mplayerplug-in problem [solved - sort of - it's Selinux on FC5]

[Claude Jones]

On Thu April 13 2006 18:59, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 09:59 -0400, Claude Jones wrote:
> > On both my FC4 and FC5 boxes in the past few days, my
> > mplayerplug-in has stopped working. I click on a video link
> > in Firefox, and the player window opens normally, and I get
> > a message about "buffering" for an instant, then, it says
> > "stopped" - no other info. Below is what is installed on my
> > FC5 box.
> >
> > # rpm -qa | grep mplayer
> > mplayer-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5
> > mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.lvn5
> > mplayerplug-in-3.21-1.lvn5
> >
> > Is anyone else having this problem? I've tried on multiple
> > sites, so I don't think it's a site problem.
> > --
> > Claude Jones
> > Bluemont, VA, USA
>
> It's said that the mplayer plugin off the fedora repos for FC5
> is bugged.  Best thing to do is to go here and replace what
> you have with this:
>
> http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/download.php
>
> See if that solves your problem.
>

On my FC5 box, I was not able to fix the problem with the plug-in 
from the mplayerplug-in site that you suggested. When running 
mplayer from the command line as Stanton's site suggests to 
verify mplayer, I was getting the following:

$ mplayer
mplayer: error while loading shared 
libraries: /usr/lib/ati-fglrx/libGL.so.1: cannot restore segment 
prot after reloc: Permission denied

I filed a bug report: 
https://bugzilla.livna.org/show_bug.cgi?id=928

It was suggested by a followup that I "setenforce 0" from a root 
prompt, and that has indeed "fixed" it... I guess I need to file 
a Selinux bug report. 

-- 
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA