According to related Mandriva bug, the problem seems to be with new glib memory allocator. Running vlc using : $ G_SLICE=always-malloc vlc
works fine. ** Bug watch added: Mandriva Linux #31308 http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=31308 ** Also affects: vlc (Mandriva) via http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=31308 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- [Gutsy] VLC Crashes instantly fails to Start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120278 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for glib2.0 in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
