Here is what I have done to make RealPlayer 8 work
In /usr/lib/RealPlayer8 do: mv realplay realplay.orig vi realplay
In the new realplay file add the following lines: #!/bin/bash LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.5 /usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay.orig $*
Then make realplay executable: chmod 555 realplay
Now add it to your menu in KDE, Gnome or whatever. This script with the $* will handle streaming video from the web, but will give an error when opening local files. In my menu I added one Realplayer icon that executes:
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.5 /usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay.orig
which I associated with playing local files. The second icon executes realplay %f and handles streaming video requests from konqueor, mozilla, and opera.
The RealPlayer plugin will be installed in /usr/local/netscape/plugins and you will need to copy those files to /usr/lib/mozilla1.4.1/plugins. The plugins will call the new realplay script and should work. For Konqueror, Opera, etc.. you will need to add the path to the plugin.
Not sure where I got this from but I found this same info posted for Redhat 9 many months ago.
Dalin Laqua
