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Problems with VLC RPM package

I am trying to load VLC media Player

I go to install it from RPM drake ( Mandriva RPM package installer) and when I try to execute the program the Gui never launches, I get a bouncing Icon ( the orange traffic cone, then it just disappears..

I am running Mnadriva KDE 4

below is the shell text that comes up when I try to run VLC from shell

Quote:

@localhost ~]$ vlc
VLC media player 0.9.9a Grishenko
[00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.9a Grishenko - (c) 1996-2009 the VideoLAN team
[00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure '--build=i686-mandriva-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/usr/com' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--x-includes=/usr/include' '--x-libraries=/usr/lib' '--enable-release' '--enable-pvr' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--enable-ccache' '--enable-optimize' '--enable-runtime-cpudetection' '--enable-bonjour' '--enable-smb' '--enable-mozilla' '--enable-ncurses' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-x11' '--enable-xvideo' '--enable-fb' '--disable-mga' '--enable-aa' '--enable-sdl' '--enable-ggi' '--enable-svgalib' '--enable-xosd' '--enable-mad' '--enable-vorbis' '--enable-ogg' '--enable-theora' '--enable-speex' '--enable-flac' '--enable-mkv' '--enable-dv' '--enable-dvbpsi' '--enable-dvb' '--enable-pulse' '--enable-esd' '--enable-jack' '--enable-alsa' '--enable-arts' '--enable-libmpeg2' '--enable-faad' '--enable-dca' '--enable-live555' '--with-live555-tree=/usr/lib/live' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-gnutls' '--disable-rpath' '--enable-vcdx' '--enable-cddax' '--enable-libcddb' '--enable-x264' '--enable-loader' '--enable-twolame' 'build_alias=i686-mandriva-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=i686 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' 'LDFLAGS= -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--no-undefined' 'CPPFLAGS= -DOJI -DMOZ_X11 -I/usr/include/ebml -I/usr/include/speex' 'CXXFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=i686 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables'
[00000001] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "C"
[00000001] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Segmentation fault

Does nayone have any experience with this problem do I need to RPM additonal support packages that are listed as dependancies?

try running rpms from shell with --nodeps argument
e.g. # rpm -ivh vlc-0.9-2.3.rpm --nodeps

Install all rpms in vlc folder with above method and try. More over after installation , vlc can not be run as 'root' for security reasons. U need another user login.

Quote:

VLC media player 0.9.9a Grishenko

0.9.9a ... alpha ? ? That is strange, when I install it,
I get version 0.9.3
( with the install command # urpmi vlc ).

And version 0.9.3 works OK.

These are the "vlc packages" I got

Code:

[knudfl@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep vlc

vlc-0.9.3-2mdv2009.0

vlc-plugin-ogg-0.9.3-2mdv2009.0

libvlccore0-0.9.3-2mdv2009.0

vlc-plugin-pulse-0.9.3-2mdv2009.0

libvlc2-0.9.3-2mdv2009.0

vlc-plugin-a52-0.9.3-2mdv2009.0

And the package manager shows two versions,
0.9.3 and 0.9.8a, but not 0.9.9a .
Suggest : Try the stable version = 0.9.3 .
.....

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl (Post 3502554)

0.9.9a ... alpha ? ? That is strange, when I install it,
I get version 0.9.3
( with the install command # urpmi vlc ).

And version 0.9.3 works OK.

These are the "vlc packages" I got

Code:

[knudfl@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep vlc

vlc-0.9.3-2mdv2009.0

vlc-plugin-ogg-0.9.3-2mdv2009.0

libvlccore0-0.9.3-2mdv2009.0

vlc-plugin-pulse-0.9.3-2mdv2009.0

libvlc2-0.9.3-2mdv2009.0

vlc-plugin-a52-0.9.3-2mdv2009.0

And the package manager shows two versions,
0.9.3 and 0.9.8a, but not 0.9.9a .
Suggest : Try the stable version = 0.9.3 .
.....

Thanks I tried to Install 9.3 from RPMdrake and the version I got was 9.8, strange how it defaults to latest version.