Startup error for 0.98a Grishenko

[sinistra]

I'm using the XFCE4 desktop on a mixture of unstable and experimental packages in Debian. When starting the VLC upgrade from unstable to experimental on Debian I receive a window asking to select a skin from a skin file. I do this but receive no GUI. Here's the error information from an Xterm. Can anyone read in this where I might be going wrong, or is this a bug? VLC seems determined to open a skin file (blend) from a Files directory that no longer exist even though a window allows me to select a skin from another file (vlc skin file) but after I get a 'skins2 interface error.' The same skin requested from the vlc skin file in my home directory is the same in the /usr/share/vlc/skins2 directory so in either place the requested skin file would be there.

charlie@Mondo:~$ vlc
VLC media player 0.9.8a Grishenko
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.8a Grishenko - (c)
1996-2008 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure '--build=i
486-linux-gnu' '--enable-maintaner-mode' '--enable-release' '--prefix=/usr' '--e
nable-libtool' '--enable-fast-install' '--with-binary-version=1' '--disable-upda
te-check' '--disable-gnome' '--disable-gtk' '--disable-familiar' '--disable-fb'
'--enable-ggi' '--enable-sdl' '--enable-esd' '--enable-mad' '--enable-arts' '--e
nable-jack' '--enable-pulse' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-a52' '--enable-aa' '--ena
ble-dvbpsi' '--enable-mozilla' '--with-mozilla-pkg=iceape-plugin' '--disable-kde
' '--enable-mp4' '--enable-dvb' '--disable-satellite' '--enable-ogg' '--enable-v
orbis' '--enable-shout' '--enable-qt4' '--disable-slp' '--enable-flac' '--disabl
e-skins' '--disable-basic-skins' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-freetype' '--enable
-mkv' '--enable-speex' '--enable-caca' '--enable-live555' '--enable-libmpeg2' '-
-enable-fribidi' '--enable-cdio' '--enable-mod' '--enable-theora' '--enable-modp
lug' '--enable-dvdnav' '--enable-gnutls' '--enable-ffmpeg' '--enable-ncurses' '-
-enable-smb' '--disable-gnomevfs' '--enable-bonjour' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-vc
d' '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-notify' '--enable-twolame' '--enable-faad' '--disab
le-zvbi' '--enable-telx' '--enable-mediacontrol-bindings' '--disable-x264' '--di
sable-atmo' '--enable-taglib' '--enable-libass' '--enable-libdca' '--enable-real
rtsp' '--enable-alsa' '--enable-dv' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-v4l2' '--enable-pvr
' '--enable-svgalib' '--enable-dvd' '--without-dvdcss' 'build_alias=i486-linux-g
nu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000391] access_directory access error: /home/charlie/Files/Blend_0-1-4.vlt: N
o such file or directory
[00000391] access_file access error: cannot open file /home/charlie/Files/Blend_
0-1-4.vlt (No such file or directory)
[00000382] main interface error: no suitable access module for `/home/charlie/Fi
les/Blend_0-1-4.vlt'
[00000382] skins2 interface error: failed to open /home/charlie/Files/Blend_0-1-
4.vlt for reading
[00000382] skins2 interface error: failed to parse /home/charlie/Files/Blend_0-1
-4.vlt
[00000404] xml xml error: XML parser error (line 1) : failed to load external en
tity "skin.dtd"

[00000404] xml xml error: XML parser error (line 2) : Validation failed: no DTD
found !
[00000382] skins2 interface error: failed to parse /tmp/vlt7OvpVv/default/theme.
xml
[00000382] skins2 interface error: error while parsing /tmp/vlt7OvpVv/default/th
eme.xml
[00000407] xml xml error: XML parser error (line 1) : Document is empty

[00000382] skins2 interface error: failed to parse /usr/share/vlc/skins2/default
.vlt
[00000457] access_http access: Raw-audio server found, mp3 demuxer selected
[00000512] xml xml error: XML parser error (line 1) : failed to load external en
tity "skin.dtd"

[00000512] xml xml error: XML parser error (line 2) : Validation failed: no DTD
found !
[00000382] skins2 interface error: failed to parse /tmp/vltpe8NLz/theme.xml
[00000382] skins2 interface error: error while parsing /tmp/vltpe8NLz/theme.xml
[00000515] xml xml error: XML parser error (line 1) : Document is empty

[00000382] skins2 interface error: failed to parse /home/charlie/VLC Skins/cross
over_leopard.vlt
[00000382] skins2 interface error: cannot load the theme, aborting
[00000386] main generic error: object is not attached
charlie@Mondo:~$

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Your install is broken or your configuration needs to be reset.

[sinistra]

Thanks for your considerate reply. I'm glad to know it isn't a bug. Where can I find this file for editing, or can you suggest the proper proceedure to reset the configuration.

C.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

rm -rf ~/.config/vlc
rm -rf ~/.vlc

[sinistra]

Thanks Jean-Baptiste, so small a command to relieve so big a problem

C.