On Thursday 18 June 2020, Michael wrote:
> On Thursday 18 June 2020 06:01:47 pm gregm wrote:
> > On Thursday, June 18, 2020 3:44 PM, William Morder via trinity-users
>
> <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
> >
> > Try: login as a new user, make sure member of the "video" group. Or
> > backup then remove the vlc config dir.
> >
> > "apt purge vlc" works also..less typing 'dpkg" removes one package, has
> > to have the .deb file extension.
>
> I'd say go with greg's approach.
>
> - Create a brand new user and try VLC under them.
> - Re-install vlc with the (--force?) option, so apt completely overwrites
> everything.
>
> Best,
> Michael
>
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Ah, true. Purge and reload. This sounds like a better deal to try.
I would also suggest giving the computer chocolate.
Always helps. 0_o.

No but seriously, purge and reload.

Kate