VLC pleer don't run

[Gregory]

Hi!
My VLC pleer don’t run. After double click nothing happens, doesn’t even get open.
I tried like this topic

VLC Media Playing Not Working

Hello, folks. VLC was working fine until today when it suddenly shut down mid tune. I uninstalled, reinstalled, checked for updates on both the app store and EOS 3 (details). No luck. It’s installed, but now fails to launch from either the app centre or desktop. I’ve since uninstalled it. I’ve attached an eos-diagnostics for your information. eos-diagnostic-180406_142327_UTC 0700.txt (311.0 KB) Many thanks. Jack75

• this way don’t work.
  Reinstalling app don’t help,
  eos file attached.
  eos-diagnostic-190524_151630_UTC 0300.txt (1.2 MB)

[LeandroStanger]

Upgrade to Endless OS 3.5.9 by App Center

[Gregory]

How i can do this? Please, tell me how to do it

step-by-step

[LeandroStanger]

1. Open the application called ‘Terminal’
2. In this application run the command:

eos-updater-ctl update

[Gregory]

eos-updater-ctl update

[egrath]

Can you please post the output of the following command:

journalctl -f -u eos-updater

while running eos-updater-ctl update on a second Terminal. This will give us the log messages of the updater service to see whats going on.

[Gregory]

that’s right

?

[egrath]

Interesting. Just downloading a 3.4.3 Image to check if i can reproduce the problem. Will keep you informed in this Thread

[egrath]

For some interesting reasons, my 3.4.3 repository configuration is different from yours … when i change my configuration to look like yours, i get exactly the same error.

So, you can try:

1. Make yourself root with sudo bash
2. Edit the file /var/lib/flatpak/repo/config and replace the line below in the “eos” repository:

branches=os/eos/nexthw/eos3.4;

with

branches=os/eos/amd64/eos3a;

3. Reboot and run

eos-updater-ctl update

This time, the updater should find the 3.5.9 update and download it (take a look with journalctl in a second terminal if you like to watch the progress)

[Gregory]

amd64/eos3a;

[egrath]

You need to edit and save the file with root permissions, as your regular user has no permission to do so. Use nano /var/lib/flatpak/repo/config after you made yourself root with step (1)

[Gregory]

Yep, i understand this, i tried to do like you said.
My actions:

1. paste " sudo bash" into Terminal, press Enter, type my password. After that Terminal look like this:
   
2. Go to /var/lib/flatpak/repo/config and tried to change the file. App wrote to me what i don’t have permissions for this, like you can see on screenshot in me previously message.
   And yes, i think it’s because i haven’t root permission.
   So question: what i do wrong to make me a root?

[egrath]

Good Morning, your issue is, that processes inherit the permissions of their parent. So, if you make yourself root in a Terminal with sudo bash, only processes started from within this Terminal are granted root permissions.

You made yourself root and started the Editor from the Icon - which are two different contexts.

Use the nano editor within the Terminal to edit the file after you made yourself root, then you can modify the file.

[Gregory]

Hi! Thanks for the detailed explanation and your time! I do like you said: modify “config” file, reboot and run

eos-updater-ctl update

that’s what he wrote to me:

[egrath]

OK, the error message in the last line tells us, that the updater thinks that there is no update available. Can you please run the commands from my first post (journalctl -f -u eos-updater in on Terminal, and eos-updater-ctl update in another) and post the output. Now we should see why it doesn’t find the updates.

[Gregory]

[egrath]

OK, lets try:

sudo bash
ostree admin set-origin eos https://ostree.endlessm.com/ostree/eos-amd64  os/eos/amd64/eos3a
eos-updater-ctl download

This time, you should get:

Changed state to Polling
Changed state to UpdateAvailable
======= Properties =======
State: Polling
 CurrentID: '9f280efd9133212df279653067875881ace96dde7e76fa75c94f1cff7a1316b3'
 DownloadSize: int64 924062681
 DownloadedBytes: int64 0
 ErrorCode: uint32 0
 ErrorMessage: ''
 ErrorName: ''
 FullDownloadSize: int64 1433835620
 FullUnpackedSize: int64 3413080197
 OriginalRefspec: 'eos:os/eos/amd64/eos3a'
 UnpackedSize: int64 2312855640
 UpdateID: 'bd139ca00437571f92aa35126da9e1cad352dd45e24b8c7b58991b09bee936b3'
 UpdateLabel: '190511-135626'
 UpdateMessage: 'Built with eos-ostree-builder Release_3.5.8'
 UpdateRefspec: 'eos:os/eos/amd64/eos3a'

Changed state to Fetching
Changed state to UpdateReady
======= Properties =======
State: Fetching
 CurrentID: '9f280efd9133212df279653067875881ace96dde7e76fa75c94f1cff7a1316b3'
 DownloadSize: int64 923546564
 DownloadedBytes: int64 923306065
 ErrorCode: uint32 0
 ErrorMessage: ''
 ErrorName: ''
 FullDownloadSize: int64 1433835620
 FullUnpackedSize: int64 3413080197
 OriginalRefspec: 'eos:os/eos/amd64/eos3a'
 UnpackedSize: int64 2311489800
 UpdateID: 'bd139ca00437571f92aa35126da9e1cad352dd45e24b8c7b58991b09bee936b3'
 UpdateLabel: '190511-135626'
 UpdateMessage: 'Built with eos-ostree-builder Release_3.5.8'
 UpdateRefspec: 'eos:os/eos/amd64/eos3a'

Changed state to ApplyingUpdate

[Gregory]

Thank you, update the system turned out! Only in line

eos-updater-ctl download

i replace “download” to “update”, like in your previously post.
Uninstall and install again VLC- all working good!
Thank you very much!

[egrath]

You’re welcome, i’m glad that it worked for you!