I see this in totem as well, haven't seen it in VLC yet. Nvidia 7900GTX here.
** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Intrepid: Attempting to play videos in totem/vlc results in 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)' from X11 w/ Compiz https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285601 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs