Commands won't work, getting lua errors

[eNergizer]

I can't seem to get the repeat, loop, random, rate, faster, slower to work.

> repeat on
Error in `repeat on' lua/intf/modules/common.lua:16: bad argument #-1 to 'foo' (boolean expected, got string)
> loop on
Error in `loop on' lua/intf/modules/common.lua:16: bad argument #-1 to 'foo' (boolean expected, got string)
> random on
Error in `random on' lua/intf/modules/common.lua:16: bad argument #-1 to 'foo' (boolean expected, got string)
> faster
Error in `faster' lua/intf/rc.lua:434: bad argument #1 to 'set' (vlc_object expected, got nil)
> rate
Error in `rate' lua/intf/rc.lua:430: bad argument #1 to 'set' (vlc_object expected, got nil)

This is what my startup looks like:

[root@PlayMOAR vd]# vlc
VLC media player 1.1.2 The Luggage (revision exported)
LibVLC has detected an unusable buggy GNU/libc version.
Please update to version 2.8 or newer.
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS")
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE")
process 14284: D-Bus library appears to be incorrectly set up; failed to read machine uuid: Failed to open "/var/lib/dbus/machine-id": No such file or directory
See the manual page for dbus-uuidgen to correct this issue.
[0x1a229de0] inhibit interface error: Failed to connect to the D-Bus session daemon: Failed to execute dbus-launch to autolaunch D-Bus session
[0x1a229de0] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0x1a223ad0] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0x1a15e090] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[0x1a15e090] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0x1a223ad0] [rc] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 1.1.2 The Luggage
Remote control interface initialized. Type `help' for help.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Your syntax is wrong, as the error says.

[eNergizer]

What's the proper syntax?