VLC does not open again after close while playing movie

[Steven A. Molzen]

Exactly the same as reported in ​​
#54630
The fresh Ubuntu install I did a few weeks ago now has this exact same issue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: vlc 3.0.9.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-34.37~20.04.2-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jan 7 19:27:24 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-12 (26 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vlc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)