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[danstowell <813158@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

in gazpacho live CD alpha, the VLC menu item does nothing. running "vlc"
or "vlc-wrapper" from terminal gives:

  vlc 1.1.4 main libvlc error: No modules were found, refusing to start.
Check that you properly gave a module path with --plugin-path.

A more verbose output (using "-vv") gives stuff including lines
suggesting it's trying to load plugins from "/filesystem-
squashfs/usr/lib/vlc/plugins" rather than "/usr/lib/vlc/plugins" - which
means it's interacting weirdly with the live squashfs.

There's a workaround - explicitly set the path:

     vlc --plugin-path=/usr/lib/vlc/plugins

we may need to edit the .desktop file so that the menu does this (this
would be a hook editing /usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop)

** Affects: puredyne-live
     Importance: Medium
         Status: New

** Changed in: puredyne-live
    Milestone: None => 10.10

** Changed in: puredyne-live
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/813158

Title:
  vlc refuses to start from live-boot

Status in Puredyne liveCD/DVD/USB/HD:
  New

Bug description:
  in gazpacho live CD alpha, the VLC menu item does nothing. running
  "vlc" or "vlc-wrapper" from terminal gives:

    vlc 1.1.4 main libvlc error: No modules were found, refusing to
  start. Check that you properly gave a module path with --plugin-path.

  A more verbose output (using "-vv") gives stuff including lines
  suggesting it's trying to load plugins from "/filesystem-
  squashfs/usr/lib/vlc/plugins" rather than "/usr/lib/vlc/plugins" -
  which means it's interacting weirdly with the live squashfs.

  There's a workaround - explicitly set the path:

       vlc --plugin-path=/usr/lib/vlc/plugins

  we may need to edit the .desktop file so that the menu does this (this
  would be a hook editing /usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop)

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