Just a note, newer versions of VLC do not work on my older hardware
systems, downgrading VLC worked.  My newer systems have had no issues.

I'm mobile right now so don't have specific hardware or versions handy,
 also interesting is it was exactly the same when I booted into Windows.

--j



On Saturday, November 3, 2012, gregrwm wrote:

> vlc has always "just worked" for me before (including on maya *before* i
> did an apt-get upgrade!) so perhaps i am ignorant of display hardware
> issues.  below are what's shown by maya->systeminfo->display, and lsmod, do
> those tell you anything?
>
> maya->systeminfo->display
> -Display-
> Resolution        : 1024x768 pixels
> Vendor        : The X.Org Foundation
> Version        : 1.11.3
> -Monitors-
> Monitor 0        : 1024x768 pixels
> -Extensions-
> BIG-REQUESTS
> Composite
> DAMAGE
> DOUBLE-BUFFER
> DPMS
> DRI2
> GLX
> Generic Event Extension
> MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
> MIT-SHM
> RANDR
> RECORD
> RENDER
> SECURITY
> SGI-GLX
> SHAPE
> SYNC
> X-Resource
> XC-MISC
> XFIXES
> XFree86-DGA
> XFree86-VidModeExtension
> XINERAMA
> XInputExtension
> XKEYBOARD
> XTEST
> XVideo
> -OpenGL-
> Vendor        : Tungsten Graphics, Inc
> Renderer        : Mesa DRI Intel(R) 915G x86/MMX/SSE2
> Version        : 1.4 Mesa 8.0.4
> Direct Rendering        : Yes
>
> $  lsmod|sort
>  3c59x                  37445  0
>  binfmt_misc            17292  1
>  bluetooth             158438  10 rfcomm,bnep
>  bnep                   17830  2
>  btrfs                 638208  0
>  dm_crypt               22528  0
>  dm_log                 18193  3 dm_raid45,dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
>  dm_mirror              21822  0
>  dm_multipath           22710  0
>  dm_raid45              76451  0
>  dm_region_hash         16065  1 dm_mirror
>  e100                   36289  0
>  fat                    55605  1 vfat
>  floppy                 60310  0
>  hid                    77367  2 hid_a4tech,usbhid
>  hid_a4tech             12590  0
>  i2c_piix4              13093  0
>  isofs                  39553  1
>  jfs                   175085  0
>  libcrc32c              12543  1 btrfs
>  lp                     17455  0
>  mac_hid                13077  0
>  Module                  Size  Used by
>  nls_utf8               12493  1
>  overlayfs              27511  1
>  parport                40930  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
>  parport_pc             32114  1
>  ppdev                  12849  0
>  psmouse                87140  0
>  reiserfs              230896  0
>  rfcomm                 38139  4
>  serio_raw              13027  0
>  shpchp                 32325  0
>  snd                    62064  15
> snd_es18xx,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
>  snd_es18xx             34433  3
>  snd_hwdep              13276  1 snd_opl3_lib
>  snd_mpu401_uart        13865  1 snd_es18xx
>  snd_opl3_lib           18863  1 snd_es18xx
>  snd_page_alloc         14115  1 snd_pcm
>  snd_pcm                80845  1 snd_es18xx
>  snd_rawmidi            25424  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
>  snd_seq                51567  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
>  snd_seq_device         14172  4
> snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
>  snd_seq_midi           13132  0
>  snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
>  snd_timer              28931  3 snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq
>  soundcore              14635  1 snd
>  squashfs               36095  1
>  tulip                  52487  0
>  usbhid                 41906  0
>  vfat                   17308  0
>  xfs                   747494  0
>  xor                    25987  1 dm_raid45
>  zlib_deflate           26622  1 btrfs
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