The path for the default font used by VLC is debian specific it seems. Fix the path and add DejaVU to the dependencies. Index: vlc-master/modules/visualization/projectm.cpp =================================================================== --- vlc-master.orig/modules/visualization/projectm.cpp +++ vlc-master/modules/visualization/projectm.cpp @@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ static void Close ( vlc_object_t # define FONT_PATH "C:\\WINDOWS\\Fonts\\arial.ttf" # define FONT_PATH_MENU "C:\\WINDOWS\\Fonts\\arial.ttf" #else -# define FONT_PATH "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf" -# define FONT_PATH_MENU "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf" +# define FONT_PATH "/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf" +# define FONT_PATH_MENU "/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf" #endif vlc_module_begin ()