<!-- TITLE: ERR-SYS-00006: VLC 3.0 and Above May Fail to Start in GNOME --> <!-- SUBTITLE: Error when Trying to Start VLC in a GNOME Desktop Session --> # Summary When using AOSC OS with the GNOME Desktop, VLC version 3.0 and above may fail to start with the following error output... ``` Gdk-Message: vlc: Fatal IO error 2 (No such file or directory) on X server :0. ``` # Possible Cause Not yet identified. However, the VLC upstream [claims](https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/18910#no1) that the issue does not lie within VLC itself. # Fixed Version Unfortunately, we are yet to find a solution to this issue.