VLC 2.2.8_1alien segfalting on Slackware 14.2 64bit full install.
 

Has any one else seen this failure?

I saw an updated version of VLC on AlienBob's web site, downloaded it, md5sum checked the file, and it segfaults on my system. I also installed the latest npapi-vlc and md5sum checked it.

I have a copy of 2.2.6, so I am going to upgradepkg back to that.

It's mentioned in the comments in his blog:

https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/vlc-2-2-8/#comments

Thank-you for the quick response. I see the problem is being worked on. I will stay tuned to Alien's blog.

It appears that the Nvidia binary blob installation on my system removed some files belonging to package libvdpau-1.1.1-x86_64-1. Launching vlc-2.2.8 seg-faulted. Reinstalling the libvdpau package fixed the seg-fault.

nvidia does that a lot, it probably also replaced files in mesa and xorg-server.