I'd like to add to my remarks dated 2007-10-23, that I've now found the config file for 'totem' alias "Movie Player" under gnome. Activating the 'video.driver' entry and setting it to "xshm" in "~/.gnome2/Totem/xine_config" now allows me to use totem like it used to be in version 7.04 alias feisty - and quite similar to 'xine' after "adjusting" its file.
It still is a kludge/workaround/'patch' at best and does not solve the basic problem described.
I'd like to add to my remarks dated 2007-10-23, that I've now found the config file for 'totem' alias "Movie Player" under gnome. Activating the 'video.driver' entry and setting it to "xshm" in "~/.gnome2/ Totem/xine_ config" now allows me to use totem like it used to be in version 7.04 alias feisty - and quite similar to 'xine' after "adjusting" its file.
It still is a kludge/ workaround/ 'patch' at best and does not solve the basic problem described.