main interface error: no suitable interface module

[xplosionmind]

When I run

flatpak run org.videolan.VLC

I get this error:

VLC media player 3.0.20 Vetinari (revision 3.0.20-0-g6f0d0ab126b)
[00005617e8954080] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00005617e88747e0] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[00005617e88747e0] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[00005617e8954080] skins2 interface error: cannot initialize OSFactory
[00005617e8909cd0] main playlist: playlist is empty
[00005617e8954080] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 3.0.20 Vetinari
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
> %                          

The application does not start!

[nurupo]

Can't reproduce if I run in my regular terminal, but if I remove all env variables via env -i bash --noprofile --norc then I get a similar interface error (along with additional errors about PulseAudio, dbus, etc). If I add the DISPLAY env variable, i.e. DISPLAY=:0 flatpak run org.videolan.VLC, then the error goes away and the VLC window appears, but in the wrong styling as env variables dictating which style to use are not set.

Anyway, it sounds like the issue is not in the VLC Flatpak but in your shell environment. Run env in your shell and see what variables you might be missing.

[xplosionmind]

It might have happened that I accidentally deleted all files in my ~/.config directory, but I thought everything would be solved by installing and reinstalling the flatpak and/or the rpm package, but I still have the same issue!

I had no issues in all my other packages/flatpaks.

Is there a default config file or env variables set I can use as reference to see if that is the problem?

[xplosionmind]

Hello, I have been trying many different tweaks, but no result… could you please help me troubleshoot this?

[xplosionmind]

I also tried running flatpak repair