I can confirm that vlc starts on a system where the root filesystem uses obverlayfs + Kernel 5.0.0-31-generic (testet with Ubuntu 18.04, apt-get install linux-generic-hwe-18.04).
@Rik
I accidentally clicked on the fix committed link, I did not know that anyone can change the status without further confirmation.
I can confirm that vlc starts on a system where the root filesystem uses obverlayfs + Kernel 5.0.0-31-generic (testet with Ubuntu 18.04, apt-get install linux-generic- hwe-18. 04).
@Rik
I accidentally clicked on the fix committed link, I did not know that anyone can change the status without further confirmation.