It must have been old plugins somehow still lying around, because everything worked fine with apt-get install --reinstall libvlc0 vlc-nox vlc
I don't know how this situation could have arisen in the first place, as the problem had persisted over several upgrades of the VLC packages, but it is fixed now. Thanks. -- Edgy's VLC crashes on startup after a dist-upgrade from Dapper https://launchpad.net/bugs/71411 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs