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VLC player isn't working in Ubuntu 14.04. It gives this error:

VLC media player 2.1.5 Rincewind (revision 2.1.2+git20140426+r54526+18+11~ubuntu14.04.1)
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

How can I solve this issue?

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The way to solve it is reporting a bug. – Braiam May 6 '14 at 13:10
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Try resetting the configuration as follows: 

vlc -I qt4 --reset-config --reset-plugins-cache
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Worked!! Tried for 2 hours with that thing to work... Thanks man. – Mars Jan 29 '15 at 18:13
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Seems to be missing something

sudo apt-get install --reinstall vlc
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