CentOS - Sep 2015 - Nux VLC gives CLI only on CentOS-6.x

I thought this was just because of various unwise repo mixing that I'd done
on my main home server-cum-workstation, but I've been able to duplicate it
on a fresh VirtualBox installation.

I install the nux repo vlc-core and vlc-extras.  I then try to start it
from a command line.  I get 
+++++++
main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0x1ae5108] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none"
initialization failed
[0x1ae5108] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use
'cvlc'
to use vlc without interface.
[0x1bac2b8] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
+++++++

I can open any media file with it, but I can't get the usual GUI interface.
I tend to use mplayer and smplayer more often, but I've not been able to
find the reason for this not working.  Googling has brought me some Ubuntu
issues that were resolved with reinstalling, but the only thing I've seen
with CentOS-6.x and this is a few years old.  

Does anyone else have this issue?  I use openbox or dwm on the machines,
I'm not sure if that's part of the issue.


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On 09/18/2015 03:23 PM, Scott Robbins wrote:
> I thought this was just because of various unwise repo mixing that I'd
done
> on my main home server-cum-workstation, but I've been able to duplicate
it
> on a fresh VirtualBox installation.
>
> I install the nux repo vlc-core and vlc-extras.  I then try to start it
> from a command line.  I get
> +++++++
> main interface error: no suitable interface module
> [0x1ae5108] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none"
> initialization failed
> [0x1ae5108] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use
'cvlc'
> to use vlc without interface.
> [0x1bac2b8] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
> VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower
> Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
> +++++++
>
> I can open any media file with it, but I can't get the usual GUI
interface.
> I tend to use mplayer and smplayer more often, but I've not been able
to
> find the reason for this not working.  Googling has brought me some Ubuntu
> issues that were resolved with reinstalling, but the only thing I've
seen
> with CentOS-6.x and this is a few years old.
>
> Does anyone else have this issue?  I use openbox or dwm on the machines,
> I'm not sure if that's part of the issue.
>
>
try to install the packge "vlc" as well (I have 
vlc-2.0.8-3.el6.nux.x86_64 currently, I get the GUI)

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 04:00:19PM +0200, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
wrote:
> 
> 
> On 09/18/2015 03:23 PM, Scott Robbins wrote:
> >
> >I install the nux repo vlc-core and vlc-extras.  I then try to start it
> >from a command line.  I get
> >+++++++
> >main interface error: no suitable interface module
> >[0x1ae5108] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none"
> >initialization failed
> >[0x1ae5108] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use
'cvlc'
> >to use vlc without interface.
> >[0x1bac2b8] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host
"*console".
> >VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower
> >Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
> >+++++++
> try to install the packge "vlc" as well (I have
> vlc-2.0.8-3.el6.nux.x86_64 currently, I get the GUI)
> 
Interesting--when I search for vlc, there's no vlc package available.
However, if I go to the nux repo and look in packages, the same place where
I got vloc-core, I assume, I see it.  So, downloaded it, running yum
against it didn't work, but doing rpm -ivh installed it.  And, as you said,
I now have the GUI interface.  I wonder why it doesn't show as available
when I do yum search?  That is, I see vlc-core, vlc-debug and so on.  Once
I've installed the rpm, it does show up in yum search, but prior to it
being installed, it doesn't.

At any rate, your solution fixed my issue, thank you.


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