[SOLVED AGAIN] vlc after update :(

qlus · 2006-11-07 21:31:01

I've made today pacman -Syu. After that I've found vlc has new skin (ugly) and I've a problem. Preferences button is not working, same with information, and open file.
After running vlc in terminal I receive this:

[qlus@koltar ~]$ vlc
VLC media player 0.8.5 Janus
[00000272] main dialogs provider error: no dialogs provider module matched "any"
[00000269] skins2 interface error: no suitable dialogs provider found (hint: compile the wxWidgets plugin, and make sure it is loaded properly)
[00000269] skins2 interface: skin: VLC 0.8.5 Default Skin  author: aLtgLasS

I have deleted .vlc from my home directory, uninstlled and installed vlc, without changes.
Any idea what I can do to make vlc work?

Last edited by qlus (2007-06-24 21:57:06)

iggy · 2006-11-07 21:56:16

pacman -S wxgtk

or

remove --enable-skins2 in the pkgbuild and recompile it

or

vlc --intf <string> (Interface module)

hope one of these will help you!

mfg iggy

PeteMo · 2006-11-08 00:42:10

This problem has come up before, see http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … hlight=vlc

The fix then was to replace --enable wxwindows with --enable wxwidgets in the PKGBUILD. I am not able to try this this time because I don't have all the makedepends installed. If anyone is interested in trying it, please give it a shot. Filling a bug might be a good idea too, even better you are able to fix it.

mr.MikyMaus · 2006-11-08 00:46:06

Here is another one!

I've got *exactly* the same problem.. I guess transfering to the "new default" skin (e.g. ugly and not what I was used to) causes the problem. Installing wxgtk does not solve the problem for me.

If there is someone who might know what to know to be able to find the problem, just say what you need to know;) I am a complete n00b in this sort of things...so far

Recompilation is not in question for me...just yet.

(Shouldn't be the official pre-compiled package functional out-of-the-box?)

-miky

silvik · 2006-11-08 03:03:12

I found something on VideoLAN forums regarding this problem:

Basically, it's a bug in vlc. vlc-config says "use -D_UNICODE" for the compiles and then used the non-unicode versions of the libraries (e.g., -lwx_gtk2_core-2.6 instead of -lwx_gtk2u_core-2.6). I suspect it didn't check to see if the unicode versions were available (they weren't when I first built it).
For me, it was: reconfigure wxGTK with --enable-unicode; build and install;
rerun configure in vlc (it will create a correct vlc-config

http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php … 7c3d8486c9

Could please someone give it a try? I'm still learning about the arch way to build packages...

tardo · 2006-11-08 06:22:43

silvik wrote:

I found something on VideoLAN forums regarding this problem:
Basically, it's a bug in vlc. vlc-config says "use -D_UNICODE" for the compiles and then used the non-unicode versions of the libraries (e.g., -lwx_gtk2_core-2.6 instead of -lwx_gtk2u_core-2.6). I suspect it didn't check to see if the unicode versions were available (they weren't when I first built it).
For me, it was: reconfigure wxGTK with --enable-unicode; build and install;
rerun configure in vlc (it will create a correct vlc-config
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php … 7c3d8486c9
Could please someone give it a try? I'm still learning about the arch way to build packages...

Recompiled wxgtk adding --enable-unicode to both configure lines. Recompiled vlc. It works. Please put a new bug report in both wxgtk and vlc.

tardo · 2006-11-08 14:25:48

nm, i filed a bug report
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/5789

tardo · 2006-11-08 17:00:09

scratch that, only need to recompile VLC for some reason.

qlus · 2006-11-08 21:18:33

Thanks for all answers I'll wait for a new package

insane · 2006-11-09 22:41:14

Tried PeteMo's suggestion and vlc is working normally

PeteMo · 2006-11-09 23:22:54

insane wrote:

Tried PeteMo's suggestion and vlc is working normally

Yep, after reading this, I went ahead and tried it as well. Works for me. I'll add a comment to the bug report.

domanov · 2006-11-10 20:15:12

Trying to recompile after changing the PKGBUILD, makepkg stops with:
x11/x11_display.cpp:29:34: error: X11/extensions/shape.h: No such file or directory

I don't have any shape.h on my system, not at all in /usr/include/X11/extension. Packages listed in `pacman -Ss xorg` are installed, as well as the makedeps. How do I find which package can provide me this header, or if something going messy on my pc?
Sorry for the newbyness,
domanov

tardo · 2006-11-10 20:27:26

make sure all of VLC's dependencies are installed

Snowman · 2006-11-10 20:31:14

/usr/include/X11/extensions/shape.h is in xextproto (pacman -S xextproto ). The xorg include files are provided by the *proto packages.

domanov · 2006-11-10 21:01:55

Hey, thanks for the quick answers ... which costed me the chance of deleting my post
Actually I found that xextproto was installed but broken, that is , some file were missing. Reinstalling it gave the shape.h; after that all went smooth.

Thanks!

powerthunder · 2006-11-10 22:46:03

I just built the package with --enable wxwidgets and it works fine.
Thank you very much.

gradgrind · 2006-11-11 05:30:59

Here's another one who rebuilt the package, in my case more out of curiosity than necessity, but of course - as usual - now there is an updated official package. How's that for service?

qlus · 2006-11-11 09:20:46

New version of vlc is in the repo. It is working so the problem is solved

justin · 2007-06-18 03:11:39

Seems as though this problem may be back, I am having the same exact problem after a recent update.

Ankka · 2007-06-18 09:18:16

Confirmed.

sokkalf · 2007-06-18 14:04:40

It seems this is caused by an upgrade of the libcdio library, which the wxWidget-thing VLC uses seems to depend on.
I resolved the issue by symlinking /usr/lib/libcdio.so.7.1.0 to /usr/lib/libcdio.so.6

Last edited by sokkalf (2007-06-18 14:05:55)

toofishes · 2007-06-18 17:42:38

Try the VLC now in the testing repo, that fixes the problems for me.

darweth · 2007-06-18 23:05:47

I spoke too soon in another thread about this problem being solved.

YES, using the VLC from the testing repo does fix the skin problem. Yes, I can now access preferences and etc.

BUT now the video does not work. lol. There is no video screen. Only audio is heard. Here is what it looks like with a film playing.

The video works fine with the BROKEN normal VLC (just vlc skins, dialogues, preferences borked)... but not with the testing.

andav · 2007-06-19 15:55:25

how do i upgrade from testing repository? what is the command?
thanks :-)

.:B:. · 2007-06-21 11:34:10

I can confirm - the problem is here too with just the stuff from current .

I'll try the testing package to see if it fixes it.

Edit: vlc from testing does the job again . Thanks!

andav wrote:

how do i upgrade from testing repository? what is the command?
thanks :-)

Edit /etc/pacman.conf, uncomment the testing repo entry, check /etc/pacman.d/testing for your preferred mirror and put it on top of the list.

Last edited by B (2007-06-21 11:38:42)

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[SOLVED AGAIN] vlc after update :(

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