Package: src:vlc Version: 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 Followup-For: Bug #912080 Dear Maintainer,
VLC player is broken on debian stable. This occured at some point in the past few months when a new version of VLC was released. The symptoms, as others have reported, are that the GUI of VLC does not appear. Audio begins to play, but there is no window. Every attempt to reinstall VLC was made, including cleaning all configuration files. This is, according to the VLC forums, a bug with the VLC packages; see https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=135609 for an example of this issue reported on Fedora. -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.5 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages vlc depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.25 ii vlc-bin 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii vlc-l10n 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii vlc-plugin-base 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii vlc-plugin-qt 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii vlc-plugin-video-output 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 Versions of packages vlc recommends: ii vlc-plugin-notify 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii vlc-plugin-samba 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii vlc-plugin-skins2 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii vlc-plugin-video-splitter 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii vlc-plugin-visualization 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 vlc suggests no packages. Versions of packages libvlc-bin depends on: ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3 ii libvlc5 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 Versions of packages libvlc5 depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.25 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3 ii libvlccore9 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 Versions of packages libvlc5 recommends: ii libvlc-bin 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 Versions of packages libvlccore8 depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.25 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3 ii libdbus-1-3 1.10.26-0+deb9u1 ii libidn11 1.33-1 Versions of packages libvlccore8 recommends: ii libproxy-tools 0.4.14-2 Versions of packages vlc-bin depends on: ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3 ii libvlc-bin 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii libvlc5 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-base depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.25 ii liba52-0.7.4 0.7.4-19 ii libarchive13 3.2.2-2 ii libasound2 1.1.3-5 ii libass5 1:0.13.4-2 ii libavahi-client3 0.6.32-2 ii libavahi-common3 0.6.32-2 ii libavc1394-0 0.5.4-4+b1 ii libavcodec57 7:3.2.12-1~deb9u1 ii libavformat57 7:3.2.12-1~deb9u1 ii libavutil55 7:3.2.12-1~deb9u1 ii libbasicusageenvironment1 2016.11.28-1 ii libbluray1 1:0.9.3-3 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3 ii libcairo2 1.14.8-1 ii libcddb2 1.3.2-5 ii libchromaprint1 1.4.2-1 ii libcrystalhd3 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-12 ii libdbus-1-3 1.10.26-0+deb9u1 ii libdc1394-22 2.2.5-1 ii libdca0 0.0.5-10 ii libdvbpsi10 1.3.0-5 ii libdvdnav4 5.0.3-3 ii libdvdread4 5.0.3-2 ii libebml4v5 1.3.4-1 ii libfaad2 2.8.0~cvs20161113-1+deb9u1 ii libflac8 1.3.2-1 ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.7+b1 ii libfreetype6 2.6.3-3.2 ii libfribidi0 0.19.7-1+b1 ii libgcc1 1:6.3.0-18+deb9u1 ii libgcrypt20 1.7.6-2+deb9u3 ii libglib2.0-0 2.50.3-2 ii libgnutls30 3.5.8-5+deb9u3 ii libgpg-error0 1.26-2 ii libgroupsock8 2016.11.28-1 ii libharfbuzz0b 1.4.2-1 ii libjpeg62-turbo 1:1.5.1-2 ii libkate1 0.4.1-7+b1 ii liblirc-client0 0.9.4c-9 ii liblivemedia57 2016.11.28-1 ii liblua5.2-0 5.2.4-1.1+b2 ii libmad0 0.15.1b-8+deb9u1 ii libmatroska6v5 1.4.5-2 ii libmicrodns0 0.0.3-3 ii libmpcdec6 2:0.1~r495-1+b1 ii libmpeg2-4 0.5.1-7+b2 ii libmpg123-0 1.23.8-1+b1 ii libmtp9 1.1.13-1 ii libncursesw5 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2 ii libnfs8 1.11.0-2 ii libogg0 1.3.2-1 ii libopenmpt-modplug1 0.2.7386~beta20.3-3+deb9u2 ii libopus0 1.2~alpha2-1 ii libpng16-16 1.6.28-1 ii libpostproc54 7:3.2.12-1~deb9u1 ii