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From: David Abbott <dabbott@g.o>
To: PR Gentoo <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: VLC stopped working: XML reader not found
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 01:50:56
Message-Id: CACs9S6bXXwE1PXqggUE9xW2B+h_i6rc3teK643JnJ3JEkch-Mw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: VLC stopped working: XML reader not found by Grant Edwards
1 On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 9:35 PM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > On 2020-03-22, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 > > VLC suddenly stopped working this week. Last week it worked fine, but
6 > > now I get this:
7 > >
8 > > $ vlc
9 > > VLC media player 3.0.8 Vetinari (revision 3.0.8-0-gf350b6b5a7)
10 > > [000055814c41d3e0] main xml reader error: XML reader not found
11 > > [000055814c399580] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
12 > > Segmentation fault
13 > >
14 > > I re-emerged it, but no change. Why is VLC suddenly looking for an
15 > > XML reader and segfaulting when it doesn't find one?
16 > >
17 > > A few days ago, I did plug in a second monitor and used xrandr to
18 > > configure a single display with two screens. Does that have something
19 > > to do with VLC suddenly blowing a gasket about XML?
20 >
21 > It doesn't appear to be related. I switched back to my old single-monitor
22 > configuration, and VLC still segfaults the same way.
23 >
24 > --
25 > Grant
26 >
27 >
28 Is the xml use flag enabled?
29
30 --
31 David Abbott (dabbott)

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