Re: Problems with videos playback for my user
On Thu 06 Jan 2022 at 12:06:56 (+0100), Lucio Crusca wrote:
> On 06/01/22 00:34, Lucio Crusca wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, nice try, but, besides I've cleared all three steps just in case (CPU always below 5% while playing videos), none of those can explain why video playback still works correctly for all the users except mine.
> >
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> Since I needed videos to play, I had to workaround the problem. I logged in as root, renamed my /home/lucio directory to /home/lucio-old, created a new /home/lucio directory, copied over my data, .bash*, .config/google-chrome, .config/xfce*, .thunderbird and some other folders and now videos do playback correctly even with my user. That shows without a doubt that something was broken in my home directory: I just can't imagine exactly what.
As your examples show, the culprits are usually in your dotfiles.
When I first start to use a new Debian version, I generally
quarantine the more complex ones, let the first run of the software
create new ones, then compare the two versions and/or reinstate
them as appropriate. Sometimes it means manually patching the new
version with the modifications made in the old version.
Cheers,
David.
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