[KLUG Members] rh9 & rp8

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>>Anyone have real player work on RH9?  
>Yes.
>>Mine hangs
>What version are you running
>It _seems_ like I had to upgrade, and the new RPM does NOT exist on
>real.com, but I had to download it from an oddball place.  I'm running:
>RealPlayer8-8.0.3.412-6.
>If you have a late enough BSware 9, "RealPlayer8-8.0.3.412-6.i386.rpm"
>is an extra on CD#3.  (since the license now says "Distributable")

[root@estate2 packages]# rpm -e RealPlayer
[root@estate2 packages]# rpm -Uvh RealPlayer8-8.0.3.412-6.i386.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:RealPlayer8            ########################################### [100%]

Works like a charm.  

Poking about it seems like the version I had was incompatible with the rh8 ptl
patch/hack.  It hangs in a strace at the same point as the Informix SDK 2.80-UC1
does, which I know is caused by the ptl business.  Hmmm, it seems like maybe
they should have held off on that a bit.  But being the most common distro,  I
suppose it is one way to get everyone (even IBM) to update their code in a hurry
- just sucks to be the end user.