Bug#539957: vlc fails to launch gui after upgrade from << 1.0 to >= 1.0

sean finney seanius at debian.org
Tue Aug 4 18:44:20 UTC 2009


Package: vlc
Version: 1.0.1-1
Severity: important

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the gui controls do not initialize.  it's still possible to play video
from the cmdline.  cmdline output:

rangda[/home/sean] vlc                                                       :)
VLC media player 1.0.1 Goldeneye
[0x21f08c8] main interface error: no interface module matched "globalhotkeys,none"
[0x21f08c8] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0x1fac098] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[0x21f08c8] main interface error: no interface module matched "wxwidgets"
[0x21f08c8] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0x1fac098] main libvlc error: interface "default" initialization failed
*** LibVLC Exception not handled: Interface initialization failed
Set a breakpoint in 'libvlc_exception_not_handled' to debug.

if i rm -rf .vlc and .cache/vlc, and then run vlc -vvv --color --list
once (yeah, that's wierd...), vlc starts up the gui on subsequent calls.
however, i don't think this is really acceptable as a fix[1] as afaict all
users will be hit by this issue when it comes time to go lenny->squeeze.

	sean

[1] that is to say, without some kind of diagnostic message at least so the
    user doesn't waste a bunch of time googling and searching bug reports.

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages vlc depends on:
ii  libaa1                 1.4p5-38          ascii art library
ii  libc6                  2.9-23            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.16-2          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.9-5           FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfribidi0            0.10.9-1          Free Implementation of the Unicode
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.1-1         GCC support library
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl 7.5-3             A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.20.4-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.16.5-1          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1 0.4.5-1           sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libqtcore4             4:4.5.2-1         Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4              4:4.5.2-1         Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libsdl-image1.2        1.2.7-1           image loading library for Simple D
ii  libsdl1.2debian        1.2.13-4+b1       Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.1-1           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtar                 1.2.11-6          C library for manipulating tar arc
ii  libvlccore2            1.0.1-1           base library for VLC and its modul
ii  libx11-6               2:1.2.2-1         X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6               2:1.0.4-1         X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxinerama1           2:1.0.3-2         X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxv1                 2:1.0.4-1         X11 Video extension library
ii  libxxf86vm1            1:1.0.2-1         X11 XFree86 video mode extension l
ii  ttf-dejavu-core        2.29-3            Vera font family derivate with add
ii  vlc-nox                1.0.1-1           multimedia player and streamer (wi
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-14 compression library - runtime

vlc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages vlc suggests:
pn  mozilla-plugin-vlc            <none>     (no description available)
pn  videolan-doc                  <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages vlc-nox depends on:
ii  liba52-0.7.4 0.7.4-11                    library for decoding ATSC A/52 str
ii  libasound2   1.0.20-3                    shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii  libass3      0.9.6-1                     library for SSA/ASS subtitles rend
ii  libavahi-cli 0.6.25-1                    Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-com 0.6.25-1                    Avahi common library
ii  libavcodec52 5:0.5+svn20090720-0.0       library to encode decode multimedi
ii  libavformat5 5:0.5+svn20090720-0.0       ffmpeg file format library
ii  libavutil49  4:0.5+svn20090609-2         ffmpeg utility library
ii  libc6        2.9-23                      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcaca0     0.99.beta16-2               colour ASCII art library
ii  libcdio10    0.81-4                      library to read and control CD-ROM
ii  libdbus-1-3  1.2.16-2                    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdca0      0.0.5-3                     decoding library for DTS Coherent 
ii  libdvbpsi5   0.1.6-1                     library for MPEG TS and DVB PSI ta
ii  libdvdnav4   4.1.3-4                     DVD navigation library
ii  libdvdread4  4.1.3-6                     library for reading DVDs
ii  libebml0     0.7.7-3.1                   access library for the EBML format
ii  libfaad0     2.6.1-3.1                   freeware Advanced Audio Decoder - 
ii  libflac8     1.2.1-1.2                   Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtim
ii  libfontconfi 2.6.0-4                     generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6 2.3.9-5                     FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfribidi0  0.10.9-1                    Free Implementation of the Unicode
ii  libgcc1      1:4.4.1-1                   GCC support library
ii  libgcrypt11  1.4.4-3                     LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libgnutls26  2.6.6-1                     the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgpg-error 1.6-1                       library for common error values an
ii  libhal1      0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  liblircclien 0.8.3-3                     infra-red remote control support -
ii  liblua5.1-0  5.1.4-3                     Simple, extensible, embeddable pro
ii  libmad0      0.15.1b-4                   MPEG audio decoder library
ii  libmatroska0 0.8.1-1.1                   extensible open standard audio/vid
ii  libmodplug0c 1:0.8.7-1                   shared libraries for mod music bas
ii  libmpcdec3   1:1.2.2-2.1                 Musepack (MPC) format library
ii  libmpeg2-4   0.4.1-3                     MPEG1 and MPEG2 video decoder libr
ii  libncursesw5 5.7+20090728-1              shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libogg0      1.1.4~dfsg-1                Ogg bitstream library
ii  libpng12-0   1.2.38-1                    PNG library - runtime
ii  libpostproc5 5:0.5+svn20090720-0.0       postproc shared libraries
ii  libschroedin 1.0.7-1                     library for encoding/decoding of D
ii  libshout3    2.2.2-5                     MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming
ii  libsmbclient 2:3.4.0-2                   shared library for communication w
ii  libspeex1    1.2~rc1-1                   The Speex codec runtime library
ii  libstdc++6   4.4.1-1                     The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libswscale0  5:0.5+svn20090720-0.0       ffmpeg video scaling library
ii  libsysfs2    2.1.0-5                     interface library to sysfs
ii  libtag1c2a   1.5-7                       TagLib Audio Meta-Data Library
ii  libtheora0   1.0-2                       The Theora Video Compression Codec
ii  libtwolame0  0.3.12-1                    MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoding librar
ii  libv4l-0     0.6.0-1                     Collection of video4linux support 
ii  libvcdinfo0  0.7.23-4+b1                 library to extract information fro
ii  libvlc2      1.0.1-1                     multimedia player and streamer lib
ii  libvlccore2  1.0.1-1                     base library for VLC and its modul
ii  libvorbis0a  1.2.0.dfsg-5                The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libvorbisenc 1.2.0.dfsg-5                The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libxml2      2.7.3.dfsg-2                GNOME XML library
ii  zlib1g       1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-14           compression library - runtime

Versions of packages libvlc2 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.9-23     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libvlccore2                   1.0.1-1    base library for VLC and its modul

Versions of packages libvlccore0 depends on:
ii  libc6        2.9-23                      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3  1.2.16-2                    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libhal1      0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  vlc-data     1.0.1-1                     Common data for VLC

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