MPlayer doesn't play anything!

[Mike A. Harris]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> I have mplayer-1.0-0.66.rc1.lvn6 and mplayerplug-in-3.31-2.lvn6 installed, but 
> for some reason I can't get it to play either audio or video.  Xmms will play 
> mp3s.  Xine will play videos.  Mplayer just sits there.
> 
> Is there some magic in getting this working?

One of the libraries that mplayer links to causes SElinux to throw
a fit.  The long term solution for the problem would be for the
developers of the offending library to fix it securely as per
recommendations of SElinux/glibc/etc. developers.  Some short
term workarounds, both of which reduce the security provided
by SElinux would be:

1) modify SElinux policy to permit the library to do what it is trying
    to do, which SElinux considers to be insecure

or

2) disable SElinux