[arch-ports] error in vlc 0.8.6c-1

[Jan de Groot]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: arch-ports-bounces at archlinux.org [mailto:arch-ports-
> bounces at archlinux.org] Namens sacarde
> Verzonden: maandag 4 februari 2008 8:59
> Aan: arch-ports at archlinux.org
> Onderwerp: [arch-ports] error in vlc 0.8.6c-1
> 
> hi,
>    in archlinuxppc (current) in apple-mini
> when I run vlc I have this error:
> 
> VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
> The program '.' received an X Window System error.
> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.

This is a bug in xorg-server. The latest xorg-server in extra contains a
patch to solve this issue in most cases, the xorg-server in testing contains
an updated patch to solve this issue completely. I guess these changes
haven't been ported to ppc yet.