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installing mplayer <newbie question>

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 12:53 pm
by thomasd1
i've downloaded something like, "MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2"
what must i do after the files are extracted?

and another thing, when i want to register to RHN i get an error that says that i couldn't register my username... also an error that says "Error connecting to RHN ...

problems ... :(

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:11 pm
by Straterra
Perhaps you have a firewall blocking the connection to the registering server?

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:46 pm
by Pyrite
Read the "README" or "INSTALL" files in the source directory. A typical compile would be like..

./configure
make
make install (as root)

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:03 am
by thomasd1
Straterra wrote:Perhaps you have a firewall blocking the connection to the registering server?
perhaps, how do i turn it of???

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:09 am
by thomasd1
Pyrite wrote:./configure
make
make install (as root)
what do i have to do with this? :roll:

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:40 pm
by Pyrite
Those are commands, run them in the source directory of mplayer after you extract it.

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 9:56 am
by thomasd1
Straterra wrote:Perhaps you have a firewall blocking the connection to the registering server?
i think you this may be it, how can i turn it of? :roll:

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 9:09 pm
by Pyrite
If you are having SSL connection issues when connecting to Red Hat Network, ensure that you are using the latest versions of up2date and rhn_register.

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 2:02 pm
by BDKR
thomasd1 wrote:
Straterra wrote:Perhaps you have a firewall blocking the connection to the registering server?
i think you this may be it, how can i turn it of? :roll:
Is your computer connected directly too the internet?

Anyways, try typing in (as root) 'service iptables stop' in a shell. Then try it again and see what happens.

Why don't you also post your iptables file. It should be /etc/sysconfig/iptables.

Cheers,
BDKR

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 2:12 pm
by Straterra
Holy mother..people...quoted me! :oops: :lol: :lol: :oops:

Um, anyway. I'm not exactly sure. I use Windows. If you use a router, DMZ host to your internal (network) IP. I wonder, does IPTables block that kind of stuff?