X shouldn't crash even if the media player is doing something wrong. Please run 'apport-collect 942821' to attach the X logs and so on.
Also collect a full backtrace on this crash - see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Backtracing for guidance. ** Also affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/942821 Title: after opening a file in Totem (or VLC) Xorg crashes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gstreamer0.10/+bug/942821/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp