[SOLVED] vlc doesn't start

[uluru]

Hello,
I don't use VLC very often but today I treid to open it and it didn't run. So I opened a terminal and typed the following:

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[uluru@localhost ~]$ vlc
VLC media player 2.0.1 Twoflower (revision 2.0.1-0-gf432547)
[0x9b6a8f0] main libvlc error: No plugins found! Check your VLC installation.


I checked the installed packages and I noticed that altougth I have a mga2 x86-64 install I have vlc i586 installed.

I unckecked avery vlc* package and then I tried to install vlc x86_64 (tainted). No luck. When I click on the checkbox a pop-up tell me that I can't inctall vlc 2.0.1 x86_64 tainted.

I then reinstalled VLC 2.0.1 i586 but I still see the error message.

I searched in this forum and I also discovered that I don't have a ~/.config/vlc/ folder.

I remember using VLC smoothly few months ago, I then recall the 2.0.1 was in the upgrade list but I never opened vlc after I upgraded, until today.


Thank you

[doktor5000]

Please show the output of

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rpm -qa | grep vlc

and please use code tags as explained in ftp://ftp.mandrivauser.de/rpm/rpm/extra ... e_tags.ogv

[uluru]

Please show the output of

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rpm -qa | grep vlc

and please use code tags as explained in ftp://ftp.mandrivauser.de/rpm/rpm/extra ... e_tags.ogv

here it is (and btw I can't access the ogv file, ftp times out both in FF and in epiphany, I hope what I do is correct):

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~]$ rpm -qa | grep vlc
vlc-plugin-theora-2.0.1-1.mga2.tainted
libvlc5-2.0.1-1.mga2
vlc-2.0.1-1.mga2
libvlccore5-2.0.1-1.mga2
vlc-plugin-pulse-2.0.1-1.mga2.tainted
vlc-plugin-common-2.0.1-1.mga2.tainted
lib64vlccore5-2.0.1-1.mga2.tainted


thank you

[doktor5000]

$ rpm -qa | grep vlc
vlc-plugin-theora-2.0.1-1.mga2.tainted
libvlc5-2.0.1-1.mga2
vlc-2.0.1-1.mga2
libvlccore5-2.0.1-1.mga2
vlc-plugin-pulse-2.0.1-1.mga2.tainted
vlc-plugin-common-2.0.1-1.mga2.tainted
lib64vlccore5-2.0.1-1.mga2.tainted

Yes, you did it correctly

What you have currently is quite a weird mix. First issue is that the main library is installed two times as marked above,
one version in i586, and one for a 64bit system (the lib64vlccore5 one). Don't know how you got to that mix.
Are you running an 32bit or 64bit system? Please show the output of

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uname -m

or

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arch

Also you are running a mix of tainted and normal packages, also marked above

Also please show your currently configured repositories via the output of

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urpmq --list-media active

and

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urpmq --list-url

In general, i'd do the following, after making sure that tainted_release and tainted_updates are enabled:

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urpme -a vlc && urpmi vlc

This will remove all vlc packages and install the tainted version, which supports more codecs.

[uluru]

What you have currently is quite a weird mix. First issue is that the main library is installed two times as marked above,
one version in i586, and one for a 64bit system (the lib64vlccore5 one). Don't know how you got to that mix.
Are you running an 32bit or 64bit system? Please show the output of

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uname -m

.

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uname -m
x86_64


or

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arch

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arch
x86_64


Also you are running a mix of tainted and normal packages, also marked above

Also please show your currently configured repositories via the output of

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urpmq --list-media active

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$ urpmq --list-media active
Core Release
Core Updates
Nonfree Release
Nonfree Updates
Tainted Release
Tainted Updates
Core 32bit Release
Core 32bit Updates


and

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urpmq --list-url

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$ urpmq --list-url
Core Release rsync://ftp.LinuxCabal.org/Mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/media/core/release
Core Release Debug
Core Updates rsync://ftp.LinuxCabal.org/Mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/media/core/updates
Core Updates Debug
Core Updates Testing
Core Updates Testing Debug
Core Backports
Core Backports Debug
Core Backports Testing
Core Backports Testing Debug
Nonfree Release rsync://ftp.LinuxCabal.org/Mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/media/nonfree/release
Nonfree Release Debug
Nonfree Updates rsync://ftp.LinuxCabal.org/Mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/media/nonfree/updates
Nonfree Updates Debug
Nonfree Updates Testing
Nonfree Updates Testing Debug
Nonfree Backports
Nonfree Backports Debug
Nonfree Backports Testing
Nonfree Backports Testing Debug
Tainted Release rsync://ftp.LinuxCabal.org/Mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/media/tainted/release
Tainted Release Debug
Tainted Updates rsync://ftp.LinuxCabal.org/Mageia/distrib/2/x86_64/media/tainted/updates
Tainted Updates Debug
Tainted Updates Testing
Tainted Updates Testing Debug
Tainted Backports
Tainted Backports Debug
Tainted Backports Testing
Tainted Backports Testing Debug
Core 32bit Release rsync://ftp.LinuxCabal.org/Mageia/distrib/2/i586/media/core/release
Core 32bit Release Debug
Core 32bit Updates rsync://ftp.LinuxCabal.org/Mageia/distrib/2/i586/media/core/updates
Core 32bit Updates Debug
Core 32bit Updates Testing
Core 32bit Updates Testing Debug
Core 32bit Backports
Core 32bit Backports Debug
Core 32bit Backports Testing
Core 32bit Backports Testing Debug


In general, i'd do the following, after making sure that tainted_release and tainted_updates are enabled:

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urpme -a vlc && urpmi vlc

This will remove all vlc packages and install the tainted version, which supports more codecs.

tainted release and tainted updates were already checked, so I ran the script and installed vlc x86_64.. and it works! I wonder how from GUI it blocked me from installing it

Hope this might be helpful to you for the gui package manager.

Thank you

[doktor5000]

Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [SOLVED], thanks