I get this error when trying to watch wmv9 videos with resolutions of 1280x720 and 1440x1080 on a i915GM with a screen-resolution of 1400x1050. I have modified my xorg.conf to:
VideoRam 65536 Option "CacheLines" "1024" Now it play both videos fine. -- Totem receives BadAlloc when playing very large movies using Xv https://launchpad.net/bugs/4229 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs