On 9 Feb 2008 08:16:23 -0800, Unix Fan  wrote:

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> After I updated my OpenBSD 4.2 workstations with the released patches... VLC media player crashes!

>

> VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus

> vlc:/usr/local/lib/vlc/codec/libquicktime_plugin.so: undefined symbol 'NewHandleClear'

> The program '.' received an X Window System error.

> This probably reflects a bug in the program.

> The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.

>   (Details: serial 475 error_code 11 request_code 145 minor_code 5)

>   (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;

>    that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.

>    To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line

>    option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful

>    backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

>

> Come on guys... what happened? I've tried uninstalling VLC and reinstalling it..

> and even deleting all .vlc related files in $HOME.

>

It happens on Linux too. Simply, the security fix for Xorg and

Xenocara was wrong:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/183969

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=461465

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=354593
You could back out 006 or wait for fix for security fix.
Daniel
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