Use the installed files for osdmenu rather than the ones in the current dir Index: vlc-debian/share/osdmenu/default.cfg =================================================================== --- vlc-debian.orig/share/osdmenu/default.cfg 2009-07-09 00:21:18.000000000 +0200 +++ vlc-debian/share/osdmenu/default.cfg 2009-07-09 00:23:16.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -dir share/osdmenu/default +dir /usr/share/vlc/osdmenu/default action key-play-pause (0,0) unselect unselected.png select selection/play_pause.png Index: vlc-debian/modules/video_filter/osdmenu.c =================================================================== --- vlc-debian.orig/modules/video_filter/osdmenu.c 2009-07-09 00:21:18.000000000 +0200 +++ vlc-debian/modules/video_filter/osdmenu.c 2009-07-09 00:23:16.000000000 +0200 @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ #if defined( WIN32 ) || defined( UNDER_CE ) #define OSD_DEFAULT_CFG "osdmenu/default.cfg" #else -#define OSD_DEFAULT_CFG PKGDATADIR"/osdmenu/default.cfg" +#define OSD_DEFAULT_CFG "/usr/share/osdmenu/default.cfg" #endif #define OSD_UPDATE_MIN 0