I would like to make VLC launch NOT in the GUI, if the GUI is the issue.If it affects the VLC Qt GUI, then it's not a VLC in any way, and there's really not much point discussing it here or in another thread.
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$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS \n \l
$ uname -a
Linux optimus 5.4.0-28-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 22 17:40:10 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ vlc --version
VLC media player 3.0.9.2 Vetinari (revision 3.0.9.2-0-gd4c1aefe4d)
VLC version 3.0.9.2 Vetinari (3.0.9.2-0-gd4c1aefe4d)
Compiled by buildd on lgw01-amd64-060.buildd (Apr 9 2020 19:29:44)
Compiler: gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2)
This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License;
see the file named COPYING for details.
Written by the VideoLAN team; see the AUTHORS file.
$
Not for me, still the same issue with systray icon disabled. Manjaro/KDE/kernel 5.6.12/amdgpu/X11...Apparently, this issue got fixed when I disabled the systray icon from Tools > Preferences > Interface > Show systray icon. No zombie vlc process so far.
Whoops, I do admit that I skipped reading page 2 and skimmed rest. My bad.As pointed out up-thread: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=149762&start=25#p501505 you can use XVideo (3.0.x) or X11 RENDER (4.0) as a work around but it will increase CPU usage. XVideo also hurts subtitle quality.
videbob you are a king!Works fine for me with an AMD R9 290 on Linux Mint 19.3, even with different mesa versions.
However, change over to Ubuntu 20.04 or Linux Mint 20 and I always get the dreaded zombie process with Automatic or OpenGL output. Changing output to X11 works OK.
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$ watch 'ps aux | grep [v]lc'
Yes, that seems to have done the trick for me too. Opens faster and closes fully now without leaving a listing in htop needing killed so I can start it again when needed. Thank you.I had the same issue on Ubuntu 20.04 with Vega M GPU, tray icon mentioned in post above did not work BUT found this on reddit that worked for me:
Preferences > Video > Output > XVideo output (XCB) > save and restart player
Now it closes fine with X while video is still playing, tray icon ENABLED, single instance mode.
Hope it helps someone.
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