On 2020-03-22, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > VLC suddenly stopped working this week. Last week it worked fine, but > now I get this: > > $ vlc > VLC media player 3.0.8 Vetinari (revision 3.0.8-0-gf350b6b5a7) > [000055814c41d3e0] main xml reader error: XML reader not found > [000055814c399580] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. > Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. > Segmentation fault > > I re-emerged it, but no change. Why is VLC suddenly looking for an > XML reader and segfaulting when it doesn't find one? > > A few days ago, I did plug in a second monitor and used xrandr to > configure a single display with two screens. Does that have something > to do with VLC suddenly blowing a gasket about XML?
It doesn't appear to be related. I switched back to my old single-monitor configuration, and VLC still segfaults the same way. -- Grant
