i'm having a similar problem. vlc won't open anymore, and for no apparent reason. it just stopped launching giving me this message when i try to open it interminal with -vvv option: nacho@Lenovo:~$ vlc -vvv VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower (revision 2.0.8a-0-g68cf50b) [0x9d43908] main libvlc debug: ...