Desktop freezes when playing avi files (movie player or vlc)
 

Hello,
I have installed debian squeeze, and upgraded to latest kernel (by compiling the source). This is to get support of my new Intel DH67CL motherboard. I have fantastic display 1920x1080, and debian detected all of the hardware.It plays sound, youtube videos etc. But whenever I try to open an avi file though movie player or vlc the desktop freezes. I could move the mouse pointer, but no reaction to clicks. I can change to terminal by Alt+Ctrl+F1, and then has to reboot. How to troubleshoot this?? I am not sure which logs or message to look for, or any known cases.

Thanks in advance,
Bsr.

Have you installed w32codecs from debian-multimedia.org?

thanks for the clue.. i did not install it, and will do tomorrow morning and update you.. still wonder how it hangs everything.. thanks again