Video does not play right after last update

[ycp101]

After update on Jun 7, 2014, my Ubuntu 10.04 system became very unstable. Many applications becomes non-responding. Major problem is that I cannot watches movie files in avi and mp4 formats. There is my update history below.

Commit Log for Sat Jun 7 17:57:16 2014

Upgraded the following packages:
kdelibs-bin (4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.2) to 4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.3
kdelibs5 (4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.2) to 4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.3
kdelibs5-data (4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.2) to 4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.3
libgnutls-dev (2.8.5-2ubuntu0.5) to 2.8.5-2ubuntu0.6
libgnutls26 (2.8.5-2ubuntu0.5) to 2.8.5-2ubuntu0.6
libplasma3 (4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.2) to 4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.3
libssl0.9.8 (0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.15) to 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.18
libxalan2-java (2.7.1-5ubuntu1) to 2.7.1-5ubuntu1.1
linux-generic (2.6.32.60.67) to 2.6.32.61.68
linux-headers-generic (2.6.32.60.67) to 2.6.32.61.68
linux-image-generic (2.6.32.60.67) to 2.6.32.61.68
linux-libc-dev (2.6.32-60.122) to 2.6.32-61.124
openssl (0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.15) to 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.18

Installed the following packages:
linux-headers-2.6.32-61 (2.6.32-61.124)
linux-headers-2.6.32-61-generic (2.6.32-61.124)
linux-image-2.6.32-61-generic (2.6.32-61.124)


For mplayer, I get below message

Warning unknown option dsize at line 6
MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing a.avi.
AVI file format detected.
[aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
[aviheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
VIDEO: [H264] 1280x720 24bpp 29.979 fps 3051.2 kbps (372.5 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
Software:
open: No such file or directory
[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
open: No such file or directory
[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
[VO_TDFXFB] Can't open /dev/fb0: Permission denied.
[VO_3DFX] Unable to open /dev/3dfx.
[VO_XV] Could not grab port 75.
[VO_XV] Could not grab port 76.
[VO_XV] Could not grab port 77.
================================================== ========================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
================================================== ========================
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Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 192.0 kbit/12.50% (ratio: 24000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
================================================== ========================



Thank you.

[Yellow Pasque]

It's a problem with the -61 kernel: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...x/+bug/1327014

Boot into the previous kernel (hold shift when you boot to get grub menu).

[ajgreeny]

But you are at risk of breaches of security if you are still using Lucid 10.04 as a desktop system and really ought to update to a newer version.

If your hardware will not run unity properly, as some older machines will not, I suggest you have a look at Lubuntu or Xubuntu 14.04, both of which should be OK on a computer which ran 10.04 with gnome 2.

[tojonukokhadush]

i could not play videos with vlc as well! i would better update to 12.04 asap! but ajgreeny i would like to know what do you mean by "risk of security breaches". i was hesitating to upgrade to 12.04 as i have low configuration old laptop!

[ajgreeny]

i could not play videos with vlc as well! i would better update to 12.04 asap! but ajgreeny i would like to know what do you mean by "risk of security breaches". i was hesitating to upgrade to 12.04 as i have low configuration old laptop!

Security breaches as a result of no further package security updates to any of the GUI parts of ubuntu 10.04 is what I meant.

If your hardware is too old to run Unity properly I suggest you look at Xubuntu 14.04 first, and if that is still too slow maybe Lubuntu 14.04.