libprotobuf-lite10 3.0.0-9 ii libpulse0 10.0-1+deb9u1 ii libraw1394-11 2.1.2-1+b1 ii libresid-builder0c2a 2.1.1-15 ii librsvg2-2 2.40.16-1+b1 ii libsamplerate0 0.1.8-8+b2 ii libsdl-image1.2 1.2.12-5+deb9u1 ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.15+dfsg1-4 ii libsecret-1-0 0.18.5-3.1 ii libshine3 3.1.0-5 ii libshout3 2.3.1-3 ii libsidplay2 2.1.1-15 ii libsndio6.1 1.1.0-3 ii libsoxr0 0.1.2-2 ii libspeex1 1.2~rc1.2-1+b2 ii libspeexdsp1 1.2~rc1.2-1+b2 ii libssh2-1 1.7.0-1 ii libstdc++6 6.3.0-18+deb9u1 ii libswscale4 7:3.2.12-1~deb9u1 ii libsystemd0 232-25+deb9u4 ii libtag1v5 1.11.1+dfsg.1-0.1 ii libtheora0 1.1.1+dfsg.1-14+b1 ii libtinfo5 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2 ii libtwolame0 0.3.13-2 ii libudev1 232-25+deb9u4 ii libupnp6 1:1.6.19+git20160116-1.2 ii libusageenvironment3 2016.11.28-1 ii libva-drm1 1.7.3-2 ii libva1 1.7.3-2 ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii libvorbis0a 1.3.5-4+deb9u2 ii libvorbisenc2 1.3.5-4+deb9u2 ii libx264-148 2:0.148.2748+git97eaef2-1 ii libx265-95 2.1-2+b2 ii libxcb-keysyms1 0.4.0-1+b2 ii libxcb1 1.12-1 ii libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u2 ii libzvbi0 0.2.35-13 ii vlc-data 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-5 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-base recommends: ii xdg-utils 1.1.1-1+deb9u1 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-base suggests: pn libdvdcss2 <none> Versions of packages vlc-plugin-notify depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.25 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.36.5-2+deb9u2 ii libglib2.0-0 2.50.3-2 ii libgtk-3-0 3.22.11-1 ii libnotify4 0.7.7-2 ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-qt depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.25 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3 ii libgcc1 1:6.3.0-18+deb9u1 ii libqt5core5a 5.7.1+dfsg-3+b1 ii libqt5gui5 5.7.1+dfsg-3+b1 ii libqt5svg5 5.7.1~20161021-2+b2 ii libqt5widgets5 5.7.1+dfsg-3+b1 ii libqt5x11extras5 5.7.1~20161021-2 ii libstdc++6 6.3.0-18+deb9u1 ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii libwayland-client0 1.16.0-1~bpo9+1 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.4-3 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-qt recommends: ii vlc-bin 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-skins2 depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.25 ii fonts-freefont-ttf 20120503-6 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3 ii libfreetype6 2.6.3-3.2 ii libfribidi0 0.19.7-1+b1 ii libgcc1 1:6.3.0-18+deb9u1 ii libstdc++6 6.3.0-18+deb9u1 ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.4-3 ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1+b2 ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.3-1+b3 ii libxpm4 1:3.5.12-1 ii vlc-plugin-qt 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-skins2 recommends: ii vlc-bin 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-video-output depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.25 ii libaa1 1.4p5-44+b1 ii libavcodec57 7:3.2.12-1~deb9u1 ii libavutil55 7:3.2.12-1~deb9u1 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3 ii libcaca0 0.99.beta19-2+b2 ii libegl1-mesa 18.1.6-1~bpo9+1 ii libgl1 1.1.0-1~bpo9+1 ii libgles2 1.1.0-1~bpo9+1 ii libva-drm1 1.7.3-2 ii libva-wayland1 1.7.3-2 ii libva-x11-1 1.7.3-2 ii libva1 1.7.3-2 ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii libwayland-client0 1.16.0-1~bpo9+1 ii libwayland-egl1 [libwayland-egl1-mesa] 1.16.0-1~bpo9+1 ii libwayland-egl1-mesa 18.1.6-1~bpo9+1 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.4-3 ii libxcb-keysyms1 0.4.0-1+b2 ii libxcb-shm0 1.12-1 ii libxcb-xv0 1.10-3+b1 ii libxcb1 1.12-1 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-video-splitter depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.25 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3 ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 ii libxcb-randr0 1.10-3+b1 ii libxcb1 1.12-1 Versions of packages vlc-plugin-visualization depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.25 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3 ii libgl1 1.1.0-1~bpo9+1 ii libvlccore9 [vlc-plugin-abi-3-0-0f] 3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 -- no debconf information