You have been subscribed to a public bug: After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.10, VLC started crashing when I tried to play video. I tried changing to different video output methods, but none of them worked. In the past, I remember several methods working fine.
In the ffmpeg advanced preferences page, disabling the direct rendering option made video playback work. I thought the vaapi errors VLC reports had something to do with it, but apparently not, because they still happen with successful playback. This is on a Dell Inspiron 6400 with ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, which doesn't support hardware decoding of the H.264 video I'm trying to play. Here's one backtrace: Thread 26 "vlc" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 0x7fff880df640 (LWP 11335)] __memcpy_ssse3 () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memcpy-ssse3.S:104 104 ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memcpy-ssse3.S: No such file or directory. (gdb) bt #0 __memcpy_ssse3 () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memcpy-ssse3.S:104 #1 0x00007ffff7d03fc2 in picture_CopyPixels () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvlccore.so.9 #2 0x00007ffff7d04016 in picture_Copy () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvlccore.so.9 #3 0x00007ffff7cdf1ea in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvlccore.so.9 #4 0x00007ffff7ce1438 in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvlccore.so.9 #5 0x00007ffff7f67590 in start_thread (arg=0x7fff880df640) at pthread_create.c:463 #6 0x00007ffff7e87223 in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95 Also another: #0 __memcpy_ssse3 () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memcpy-ssse3.S:104 #1 0x00007fffc7022bff in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r300_dri.so #2 0x00007fffc74f1d66 in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r300_dri.so #3 0x00007fffc6b41317 in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r300_dri.so #4 0x00007fffc6cb4b07 in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r300_dri.so #5 0x00007fffc6cb7dcc in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r300_dri.so #6 0x00007fffc6cbd9d9 in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/r300_dri.so #7 0x00007fff885b2eee in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins/video_output/libgles2_plugin.so #8 0x00007fff885ad2c5 in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins/video_output/libgles2_plugin.so #9 0x00007fff885b3cee in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/plugins/video_output/libgles2_plugin.so #10 0x00007ffff7cdf4e6 in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvlccore.so.9 #11 0x00007ffff7ce1438 in () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvlccore.so.9 #12 0x00007ffff7f67590 in start_thread (arg=0x7fff886bb640) at pthread_create.c:463 #13 0x00007ffff7e87223 in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: vlc 3.0.11.1-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-36.40-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-36-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Fri Jan 15 18:46:42 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-01-19 (3284 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) SourcePackage: vlc UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-10-21 (86 days ago) ** Affects: mesa (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug groovy -- Crash unless ffmpeg direct rendering disabled with ATI X1400 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1912030 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp