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X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)

Asked by dliloch

hello,
I am at natty 11.04 .. everything works ok but I can't play videos or vob files. these are not encrypted.. I keep
getting
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request: 132 (XVideo)
  Minor opcode of failed request: 19 ()
  Serial number of failed request: 6404
  Current serial number in output stream: 6405
mike@mike-desktop:~$ xdg-screensaver: Window 62915535 does not exist

I am not running unity .. just gnome at least I set this from the logon screen... Please advise

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

df -h

Thanks

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dliloch (don-isenstadt) said : 		#2

mike@mike-desktop:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 73G 4.1G 66G 6% /
none 242M 616K 241M 1% /dev
none 249M 368K 248M 1% /dev/shm
none 249M 92K 248M 1% /var/run
none 249M 0 249M 0% /var/lock
/dev/sr0 4.2G 4.2G 0 100% /media/EG_2010_DVD_FINAL_2
mike@mike-desktop:~$

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dliloch (don-isenstadt) said : 		#3

mike@mike-desktop:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 73G 4.1G 66G 6% /
none 242M 616K 241M 1% /dev
none 249M 368K 248M 1% /dev/shm
none 249M 92K 248M 1% /var/run
none 249M 0 249M 0% /var/lock
/dev/sr0 4.2G 4.2G 0 100% /media/EG_2010_DVD_FINAL_2
mike@mike-desktop:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Ok and:

free -m

Thanks

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dliloch (don-isenstadt) said : 		#5

I did this while xine was in memory..
ike@mike-desktop:~$ free -m
             total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 496 306 190 0 12 122
-/+ buffers/cache: 171 324
Swap: 509 26 483
mike@mike-desktop:~$

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dliloch (don-isenstadt) said : 		#6

with xine in memory...

ike@mike-desktop:~$ free -m
             total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 496 306 190 0 12 122
-/+ buffers/cache: 171 324
Swap: 509 26 483
mike@mike-desktop:~$

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 1:21 AM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #157870 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/157870
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> Status: Open => Needs information
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> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Ok and:
>
> free -m
>
> Thanks
>
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Well you have lots of space RAM and lots of free disk space. All I can suggest is you boot to live CD and fsck the partition

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