Re: VLC stopped launching

i use the gnome desktop and open a terminal window. i launch it using vlc at the bash command line. i Know this isnt right, should use cvlc or some such, but you asked, ... hth,... On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 7:31 PM Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com <mailto:rgm@htt-consult.com>> wrote: Where do you see these messages? On 7/7/19 10:27 PM, Jack Craig wrote: > i have a stubborn vlc too have you got any, ... > > Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory > Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory > *Gtk-Message: 13:52:48.765: GtkDialog mapped without a transient > parent. This is discouraged. > libva info: VA-API version 1.1.0 > libva info: va_getDriverName() returns -1 > libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva > error,driver_name=(null) > [00007f2c44052130] glconv_vaapi_x11 gl error: vaInitialize: > unknown libva error > libva info: VA-API version 1.1.0* > libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0 > libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/nouveau_drv_video.so > libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_1 > libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0 > Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory > Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or directory > > how ever its f28 so eol, ... > > still i'd love to know how to fix it... > > > > On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 7:15 PM Joe Zeff <joe(a)zeff.us > <mailto:joe@zeff.us>> wrote: > > On 07/07/2019 07:19 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > How can I find its process number to try and kill it or any > better way > > to get its attention? > > ps aux | grep vlc | grerp -v grep > > will do what you want.  I have this as a one-liner shell > script because > it comes in handy more often than you'd expect.