[LUGSB] Cannot Play Video Files(Mandriva 2008)

[Chris Wright]

2008/8/20 agent fat <agentfat2000 at yahoo.com>:
>
> I am unable to play any sort of video files on my linux box with Mandriva
> 2008. I have tried a number of different players(mplayer,xine,vlc) and they
> all fail. When I try to play the file the screen goes blank, and the puts me
> back at the login screen. All programs I had running were closed. Im am
> using OnBoard video.

X is crashing. It should be logged in /var/log/something -- the name
of the log file will include 'xorg' and 'log'. Post that and we might
have more luck helping you.

> System Specs
> Memory: 2GB DDR2
> Hard Drive: WD 1TB
> Processor: E218 Dual Core 2.0
> Motherboard: Biostar p4m900
>
> Also, is there any program like Task Manager on linux that could be used to=
> determine how much memory each process is using.

>From the command line, top. To sort by memory, type 'M' (shift + M).

If you're using GNOME, you can open the system monitor...I don't know
how to do it with menus, but if you add the system monitor applet to a
panel, you can click on it to get the system monitor window.