Same problem with 16.04, same solution.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1527908
Title:
vlc directfb doesn't work
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I reinstalled vlc and the problem fixed itself
** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Sabuj Pattanayek (sabujp)
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pkg vers :
% dpkg -l | grep vlc
rc libvlc2
1.0.6-1ubuntu1.2 amd64multimedia player and
streamer library
ii libvlc5 2.2.0-1
here's the relevant portion of the strace, it looks like it's trying
some ioctl on /dev/tty7 and failing even though it has perms :
[pid 16645] write(2, "(*) Direct/Memcpy: Using libc me"..., 39(*)
Direct/Memcpy: Using libc memcpy()
) = 39
[pid 16645] madvise(0x7f95d402a000, 892928,
