I had reported the same issue on vlc bug reporting tool.. They said there might be a problem with compiz. Try to disable to compiz and then run the player. Now how do i disable compiz??
-- gnome-panel assert failure: gnome-panel: ../../src/xcb_io.c:385: _XAllocID: Assertion `ret != inval_id' failed. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668537 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