Re: VLC crashes - chronic problem since Jessie

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On Thursday 18 June 2020, William Morder via trinity-users wrote:
> On Thursday 18 June 2020 16:40:29 BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote:
> > On Thursday 18 June 2020, William Morder via trinity-users wrote:
> > > On Thursday 18 June 2020 15:28:46 BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote:
> > > > > This is directed mostly to Nik (since I've heard him mention both
> > > > > Devuan and VLC); but also to anybody else who might have some
> > > > > inkling what is causing this issue.
> > > > >
> > > > > VLC is (or would be) my media player of choice on most of my
> > > > > machines or devices. I use it on my smartphone, and don't need
> > > > > anything else to play music, movies, stream videos or radio. (I've
> > > > > tried other media players, yes, but they are all inadequate by
> > > > > comparison, at least for my own needs.) So many good things to say
> > > > > about VLC ... until about a year or two ago.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ever since Jessie it will start up, but then immediately crashes.
> > > > > I've gone through looking for conflicts, but nothing obvious jumps
> > > > > out at me.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any suggestions about where to look, or what might be causing such
> > > > > an issue?
> > > > >
> > > > > Bill
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > >--
> > > >
> > > > Hi Bill
> > > >
> > > > the only thing I can think of is, purge all settings, config, cache
> > > > etc. and try again from the command line. See what it pops out.
> > > >
> > > > If you are up to it, grab the source code and build it. If you get it
> > > > working like that, that means the deb package is likely faulty
> > > > somehow.
> > > >
> > > > Kate
> > >
> > > Hi Kate!
> > >
> > > Yes, I do hate building from source, but I can do it; it's just that
> > > there is no single "right" way to do it, so I waste a lot of time
> > > futzing with it.
> > >
> > > Since I haven't found too much online about similar problems, I would
> > > guess that the problem lies not with the deb packages themselves, or it
> > > would have been hunted down by now; but I could be wrong.
> > >
> > > Regarding a purge of settings: Do you mean using "apt-get purge"
> > > or "dpkg --purge"? or do you mean some kind of manual search? My hunch
> > > is that the fault may be there, even though I haven't changed anything
> > > (not even my socks) since about 2006 or so.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > No apt anything bad human!
> > No soup for you!
> >
> > I mean, go to your user directory ~/foo and look for references to vlc.
> > For example...
> >
> > ~/Bill/.vlc
> > ~/Bill/.local/share/vlc
> > ~/Bill/.config/vlc
> > and rename or delete the content of.
> > I would rename....
> > ~/Bill/.vlc.old
> > ~/Bill/.local/share/vlc.old
> > ~/Bill/.config/vlc.old
> > and let vlc reload those directories/files with clean ones.
> >
> > Obviously those directories may differ depending on distro and version
> > etc.
> >
> > You can also try creating a new blank user, login as such and try vlc
> > from there. If it launches then it's definitely a config/settings file
> > problem.
> >
> > Also try to start vlc as root. It could be a perms problem, though I
> > doubt it.
> >
> > good luck,
> >
> > Kate
>
> Yeah, I keep forgetting about that easy way to bypass these niggling
> issues: just to create a new user, as gregm and Michael have recommended. I
> *know* that I can do this, and long ago in the past I used to create new
> users for troubleshooting purposes, but it has been at least five or six
> years since I've done it, merely because I haven't had much trouble to
> shoot, and I live like a hermit monk, so I am always the only user on any
> of my machines.
>
> I believe, with these recommendations, I will be prepared for my search.
> Nothing that I didn't already know, I suppose, but it's good to be
> reminded.
>
> Also ... I was kinda-sorta hoping that somebody might say, "Oh, I know
> exactly what it is, because ..."; but no such luck there, so the hunt is
> on.
>
> Thanks for the recommendations, and if anybody else has ideas, I am still
> listening. I'll let you know of any interesting results.
>
> Bill
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Everyone needs reminding, it's called old age.
Good luck Bill.

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