[MPlayer-users] Bad news for RedHat 7.3 users

[Hetz Ben Hamo]

On Sunday 19 May 2002 09:08, Rob Wallace wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>
> Well guys, RedHat strikes again. I don't know what they did to the
> 2.4.18 kernel but apparently it affects mplayer... If it affects mplayer
> you can bet it will cause other problems too.
>
> I downloaded a clean 2.4.18 kernel source file and built it using
> gcc-2.95.3 and the RedHat ".config". Presto! The problem is gone.
>
> For those RedHat users who don't know how to build a kernel I guess your
> 5hit out of luck!

oh?? and did you upgrade to kernel 2.4.18-4?

You downloaded kernel 2.4.18 - which is so far away from Redhat's 2.4.18 (RH 
got inside their 2.4.18 tons of patches, including low latency, USB 2.0, and 
tons of other fixes - I use it daily and I use mplayer daily - no problems 
here...)

Hetz