Douglas L. Turnbull, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
1) Is this something that started to happen after an update? If so, which specifically? 2) Does this issue happen with all DVDs or only certain ones? 3) After the issue happens, are there any crash files in /var/crash? 4) To see if this is already resolved in your release, could you please test http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ and advise to the results? ** Tags added: latest-bios-a14 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1718863 Title: VLC malfunction Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: VLC will no longer function. When attempting to play a DVD movie, the screen goes white with black speckled effect. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-96.119-generic 4.4.83 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-96-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Fri Sep 22 17:23:34 2017 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.8, 4.4.0-92-generic, x86_64: installed bbswitch, 0.8, 4.4.0-93-generic, x86_64: installed bbswitch, 0.8, 4.4.0-96-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GK104M [GeForce GTX 880M] [10de:1198] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell GK104M [GeForce GTX 880M] [1028:05ae] InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-20 (33 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) MachineType: Alienware Alienware 17 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-96-generic root=UUID=5d561490-ed57-4448-9388-c0aa28db7add ro drm.debug=0xe plymouth:debug vesafb.invalid=1 nopat SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/24/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware dmi.bios.version: A14 dmi.board.name: 04WT2G dmi.board.vendor: Alienware dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware dmi.chassis.version: A14 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvrA14:bd09/24/2014:svnAlienware:pnAlienware17:pvrA14:rvnAlienware:rn04WT2G:rvrA00:cvnAlienware:ct8:cvrA14: dmi.product.name: Alienware 17 dmi.product.version: A14 dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160823-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.76-1~ubuntu16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.4 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1718863/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp