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Hello. I use Ubuntu Maverick (10.10). I installed a skin. Now VLC player crashes upon start, so I can't access the preferences in order to stop using that skin. I followed the instructions on the videolan wiki, and started VLC with the command vlc -I qt, but it doesn't work. Can anyone help me, please?

This is what I get when I start VLC with the command vlc -I qt:

nelson@nechus:~$ vlc -I qt
VLC media player 1.1.7 The Luggage (revision exported)
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS")
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE")
Warning: call to srand(1334688587)
Warning: call to rand()
Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "")
Warning: call to srand(1334393778)
Warning: call to rand()
Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "")

(process:4292): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Warning: call to rand()
Warning: call to srand(1334688587)
Warning: call to rand()
Warning: call to rand()
[0xf18d00] skins2 interface: skin: subX author: Martin Poehlmann
[0x1d7b370] qt4 interface error: cannot start Qt4 multiple times
[0x1d7b370] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0xe09120] main libvlc error: interface "default" initialization failed


Thank you

Removing the vlc config files is akin to a reset of preferences ( rm ~/.config/vlc/* )

I'm having the same problem. Plus, related to it is that when I open a video file from Krusader and then I close Krusader the VLC stops too. The problem is qt4. When I uncheck it in the options the problem goes away.

P.S. I know about removing the config files but I'd like an answer as to why this happens and how to fix it.