Ubuntu – VLC crashes in kubuntu 16.10

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I have upgraded to kubuntu 16.10 from 16.04 recently, and along with it came a new version of vlc 2.2.4.

But whenever i open vlc it gave me a generic segfault:

VLC media player 2.2.4 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.3-37-g888b7e89)
[00005603dd50c038] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[1]    13268 segmentation fault (core dumped)  vlc

But it works fine when i do

vlc -I skins

So i guess the problem is most likely with my qt installation.
I have both qt4 and qt5 libraries installed in my system. vlc has a libqt4_plugin.so i think it is using qt4.

How do i resolve this issue i have tried purging all my vlc config files and also doing:

/usr/lib/vlc/vlc-cache-gen -f usr/lib/vlc/plugins

Nothing seems to work. Any help would be appreciated.

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There are couple of settings that you should check in VLC:
1) Tools --> Preferences --> Show All --> Video --> Disable screensaver
2) Tools --> Preferences --> Show All --> Advanced --> Inhibit the power management daemon during playback
If both of this options are checked, you could try a simple wrapper script which disables the monitor modes that will power down, standby or blank the screen prior to calling VLC:

#!/bin/bash

#Disable modes
/usr/bin/xset -dpms &
/usr/bin/xset s off &

#Open VLC
/usr/bin/vlc "$@"

#Re-enable modes
/usr/bin/xset dpms
/usr/bin/xset s on
exit

Ubuntu – Qt4 interface not working for VLC

Install dependencies

sudo apt-get install git cmake g++ libqt4-dev qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev \
 qttools5-dev-tools qtquick1-5-dev qtscript5-dev libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev \
 libqt5svg5-dev libqt5webkit5-dev libssl-dev

UPDATE: Qt5.4 is now required. This is not in the default repositories.Check if you already have Qt 5.4 by typing
```
qmake -version
```
in a terminal window. If you don't have 5.4 or later then follow these steps to install it:
Download the latest version of Qt from http://qt-project.org/. The file you download is actually an installation script called something like
```
qt-opensource-linux-x64-1.6.0-8-online.run
```
Move the installer to your Home directory and open a terminal window.

Give the installer execute permissions:

sudo chmod +x qt-opensource-linux-x64-1.6.0-8-online.run

Run the installer:

sudo ./qt-opensource-linux-x64-1.6.0-8-online.run

Follow the installation wizard and write down the installation directory (default: /opt/Qt. You can choose somewhere else if you want but make sure it doesn't have spaces anywhere in the path). Finish the install.
In your file browser, navigate to the installation directory and find the path to the Qt bin directory.
Add the bin directory to your $PATH environment variable so that MuseScore knows where it is. Modify the following command with the correct path as appropriate.:
```
echo 'export PATH="/opt/Qt/5.4/gcc_64/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
```
Load your new $PATH variable.
```
source ~/.bashrc
```
Complete! You can check the Qt installation was successful by typing
```
qmake -version 
```

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