
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Status in Mactel Support: New
Status in X.org xf86-video-intel: New
Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

xine, mplayer, or totem all crash when attempting to play any video file with an error like this one from xine:
This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.6cvs.
(c) 2000-2007 The xine Team.
X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  132 (XVideo)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  19 ()
  Serial number of failed request:  4731
  Current serial number in output stream:  4732

This worked in Intrepid and does not work since updating to the Jaunty beta this morning. I noticed it removing the xserver-xorg-video-i810 package and I can see other similar bugs saying that this has been deprecated in favor of xserver-xorg-video-intel.

mplayer -vo x11 file.avi works, so it seems very likely this is an xvideo problem.

One oddity: at first, 'mplayer file.avi' crashed immediately. After trying to run it and other video players a few times, now it opens a black window, plays the audio, and spams "X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)" to console. I didn't change any settings (cross my heart), I was just hitting up and rerunning the last couple attempts to show someone in the room.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386, x86_64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-11-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 8 04:38:53 UTC 2009
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
    	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
    	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:7270]