Thanks Komoto. That worked. And now vlc works too with the following command.
vlc --vout x11 -- [Needs EXA] Video playback failes with compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269357 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs