On Friday 19 June 2020, William Morder via trinity-users wrote: > On Friday 19 June 2020 11:17:22 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > Anno domini 2020 Fri, 19 Jun 11:03:09 -0700 > > > > William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > > > On Friday 19 June 2020 10:21:32 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > > Anno domini 2020 Thu, 18 Jun 15:19:49 -0700 > > > > > > > > William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > Sorry, I think I missed that message. If you have not solved it in > > > > the meantime: delete "~/.config/vlc/" and "~/.local/share/vlc" > > > > > > > > Nik > > > > > > Hi Nik! > > > > > > No problem, as others jumped their suggestions. However I did miss the > > > entry in "~/.local/share/vlc", so that helps me, too. And I did believe > > > that I had resolved the issue, until I tried to play another film; when > > > I tried to load the next item, however, I got the same problems all > > > over again. > > > > > > I am still fiddling with it, looking for old configurations that used > > > to work, to see if I can somehow adapt the settings, but it seems that > > > VLC has changed something, and whatever has changed now interferes with > > > its operation. > > > > > > In particular, I notice that I am asked for explicit permission for > > > network access. But I don't stream videos from online sources; I only > > > play local files, and have no need of Internet while I am watching; so > > > that seems unnecessary. I don't remember being asked for such > > > permissions before, but maybe I used my own settings to evade the > > > problem until now? > > > > > > Anyway, at present I must delete VLC folders, etc., then start over for > > > every time I want to play a film. At least I made some progress: I can > > > use VLC (a little), whereas before yesterday, for a year or more past, > > > I could not use it at all. > > > > Can you start vlc from commandline and post the error message - if any? > > > > > Does anybody else remember the promise, that computers would make our > > > lives easier, and give us more free time? > > > > Yes. And the paperfree office. And then they published UT99 :) > > > > Nik > > Sorry for the delay in responding. Sometimes I get tired of fighting > against the machine. > > ;-) > > Well, so I got it going again, at least operable. I am a hoarder, and in > one of my hoards I found some old configuration files for VLC that preserve > my settings. I still have some problems playing anything directly from a > saved iso, as well as some vobs and mpegs. I checked this with an iso that > I created myself (so nothing weird to interfere with playback), and I still > have problems with some of them. This doesn't seem right. > > I did find out something interesting, though. I have purged everything > KDE4/5, as well as any traces of MATE or LXDE or whatever else, and even > after purging I still keep finding KDE4/5 krap. It is like being in an > abusive relationship. My old desktop doesn't want to let me go, and keeps > trying to control me even after I have emotionally moved on to a better > desktop. > > After getting rid of any lingering KDE4/5 files, I suddenly realized that > VLC had been using KDE theme settings, rather than my TDE settings. (When I > first installed Debian, I used a DVD that had made KDE5 one of the default > choices, so I had to configure KDE Plasma before I could get TDE to work. > Now I have got rid of KDE, but it seems not quite.) > > So I want to believe that I have it almost rebuilt as I like, but we'll > see. At the moment, no errors messages to report, but it's still not > running quite right. > > Whenever I can do a fresh installation on a new SSD, I will try to build a > new machine as GNU/Linux Devuan with TDE from the bottom up. > > Bill > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- I sometimes have strange problems when I try to reuse a user dir in new builds (ghosts in the machine). When I do is start with clean user and copy over, bit by bit, the config files I need for important stuff like konqueror. Everything else I can just readjust as I go along. Seems to work well. Good luck human. Kate