Usually the only time when vlc only outputs the version information and exits is, if you have configured vlc to only allow one instance and an instance is already running. But with -vvv it should still output more.
Please run vlc with strace or gdb and check why and where it exists.
Usually the only time when vlc only outputs the version information and exits is, if you have configured vlc to only allow one instance and an instance is already running. But with -vvv it should still output more.
Please run vlc with strace or gdb and check why and where it exists.