I have the same/a similar problem, running xubuntu (6.10, 2.6.17-10-generic) on an Acer TravelMate C102TCi Tablet PC. In my case only the player freezes, everything else works fine, but I need to reboot (!) to play videos again. Restarting X doesn't help.
This bug: http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2007/01/msg00221.html might be related to my bug specifically (I am using the same video card) or to this bug in general. -- Random system lockup on video playback https://launchpad.net/bugs/66892 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
