vlc sound fine but display gray
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 7:06 pm
(maya xfce) vlc was fine on the liveCD, and fine after installing to disc, but after an apt-get upgrade, the vlc display freezes. if i pass a stream to the vlc commandline the sound starts right up, but the vlc window doesn't display properly. other program windows are fine, eg firefox.
could it be that the newer vlc version needs some new display layer i don't have?
$ apt-cache policy vlc
vlc:
Installed: 2.0.1-4
Candidate: 2.0.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Version table:
2.0.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/universe i386 Packages
*** 2.0.1-4 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ uname -a
Linux mint 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:41:14 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
could it be that the newer vlc version needs some new display layer i don't have?
$ apt-cache policy vlc
vlc:
Installed: 2.0.1-4
Candidate: 2.0.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Version table:
2.0.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe i386 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/universe i386 Packages
*** 2.0.1-4 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ uname -a
Linux mint 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:41:14 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux