Codec location.

[Stuart]

Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> The FHS 2.3 document does not mention a location for codecs. Does Fedora 
> have a "standard" location for them? Are they perhaps found through a 
> defined path?

not AFAIK, but the 2  locations that I have seen used are
/usr/lib/win32
and
/usr/lib/codecs
on this system, win32 is a symlink to codecs

> I am asking because I invariably run into situation where various 
> programs can't find their codecs and in some cases even freezes the system.

you could also try something like an "strace -eopen <command>" to see 
which files an app is attempting to open... :)


Regards

Stuart Sears
-- 
Stuart Sears RHCA etc