VLC will not run

[TVarmy]

VLC will not open properly.

When I attempt to run it from terminal, it says the following:

$ vlc
VLC media player 0.8.4 Janus
[00000317] main interface: creating httpd
Remote control interface initialized, `h' for help
vlc: could not connect to socket
vlc: No such file or directory
[00000323] lirc interface error: lirc_init failed
[00000323] main interface error: no suitable intf module
[00000001] main vlc error: interface "lirc,none" initialization failed
*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x082d9f20 ***
Aborted

With -vvv
$ vlc -vvv
VLC media player 0.8.4 Janus
[00000001] main vlc debug: opening config file /home/tim/.vlc/vlcrc
[00000001] main vlc debug: checking builtin modules
[00000001] main vlc debug: checking plugin modules
[00000001] main vlc debug: loading plugins cache file /home/tim/.vlc/cache/plugins-04041e.dat
[00000001] main vlc debug: recursively browsing `modules'
[00000001] main vlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc'
[00000260] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_output/libaout_file_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_output/libaout_file_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000261] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_output/libalsa_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_output/libalsa_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000262] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_output/liboss_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_output/liboss_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000263] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_output/libaout_sdl_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_output/libaout_sdl_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000264] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libheadphone_channel_mixer_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libheadphone_channel_mixer_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000265] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libtrivial_channel_mixer_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libtrivial_channel_mixer_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)[00000266] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libsimple_channel_mixer_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libsimple_channel_mixer_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000267] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libdolby_surround_decoder_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libdolby_surround_decoder_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000268] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libfloat32tos16_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libfloat32tos16_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000269] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libfloat32tos8_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libfloat32tos8_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000270] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libfloat32tou16_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libfloat32tou16_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000271] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libfloat32tou8_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libfloat32tou8_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000272] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/liba52tospdif_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/liba52tospdif_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000273] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/liba52tofloat32_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/liba52tofloat32_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000274] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libdtstospdif_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libdtstospdif_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000275] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libdtstofloat32_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libdtstofloat32_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000276] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libfixed32tos16_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libfixed32tos16_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000277] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libs16tofixed32_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libs16tofixed32_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000278] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libfixed32tofloat32_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libfixed32tofloat32_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000279] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libs16tofloat32_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libs16tofloat32_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000280] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libs16tofloat32swab_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libs16tofloat32swab_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000281] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libs8tofloat32_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libs8tofloat32_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000282] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libu8tofixed32_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libu8tofixed32_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000283] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libu8tofloat32_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libu8tofloat32_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000284] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libmpgatofixed32_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libmpgatofixed32_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000285] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libtrivial_resampler_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libtrivial_resampler_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000286] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libugly_resampler_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libugly_resampler_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000287] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/liblinear_resampler_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/liblinear_resampler_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000288] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libbandlimited_resampler_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libbandlimited_resampler_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)[00000289] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libequalizer_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libequalizer_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000290] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libnormvol_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libnormvol_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000291] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libaudio_format_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libaudio_format_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000292] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libparam_eq_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_filter/libparam_eq_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000293] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_mms_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_mms_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000294] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_file_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_file_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000295] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access/libvcd_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access/libvcd_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000296] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access/libscreen_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access/libscreen_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000297] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_directory_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_directory_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000298] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_udp_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_udp_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000299] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_tcp_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_tcp_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000300] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_http_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_http_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000301] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_ftp_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_ftp_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000302] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_fake_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access/libaccess_fake_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000303] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access/libcdda_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access/libcdda_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000304] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_mixer/libtrivial_mixer_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_mixer/libtrivial_mixer_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000305] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_mixer/libfloat32_mixer_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_mixer/libfloat32_mixer_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000306] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/audio_mixer/libspdif_mixer_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/audio_mixer/libspdif_mixer_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000307] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/codec/libcmml_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/codec/libcmml_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000308] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access_filter/libaccess_filter_timeshift_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access_filter/libaccess_filter_timeshift_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000309] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access_filter/libaccess_filter_record_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access_filter/libaccess_filter_record_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)[00000310] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access_output/libaccess_output_dummy_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access_output/libaccess_output_dummy_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000311] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access_output/libaccess_output_file_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access_output/libaccess_output_file_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000312] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access_output/libaccess_output_udp_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access_output/libaccess_output_udp_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000313] main module warning: cannot find symbol "vlc_entry__0_8_4" in file `/usr/lib/vlc/access_output/libaccess_output_http_plugin.so' (/usr/lib/vlc/access_output/libaccess_output_http_plugin.so: undefined symbol: _vlc_entry__0_8_4)
[00000001] main vlc debug: recursively browsing `plugins'
[00000001] main vlc debug: module bank initialized, found 155 modules
[00000001] main vlc debug: opening config file /home/tim/.vlc/vlcrc
[00000001] main vlc debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX 3DNow! MMXEXT SSE FPU
[00000001] main vlc debug: looking for memcpy module: 1 candidate
[00000181] main module debug: using memcpy module "memcpy"
[00000315] main playlist debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000315] main playlist debug: thread 3082353584 (playlist) created at priority 0 (src/playlist/playlist.c:183)
[00000316] main private debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000316] main private debug: thread 3073960880 (preparser) created at priority 0 (src/playlist/playlist.c:205)
[00000317] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[00000317] http interface debug: using charset=UTF-8
[00000317] http interface debug: base :8080
[00000317] main interface: creating httpd
[00000317] main interface debug: net: listening to port 8080
[00000320] main private debug: thread 3065568176 (httpd host thread) created at priority 0 (src/misc/httpd.c:1189)
[00000317] http interface debug: dir=/usr/share/vlc/http
[00000317] http interface debug: file=/usr/share/vlc/http/index.html (url=/)
[00000317] http interface debug: redir= -> /
[00000317] http interface debug: redir=/index.html -> /
[00000317] http interface debug: dir=/usr/share/vlc/http/admin
[00000317] http interface debug: find .access in dir=/usr/share/vlc/http/admin
[00000317] http interface debug: using user=admin password=admin (read=11)
[00000317] http interface debug: file=/usr/share/vlc/http/admin/dboxfiles.html (url=/admin/dboxfiles.html)
[00000317] http interface debug: file=/usr/share/vlc/http/admin/index.html (url=/admin/)
[00000317] http interface debug: redir=/admin -> /admin/
[00000317] http interface debug: redir=/admin/index.html -> /admin/
[00000317] http interface debug: file=/usr/share/vlc/http/admin/browse.html (url=/admin/browse.html)
[00000317] http interface debug: file=/usr/share/vlc/http/cone_minus.png (url=/cone_minus.png)
[00000317] http interface debug: file=/usr/share/vlc/http/info.html (url=/info.html)
[00000317] http interface debug: dir=/usr/share/vlc/http/vlm
[00000317] http interface debug: file=/usr/share/vlc/http/vlm/edit.html (url=/vlm/edit.html)
[00000317] http interface debug: file=/usr/share/vlc/http/vlm/index.html (url=/vlm/)
[00000317] http interface debug: redir=/vlm -> /vlm/
[00000317] http interface debug: redir=/vlm/index.html -> /vlm/
[00000317] http interface debug: file=/usr/share/vlc/http/vlm/new.html (url=/vlm/new.html)
[00000317] http interface debug: file=/usr/share/vlc/http/style.css (url=/style.css)
[00000317] http interface debug: file=/usr/share/vlc/http/webcam.html (url=/webcam.html)
[00000317] http interface debug: file=/usr/share/vlc/http/favicon.ico (url=/favicon.ico)
[00000317] http interface debug: file=/usr/share/vlc/http/cone_plus.png (url=/cone_plus.png)
[00000121] main module debug: using interface module "http"
[00000317] main interface debug: interface initialized
[00000317] main interface debug: thread 3057175472 (interface) created at priority 0 (src/interface/interface.c:211)
[00000321] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
Remote control interface initialized, `h' for help
[00000127] main module debug: using interface module "rc"
[00000321] main interface debug: interface initialized
[00000321] main interface debug: thread 3048737712 (interface) created at priority 0 (src/interface/interface.c:211)
[00000323] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
vlc: could not connect to socket
vlc: No such file or directory
[00000323] lirc interface error: lirc_init failed
[00000323] main interface warning: no interface module matching "lirc,none" could be loaded
[00000323] main interface error: no suitable intf module
[00000001] main vlc error: interface "lirc,none" initialization failed
*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x082d9f20 ***
Aborted

I'm running Ubuntu 6.10. I installed this via Synaptic rather than from source. Any ideas what's wrong and how to fix it?

