Can't start vlc from terminal in OS X

[The DJ]

on 17-05-2002 11:52, Stephan Håkansson at stephan.hakansson at home.se wrote:

> -vvvvv gives me:
> 
> VideoLAN Client - version 0.3.1_2002-05-15 Ourumov - (c) 1996-2002 VideoLAN
> 
> module: checking built-in modules

<cut detecting modules>

> config: opening config file /Users/stephan/.videolan/vlcrc
> config: couldn't open config file /Users/stephan/.videolan/vlcrc for reading
> (No such file or directory)
> intf: playlist initialized
> module: locking memcpy module `memcpyaltivec'
> module: locking interface module `macosx'
> intf: interface initialized
> 
> <-- And here is where it stops
> 
> And there happens exactly the same thing with other/earlier builds.
> 
> Looks like the config-file isn't there?

The config file is not mandatory, I don't have one either, so.
This is perfectly normal. When I launch vlc from the commandline I get the
same debug reports. I then click on the icon and it works.
What platform is this? 10.1.4?

> On 02-05-17 11.33, "The DJ" <hartman at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> on 17-05-2002 10:20, Stephan Håkansson at stephan.hakansson at home.se wrote:
>> 
>>> I have problems starting VLC from the terminal. It has worked before, but
>>> for
>>> some reason it doesn¹t launch correctly anymore. When I start it from the
>>> GUI
>>> everything works as it should do, but I need to start the app with an option
>>> like desync or ac3-adec pass. And when I start it in the terminal ³VideoLAN
>>> Client - version 0.3.1_2002-05-15 Ourumov - (c) 1996-2002 VideoLAN" appears
>>> but then nothing happens. No error, absolutely nothing. In the GUI the
>>> application has been started, and I can quit it by ctrl-click the icon in
>>> the
>>> dock and choose quit. But no menus or something like that has been launched.
>>> It´s just an "empty" application.
>>> 
>>> Plz help!
>>> 
>>> /Stephan
>> 
>> The option works for me, with exactly the same release. Try adding -vvvvv
>> for debug information. The more v's you add, the more info you will see.
>> 
>> DJ
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