VLC segmentation
Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:40
On Linux Mint 9 I have a problem with the VLC 1.1.0 version.After I installed the package from the console with the instructions from the official site,the player stopped working.It won't open any files and won't even start.It doesn't display an error message or anything,it simply won't start.
If I run vlc in the terminal all I get is :
I tried to uninstall vlc with the software manager,with the purge command,I tried emptying the cache and deleting all packages from the manager and doing a fresh install.
I tried running the vlc --reset-config and all I get is the same message.I've installed all the packages that were recommended on the forum sticky and still nothing will change.
Running as root won't solve anything.
These are all the solutions that I found on other forums and none seem to work.All the other programs run just fine.
Also,it seems I cannot install the libvlc2 and libvlccore4 from the manager for some reason.
If I run them from the synaptic package manager I get :
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Thing is,the vlc-data package is installed and doesn't seem to have any problems.
If I run vlc in the terminal all I get is :
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VLC media player 1.1.0 The Luggage (revision exported)
Segmentation fault
I tried running the vlc --reset-config and all I get is the same message.I've installed all the packages that were recommended on the forum sticky and still nothing will change.
Running as root won't solve anything.
These are all the solutions that I found on other forums and none seem to work.All the other programs run just fine.
Also,it seems I cannot install the libvlc2 and libvlccore4 from the manager for some reason.
If I run them from the synaptic package manager I get :
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ibvlc2:
Depends: libvlccore2 but it is not going to be installed
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ibvlccore2:
Depends: vlc-data (=1.1.0~rc3-1~ppa1) but 1.1.0-1~ppa1 is to be installed