Forgive me if I'm missing anything important. This is my first post, and I'm a real noob when it comes to VLC.

[tsr]

Hi namesake

Are you sure you installed VLC with synaptic ? I am on Ubuntu (6.10 / Edgy) myself, and the official version in the repositories is 0.8.6 (not 0.8.4 !). Have you tried an "apt-get update" / "apt-get upgrade", in case you recently upgraded from dapper to edgy ?
I remember that the stable version of VLC in dapper was 0.8.4, so that might be related to your problem.
hope it helps.

[TVarmy]

Well, I tried updating it, but it still won't open. I get a different error now.

VLC:
$ vlc
VLC media player 0.8.6 Janus
Segmentation fault

VLC -vvv
$ vlc -vvv
VLC media player 0.8.6 Janus
[00000001] main vlc debug: checking builtin modules
[00000001] main vlc debug: checking plugin modules
[00000001] main vlc debug: loading plugins cache file /home/tim/.vlc/cache/plugins-04041e.dat
[00000001] main vlc warning: This doesn't look like a valid plugins cache
[00000001] main vlc debug: recursively browsing `modules'
[00000001] main vlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc'
Segmentation fault


So, it sounds a bit like there is a problem with my plugins cache. How would I go about fixing that, if that is the problem?

Thanks a lot for the help so far.

[xtophe]

It detects correctly that your plugin cache is the old one of 0.8.4 and don't use it.

Then it scans /usr/lib/vlc to find its modules

Delete the plugin cache in ~/vlc/cache

[TVarmy]

I deleted the plugin cache, and now this happens.

$ vlc -vvv
VLC media player 0.8.6 Janus
[00000001] main vlc debug: checking builtin modules
[00000001] main vlc debug: checking plugin modules
[00000001] main vlc debug: loading plugins cache file /home/tim/.vlc/cache/plugins-04041e.dat
[00000001] main vlc warning: could not open plugins cache file /home/tim/.vlc/cache/plugins-04041e.dat for reading
[00000001] main vlc debug: recursively browsing `modules'
[00000001] main vlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc'
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Any ideas?

[TVarmy]

I'm bumping this up because I still can't get it to work.

[Albert]

Hello,
I have also problem with lirc - Kubuntu 6.10

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VLC media player 0.8.6 Janus [00000001] main vlc debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 FPU [00000001] main vlc debug: looking for memcpy module: 1 candidate [00000001] main vlc debug: using memcpy module "memcpy" [00000278] main playlist debug: waiting for thread completion [00000278] main playlist debug: thread 3080395680 (playlist) created at priority 0 (playlist/playlist.c:184) [00000279] main private debug: waiting for thread completion [00000279] main private debug: thread 3072002976 (preparser) created at priority 0 (playlist/playlist.c:210) [00000280] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate Remote control interface initialized. Type `help' for help. [00000280] main interface debug: using interface module "rc" [00000280] main interface debug: thread 3063557024 (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:231) [00000282] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate vlc: could not connect to socket vlc: Permission denied [00000282] lirc interface error: lirc initialisation failed [00000282] main interface warning: no interface module matching "lirc,none" could be loaded [00000282] main interface error: no suitable interface module [00000001] main vlc error: interface "lirc,none" initialization failed [00000284] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate [00000284] main interface debug: using interface module "hotkeys" ...

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lirc error: lirc initialisation failed main error: no suitable interface module main error: interface "lirc,none" initialization failed

Albert

[Albert]

Hello,
my fault. VLC didn't see lirc even after reboot, but day after there is no problem and lirc module is loaded (?)
Albert