Vlc seg faults?

Daniel B. Thurman dant at cdkkt.com
Thu Feb 5 15:13:07 UTC 2009


Ron Siven wrote:
> Nigel Henry wrote:
>> On Wednesday 04 February 2009 20:14, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>>  
>>> Fedora 9 w/ latest updates
>>>
>>> Perhaps some do not use VLC, but in any case it seg faults?
>>>
>>> Feb  4 11:10:35 gold kernel: vlc[27715]: segfault at aeff7fd0 ip
>>> 0058ad6c sp aeff7fd4 error 6 in libc-2.8.so[51b000+163000]
>>> Feb  4 11:11:10 gold kernel: vlc[27787]: segfault at aeffafe0 ip
>>> 0058ad6c sp aeffafe4 error 6 in libc-2.8.so[51b000+163000]
>>> Feb  4 11:11:29 gold ntpd[2729]: kernel time sync status change 0001
>>> Feb  4 11:12:06 gold kernel: vlc[27887]: segfault at aeff7fe0 ip
>>> 0058ad6c sp aeff7fe4 error 6 in libc-2.8.so[51b000+163000]
>>> Feb  4 11:12:10 gold kernel: vlc[27906]: segfault at aeef9ff0 ip
>>> 0058ad6c sp aeef9ff4 error 6 in libc-2.8.so[51b000+163000]
>>> Feb  4 11:12:14 gold kernel: vlc[27926]: segfault at af0f7fd0 ip
>>> 0058ad6c sp af0f7fd4 error 6 in libc-2.8.so[51b000+163000]
>>>
>>> Anyone have this problem?
>>>     
>>
>> Hi Daniel.
>>
>> I'm only referencing playing DVD's here, but vlc plays them ok on F9, 
>> as does Mplayer, and I've just got Kaffeine playing them as well, 
>> using the gstreamer engine.
>>
>> I'm using an Asus M2N-X Plus mobo with an ati pci-express graphics 
>> card. Fedora 9 has chosen to use the radeon driver for this card, but 
>> other distros on this same machine have chosen different graphics 
>> drivers. For example, the Archlinux install, which has the same vlc 
>> version as Fedora 9 is using the ati driver, and vlc works ok on that.
>>
>> I also have Ubuntu, and Kubuntu Intrepid 8.10 installs on the same 
>> machine. they are using the qt version of vlc (0.9.4 Grishenko), and 
>> both these distros have installed using the vesa graphics driver. Vlc 
>> will not play dvd's. I get the menu, and about a half second of sound 
>> and video, then the playback stops. I won't ramble on, but think this 
>> may have something to do with the vesa graphics driver on the 
>> Ubuntu/Kubuntu Intrepid installs, and the vlc qt version.
>>
>> I removed vlc from the Kubuntu Intrepid install, and installed the 
>> older version of vlc from the Kubuntu hardy repo, which has vlc 
>> 0.8.6a janus (wxWidgets Interface). That version of vlc works fine on 
>> Kubuntu Intrepid, with the vesa graphics driver.
>>
>> On my Kubuntu/Ubuntu Intrepid installs, Totem, Ogle, Kaffeine, and 
>> Xine play dvd's ok. It's just a problem with the qt version of vlc 
>> (0.9.4 Grishenko).
>>
>> I've just rebooted to F8 on the same machine. Vlc is version 0.8.7 
>> Janus (wxWidgets interface), and plays dvd's ok, and that is using 
>> the vesa graphics driver.
>>
>> Personally, I'd try downloading, and installing the F8 version of vlc 
>> from the rpmfusion repo, if it's still available, as F8 is now no 
>> longer supported.
>>
>> Just some observations from problems I've had with vlc on 
>> Ubuntu/Kubuntu Intrepid, using the qt version of vlc, and perhaps 
>> related to the graphics card driver being used.
>>
>> Sorry if this is a bit of a ramble, but I've already posted my 
>> problem to 3 mailing lists, including videolan, but with no replies. 
>> I've fixed my vlc problem on Ubuntu/Kubuntu Intrepid, by using an 
>> earlier version of vlc. The same may work for you.
>>
>> All the best.
>>
>> nigel.
>>
>>   
> You could try :
>
> vlc --reset-config
vlc --reset-config, is exactly it!

Thanks!
Dan




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