MPlayer problems

[Paul Higgins (U of M)]

OK, here's what I got:

$ gmplayer
MPlayer 1.0pre6-3.3.3 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
Illegal instruction

Any ideas? 

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> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:06:40 -0800
> From: Olaf Olson <oolson at hadleyconnection.com>
> Subject: Re: MPlayer problems
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> Paul,
>
> I suspect that mplayer should be in your path, so try typing gmplayer
> (Graphics MPlayer) in a shell. This will at least give you the errors
> that are preventing it from actually running.
>
> Olaf
>
> Paul Higgins (U of M) wrote:
> >Is anyone running MPlayer successfully?  I successfully downloaded the
> > package using yum (from freshrpms), and it shows up in the K menu. 
> > However, when I try launching it, the little hourglass icon just spins
> > for a minute and then quits.