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I can't play any video on my brand new bionic beaver. Tried everything I know (which is very little) but I only get crash reports, every time. My 'Software & Updates' in control panel will not load. How do I fix this, or is there a workaround?
Can you please open a terminal and enter the following command:
Code:
vlc
and paste the output here (within CODE tags - see the # symbol on the advanced edit menu).
Also, can you provide a link to the copy of Bionic Beaver that you downloaded (if that's how you got your copy of the distro) and tell us a bit about your hardware?
You're probably using a sources.list that lacks parts, like updates and contributor packages.
Code:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
Replace xenial with bionic or beaver or whatever ubuntu's naming conventions are these days. You probably defaulted to something more like:
Code:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main
Which lacks many of the options that you could have, like VLC.
Can you please open a terminal and enter the following command:
Code:
vlc
VLC media player 4.0.0-dev Otto Chriek (revision 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1)
[00005573204de570] main libvlc error: cannot load plug-in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins/gui/libqt_plugin.so: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[00005573204de570] main libvlc error: cannot load plug-in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins/visualization/libglspectrum_plugin.so: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[00005573204de570] main libvlc error: cannot load plug-in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins/video_output/libglx_plugin.so: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[00005573204de570] main libvlc error: cannot load plug-in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins/video_output/libgles2_plugin.so: libGLESv2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[00005573204de570] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[00005573205b77b0] skins2 interface error: cannot instantiate dialogs provider
[00005573204e2570] main playlist: playlist is empty
[00005573205b77b0] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 4.0.0-dev Otto Chriek
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
and paste the output here (within CODE tags - see the # symbol on the advanced edit menu).
Also, can you provide a link to the copy of Bionic Beaver that you downloaded (if that's how you got your copy of the distro) and tell us a bit about your hardware?
I upgraded from the automatic update application. I'm runnig bionic beaver ona Dell Latitude E6430 with an i5 Intel.
It looks as if your upgrade may not have gone smoothly. Could you please list the commands that you used, or the instructions that you followed, to do that?
You're probably using a sources.list that lacks parts, like updates and contributor packages.
Code:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
Replace xenial with bionic or beaver or whatever ubuntu's naming conventions are these days. You probably defaulted to something more like:
Code:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main
Which lacks many of the options that you could have, like VLC.
So is there a sources.list file that I could edit? What do I do to fix this, assuming that you're correct. I suspect that the root of the problem has something to do with the deprecation of the old Software & Updates application that allowed me to choose sources. Now it won't run and I don't know how to add sources manually.
It looks as if your upgrade may not have gone smoothly. Could you please list the commands that you used, or the instructions that you followed, to do that?
Let's also check your software sources:
Code:
inxi -r
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic partner
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security universe
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/videolan-ubuntu-master-daily-bionic.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/master-daily/ubuntu bionic main
(if you don't have inxi installed, please do so)
I don't recall doing anything other than selecting 'upgrade' and following the onscreen instructions as they came up. Grateful for your help with this.
You'll need to "update" before "upgrade" for things to be current. Update applies to the list of available things. Upgrade gets those things and installs them. Without the update you're getting OLD things, some of which may no longer be available.
This package archive contains daily builds made from the VLC development branch (a.k.a. the vlc.git master branch). This is meant for build testing purpose...
The builds in this archive are fully automated, and do not go through any quality assurance whatsoever. Build breaks and functional regressions occur frequently.
DO NOT USE this archive if you are not prepared to cope with such problems.
In saying that, and advising you strongly against using this PPA if you don't want to experience VLC-related issues, can you please provide the output from the following commands:
You'll need to "update" before "upgrade" for things to be current. Update applies to the list of available things. Upgrade gets those things and installs them. Without the update you're getting OLD things, some of which may no longer be available.
I think that the OP is using "upgrade" here to refer to the Ubuntu-provided in-situ upgrade process from Ubuntu 17.10 to 18.04.
In saying that, and advising you strongly against using this PPA if you don't want to experience VLC-related issues, can you please provide the output from the following commands:
Code:
apt update
apt list --upgradableReading package lists... Done
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - RemoveCaches (13: Permission denied)
neil@neil-ThinkPad-T420:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for neil:
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Ign:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/videolan/master-daily/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
15 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
neil@neil-ThinkPad-T420:~$ apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
kicad/bionic 4.0.7+dfsg1-1ubuntu2 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.6+dfsg1-1]
libvlc-bin/bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
libvlc5/bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
libvlccore9/bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
vlc/bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
vlc-bin/bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
vlc-data/bionic,bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 all [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
vlc-l10n/bionic,bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 all [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
vlc-plugin-base/bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
vlc-plugin-notify/bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
vlc-plugin-qt/bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
vlc-plugin-skins2/bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
vlc-plugin-video-output/bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
vlc-plugin-video-splitter/bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
vlc-plugin-visualization/bionic 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180519+r75818+138~ubuntu18.04.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.0.0~rc1~~git20180518+r75817+138~ubuntu18.04.1]
The apt command doesn't require sudo, so the initial errors were possibly caused by some other process accessing the apt directories at the same time. If you find that you're frequently or consistently not able to run apt without sudo then there is something unusual going on.
Anyway, you have two choices. You can run apt upgrade and continue to use the master daily build VLC PPA, in which case I can't really help you any further with your VLC issue (and in which case, if you experience any further VLC issues and seek help here or elsewhere, you must provide the info to others that you are using that PPA).
Or, you can remove VLC and install a more stable version, and we'll see if you're still experiencing issues
The apt command doesn't require sudo, so the initial errors were possibly caused by some other process accessing the apt directories at the same time. If you find that you're frequently or consistently not able to run apt without sudo then there is something unusual going on.
Anyway, you have two choices. You can run apt upgrade and continue to use the master daily build VLC PPA, in which case I can't really help you any further with your VLC issue (and in which case, if you experience any further VLC issues and seek help here or elsewhere, you must provide the info to others that you are using that PPA).
Or, you can remove VLC and install a more stable version, and we'll see if you're still experiencing issues
Your call.
Something very unusual is going on. Something must have gone terribly with my installation because it's not just vlc that's refusing to run or crashing. I think I'll go nuclear and remove the entire installation and do a fresh install from a disc. Thanks for your help.
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