[vlc] VLC will no longer start

[Dotan Cohen]

Hello. I am running Debian, with the VLC repo enabled in apt-get. I
had installed VLC and for two days it worked fine. Now, I cannot open
the program. This is the output:

VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
Error: Unable to initialize gtk, is DISPLAY set properly?
zeev33 at zeev33:~$ vlc -vvvv > vlc_error.txt
VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
[00000001] main private debug: checking builtin modules
[00000001] main private debug: checking plugin modules
[00000001] main private debug: loading plugins cache file
/home/zeev33/.vlc/cache/plugins-04041e.dat
[00000001] main private debug: recursively browsing `modules'
[00000001] main private debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc'
[00000001] main private debug: recursively browsing `plugins'
[00000001] main private debug: module bank initialized, found 223 modules
[00000001] main private debug: opening config file /home/zeev33/.vlc/vlcrc
[00000001] main private debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX 3DNow!
MMXEXT SSE SSE2 FPU
[00000001] main private debug: looking for memcpy module: 1 candidate
[00000001] main private debug: using memcpy module "memcpy"
[00000288] main playlist debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000288] main playlist debug: thread 3078908816 (playlist) created
at priority 0 (playlist/playlist.c:184)
[00000289] main private debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000289] main private debug: thread 3070516112 (preparser) created
at priority 0 (playlist/playlist.c:210)
[00000290] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[00000290] main interface debug: using interface module "hotkeys"
[00000290] main interface debug: thread 3062123408 (interface) created
at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:231)
[00000292] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate
[00000292] main interface debug: using interface module "screensaver"
[00000292] main interface debug: thread 3053730704 (interface) created
at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:231)
[00000294] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 5 candidates
[00000294] main interface debug: using interface module "wxwidgets"
[00000294] main interface debug: thread 3027930000 (manager) created
at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:216)
Error: Unable to initialize gtk, is DISPLAY set properly?
[00000001] main private debug: removing all interfaces
[00000294] main interface debug: thread 3027930000 joined
(interface/interface.c:258)
[00000294] main interface debug: removing module "wxwidgets"
[00000292] main interface debug: thread 3053730704 joined
(interface/interface.c:258)
[00000292] main interface debug: removing module "screensaver"
[00000290] main interface debug: thread 3062123408 joined
(interface/interface.c:258)
[00000290] main interface debug: removing module "hotkeys"
[00000001] main private debug: removing playlist handler
[00000289] main private debug: thread 3070516112 joined
(playlist/playlist.c:247)
[00000288] main playlist debug: thread 3078908816 joined
(playlist/playlist.c:248)
[00000001] main private debug: removing all video outputs
[00000001] main private debug: removing all audio outputs
[00000001] main private debug: removing module "memcpy"
[00000001] main private debug: saving plugins cache file
/home/zeev33/.vlc/cache/plugins-04041e.dat
zeev33 at zeev33:~$

What might be the problem, and how do I solve it? Thanks in advance.

Dotan Cohen

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