Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-08 Thread Jack Craig
may i ask, in the terminal window, what does, $ strace vlc show?? On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 6:05 AM Ed Greshko wrote: > On 7/8/19 7:27 PM, SternData wrote: > > When I try from terminal, I get a core dump > > > > $ vlc > > VLC media player 3.0.7.1 Vetinari (revision 3.0.7.1-0-gf3940db4af) > > [000

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-08 Thread Eddie O'Connor
I wonder if an uninstall / reinstall would fix this issue? Sounds to me like something went bad and just needs to be started over from scratch.just my ramblings on the matter... On Mon, Jul 8, 2019, 8:13 AM SternData wrote: > When I try from terminal, I get a core dump > > $ vlc > VLC media

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-08 Thread Ed Greshko
On 7/8/19 7:27 PM, SternData wrote: > When I try from terminal, I get a core dump > > $ vlc > VLC media player 3.0.7.1 Vetinari (revision 3.0.7.1-0-gf3940db4af) > [5590e330cbe0] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. > Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. > Segmentation fault

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-08 Thread SternData
When I try from terminal, I get a core dump $ vlc VLC media player 3.0.7.1 Vetinari (revision 3.0.7.1-0-gf3940db4af) [5590e330cbe0] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. Segmentation fault (core dumped) On 7/7/19 9:35 PM, Jack Craig wro

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-08 Thread Tim via users
On Sun, 2019-07-07 at 21:19 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I have been looking at a couple mp4 videos transferred from my son's > phone. > > I successfully opened 3 of them with vlc, closed vlc and renamed > them. > > Then for the fourth, vlc stopped launching. >

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-07 Thread Ed Greshko
On 7/8/19 10:51 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Jul  7 22:48:58 lx140e audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 > ses=4294967295 > subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=fprintd comm="systemd" > exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' > Jul  7 22:49:06

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I had ran vlc successfully to listen to another video from my son (of one of his boy's) and then went to quit the vlc from the panel. Looked at messages and see: Jul  7 22:48:58 lx140e audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-07 Thread Ed Greshko
On 7/8/19 9:54 AM, Todd Zullinger wrote: > From the "there's more than one way to do it" file... There is also the "killall" command -- Right: I dislike the default color scheme Wrong: What idiot picked the default color scheme ___ users mailing list

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-07 Thread Jack Craig
how about 'strace vlc' ?? ;) just for variety On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 7:43 PM Todd Zullinger wrote: > Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 07/07/2019 07:19 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> How can I find its process number to try and kill it or any better way > >> to get its attention? > > > > ps aux | grep

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-07 Thread Jack Craig
i use the gnome desktop and open a terminal window. i launch it using vlc at the bash command line. i Know this isnt right, should use cvlc or some such, but you asked, ... hth,... On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 7:31 PM Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Where do you see these messages? > > On 7/7/19 10:27 P

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Where do you see these messages? On 7/7/19 10:27 PM, Jack Craig wrote: i have a stubborn vlc too have you got any, ... Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-07 Thread Jack Craig
i have a stubborn vlc too have you got any, ... Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory *Gtk-Message: 13:52:48.765: Gtk

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-07 Thread Earl Ramirez
On Sun, 2019-07-07 at 21:24 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I got it 'open media' option to browser for a file and supposedly to > open an mp4, but nothing. > > top is showing pulseaudio process running along. I suppose I could try > and kill that... > > killed pulseaudio, but still nothing

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-07 Thread Todd Zullinger
Joe Zeff wrote: > On 07/07/2019 07:19 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> How can I find its process number to try and kill it or any better way >> to get its attention? > > ps aux | grep vlc | grerp -v grep > > will do what you want. I have this as a one-liner shell script because it > comes in hand

Progress of sorts - Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
3 of them with vlc, closed vlc and renamed them. Then for the fourth, vlc stopped launching. Well I guess it is really not launching, as I see the vlc icon on the panel.  It is not responding.  It won't close.  It won't let me open a file.  It won't quit. How can I find its pro

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-07 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/07/2019 07:19 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: How can I find its process number to try and kill it or any better way to get its attention? ps aux | grep vlc | grerp -v grep will do what you want. I have this as a one-liner shell script because it comes in handy more often than you'd expect

Re: VLC stopped launching

2019-07-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
te: I have been looking at a couple mp4 videos transferred from my son's phone. I successfully opened 3 of them with vlc, closed vlc and renamed them. Then for the fourth, vlc stopped launching. Well I guess it is really not launching, as I see the vlc icon on the panel.  It is not respon

VLC stopped launching

2019-07-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have been looking at a couple mp4 videos transferred from my son's phone. I successfully opened 3 of them with vlc, closed vlc and renamed them. Then for the fourth, vlc stopped launching. Well I guess it is really not launching, as I see the vlc icon on the panel.  It is not respo