FS#23586 - [firefox/vlc-plugin] symbol lookup error

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by ricky (xdemo) - Monday, 04 April 2011, 20:18 GMT
Last edited by Giovanni Scafora (giovanni) - Tuesday, 12 April 2011, 10:48 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Ionut Biru (wonder)
Giovanni Scafora (giovanni)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Firefox closes immediately after loading a webpage with an embedded video/audio element (mpg, avi, possibly others) when using vlc-plugin.

Additional info:

package versions;
* vlc-plugin 1.1.8-2 x86_64
* firefox 4.0-1 x86_64

error/output from a console (dmesg shows nothing unusual);
* firefox: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libvlcplugin.so: undefined symbol:
NPP_Initialize


Steps to reproduce:
Install vlc-plugin and attempt to load an mpg/avi video on a webpage within firefox.
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Closed by  Giovanni Scafora (giovanni)
Tuesday, 12 April 2011, 10:48 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Monday, 04 April 2011, 21:06 GMT
vlc-plugin should be dropped. it doesn't support xul 2.0 and upstream dropped it too from vlc master and moved it in a separate repo that doesn't have any commits

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