realplayer won't start

[idn]

Well done mate! Fixed it for me

Same here. When run from the terminal, nothing. System monitor reports the processes are running.

The .bin you got from the realplayer.com site? Also doesn't work?

EDIT: Fixed with making the change to esd.conf

[esd]
auto_spawn=1
spawn_options=-terminate -nobeeps -as 2
spawn_wait_ms=100
# default options are used in spawned and non-spawned mode
default_options=

I had noticed that previously under Preferences/Multimedia Selector that while ESD would test ok, Alsa and OSS would not. Yet sound was fine. Turned off sound server in Preferences/Sound, made change to esd.conf, reset that option, now Realplayer works incl video, as does the Firefox plugin.

[blitzny]

I can't wirte to the esd.conf. It says I am not the owner..... Wtf?

[idn]

you have to do it as root.

sudo gedit /etc/esound/esd.conf