ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'environ'

[rocky]

File obtained called _usr_bin_vlc.1000.crash

Log file:
https://pastebin.com/aGtAJ3a6

[wizball]

Strange.. all running tasks are assigned a PID and the Linux memory
internals belonging to that task are accessible in a virtualized folder ie;-

/proc/<PID>/

If listed, the files within that folder will all show zero bytes by
the file system, however the files do contain accessible data.

Run VLC and in a terminal and try:

To find VLC`s PID eg:-

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ps -C vlc PID TTY TIME CMD 7924 tty2 00:00:00 vlc

Then using the pid number, display the environ contents:-

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cat /proc/7924/environ

If there is no error and the Environment displays in the terminal,
there should be no reason why VLC reports 'Permission Denied'.

[rocky]

@wizball I'll test what you say, if I can reproduce the issue, because happened only once and it's random, not every time you launch vlc.