[MPlayer-users] Why do mplayer and xine crash my X server?

[Bernardo Silveira]

You can get more detailed information in the X server log,
located at /var/log/XFree86.0.log.

Enjoy MPlayer,
Bernardo Silveira,
bernardojts at ig.com.br

On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 20:30:18 -0500 (CDT)
"Joshua M. Kwan" <joshk at mspencer.net> wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Running xine or mplayer (or even xscreensaver for some reason) will 
> totally crash my X server! I have no clue why, there are no errors in 
> .xsession-errors, directing mplayer output to a file gives nothing out of 
> the ordinary. I'm totally stumped.
> 
> Even running xine without parameters will crash the X server soon after I 
> see the xine logo.
> 
> Is there another place where I can look for possible error messages 
> related to X and mplayer?
> 
> Thanks,
> Josh