I wonder if an uninstall / reinstall would fix this issue? Sounds to me like something went bad and just needs to be started over from scratch.....just my ramblings on the matter...

On Mon, Jul 8, 2019, 8:13 AM SternData <subscribed-lists@sterndata.com> wrote:
When I try from terminal, I get a core dump

$ vlc
VLC media player 3.0.7.1 Vetinari (revision 3.0.7.1-0-gf3940db4af)
[00005590e330cbe0] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface.
Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)


On 7/7/19 9:35 PM, Jack Craig wrote:
> 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@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@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.



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-- Steve
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