Presumably from your report of totem, et al "vanishing" that they're crashing. Please run them in gdm and collect a full backtrace when they exit.
Basically, what we need is either a definitive error message, or a stack trace, that shows where the error is coming in. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- all players just vanish when a file is started https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/275788 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