This is not an Intel driver bug. I'm seeing the same issue here with a IBM ThinkPad T30 laptop with an external display. Oddly, the issue happens only when starting a video in the external display with 1680x1050 resolution. Videos play fine in the laptop display with 1025x768.
The video chipset: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] -- BadAlloc error when playing a video with xv https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49360 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs