Streaming error: lua interface error

[Deep_Blue]

Hello everyone.

I'm trying to set up a VOD stream on my server. Its running Ubuntu 10.10 with VLC 1.1.4 (That's the current version on the repository, and I don't want to add a sketchy ppa)

I input into the command line
vlc -I telnet --control telnet --telnet-password abc123 --rtsp-host 0.0.0.0:5554

And I get out
[0xefaef0] [telnet] lua interface: Listening on host "localhost:4212".
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS")
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE")
[0xf1e110] inhibit interface error: Failed to connect to the D-Bus session daemon: /bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally with the following error: Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.

[0xf1e110] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0xf27a00] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0xe0e120] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[0xf27a80] [telnet] lua interface: Listening on host "localhost:4212".
[0xf27a80] [telnet] main interface error: socket bind error (Permission denied)
[0xf27a80] [telnet] main interface error: socket bind error (Permission denied)
[0xf27a80] [telnet] lua interface error: Error loading script /usr/lib/vlc/lua/intf/telnet.luac: lua/intf/modules/host.lua:189: Cannot listen on localhost:4212

It will then just sit there until i issue a kill command. I've tried changing the port with --telnet-port, but no luck.
Any help on this would be much appreciated.

Thank you for your time

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

As the error message implies, VLC is not allowed by the system to open port 4212. Please fix your security configuration.

[seregka]

Hello Rémi,
Are you sure that security configuration is reason of problem? I have the same problem too (except X11 failing). I 've stopped firewall, changed user's groups - nothing have not helped. I observed it for Ubuntu 10.10 x64 (kernel version - 2.6.32), openSuse 11.4 x86 (kernel version - 2.6.37), openSuse 11.3 x64 (kernel version - 2.6.27).

Thanks,
Sergey

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

You have listed distros that all have security frameworks enabled by default. So yeah.

[seregka]

What kind of socket was created during "Listening on host "localhost:4212"" ? I've opened this port - nothing changed. The reason of error is "The specified address is protected and the current user does not have permission to bind to it.", isn't it?

[scagno83]

Hi all, I have the same problem. I'm running VLC 1.1.10 on a Fedora 15 distro, disabled all kind of firewalls (selinux, iptables and all stuff like that) and still no luck:

$ vlc I telnet
VLC media player 1.1.10 The Luggage (revision exported)
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS")
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE")
[0x9cb23d4] [telnet] lua interface: Listening on host "localhost:4212".
[0x9cb23d4] [telnet] main interface error: socket bind error (Permission denied)
[0x9cb23d4] [telnet] lua interface error: Error loading script /usr/lib/vlc/lua/intf/telnet.luac: lua/intf/modules/host.lua:193: Cannot listen on localhost:4212
^C[0x9cacc64] signals interface error: Caught Interrupt signal, exiting...

I also tried to execute the command /usr/lib/vlc/lua/intf/telnet.luac as root , just to see if it could be a permission problem but the result is the same:

# /usr/lib/vlc/lua/intf/telnet.luac
-bash: /usr/lib/vlc/lua/intf/telnet.luac: Permission denied

Any idea about what it could be?

Thanks in adv!

[scagno83]

Hi All,

I have solved with the following command:

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vlc -I telnet -vvv --telnet-password password --telnet-host x.x.x.x:4212

This is a very useful project.
Thank you,

scagno83

[zodiac1111]

i use

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rpc.nfsd

to solve it.
i do not know what happen. it just work.
at: vlc 2.0 fedora 17 x86_64
VLC media player 2.0.1 Twoflower (revision 2.0.1-0-gf432547)
Linux 3.4.0-1.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jun 3 06:35:17 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux