fedora, linux, dnf, update, nvidia

Recently after upgrading to Fedora 30 and installing VLC Media Player, I started experiencing crashes (segmentation fault) since the first attempt to launch. As you can see, there’s a segfault from 0x00007ffff7fdc19a in do_lookup_x () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 This means nothing to me, but I’ll tell you how I fixed it. Search around the web and lots of people will recommend updating or downgrading Mesa drivers, reinstalling VLC, rebooting, etc. There’s even a bug report with the same symptom here....

I had some issues after running a dnf update that completely borked my installation. I run KDE Plasma on Fedora 29 with an Nvidia 760Ti card, and I wanted to share some of the process I went through in recovering without having to do a fresh installation, in case it can help anyone. Note: I am not a GNU/Linux expert, and this advice is given without any warranty. Attempt at your own risk....