Unfortunately, it looks like your XVideo driver is broken and just overlays the video on top of everything. You can work around it using another video output plugin (but video rendering will be slower).
** Package changed: vlc (Ubuntu) => xorg-server (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/780778 Title: vlc menus do not stay on top -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs