attempting to install VLC I get the following errors;

Error in file "/usr/share/applications/kde4/kfontview.desktop": "fonts/package" is an invalid MIME type ("fonts" is an unregistered media type)
Warning in file "/usr/share/applications/gnome-nautilus-folder-handler.desktop": usage of MIME type "x-directory/gnome-default-handler" is discouraged ("x-directory" is an old media type that should be replaced with a modern equivalent)
Warning in file "/usr/share/applications/gnome-nautilus-folder-handler.desktop": usage of MIME type "x-directory/normal" is discouraged ("x-directory" is an old media type that should be replaced with a modern equivalent)

Thoughts or suggestions on how to fix this. I running Fedora 13 and I used 'yum install vlc' to install the app.

what is your default desktop
KDE or Gnome ? it looks like both are installed

i take it you do have rpmfusion installed ( free and non-free)
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f13.html
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...a-f13.html#vlc


was this a clean install of 13 or a "preupgrade" or "upgrade" from 12

also have you installed the mstt fonts?
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...a-f13.html#ttf

I have KDE installed, do not have gnome.
This was a clean install of Fedora 13, not an upgrade.
I just downloaded and installed the msttf

My attempt at downloading
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...a-f13.html#vlc
was not successful, like to me to another site that had a link to downloaded an rpm from livna.org but all links are broken. Search with google and bing lead to similar results.

the other link
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f13.html
I was successful at installing the rpm update.

Now what?

when you installed fedora 13 was it from the KDE only dvd ?
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/kde/
if you used the everyday install dvd then something might be busted .
fedora is VERY Gnome centric and some of gnome MUST be installed even if you use KDE

errors normally occur with python scripts ( installed with gnome) not being installed -- that is the most common


and what do you mean by "was not successful"
also livna.org has 1 ONE and only one rpm "libdvdcss" ( legal reasons )

rpmfusion and rpmfusion-nonfree repos need to be installed
as per the instructions
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...a-f13.html#yum
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...l#mediaplayers
"
also if you DID NOT SETUP "sudo" then use " su -"
fedora DOSE NOT set up sudo by default -- for security reasons --
you need to do it if you want to use it
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...-f13.html#sudo

When I installed Fedora it was a Gnome/KDE dvd.

By unsuccessful I mean when I went to site
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mj...l#mediaplayers
and followed the instructions to install the following rpm's.
mirandam@charon ~]$ sudo rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release.rpm
[mirandam@charon ~]$ sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna

When I attempted to download these two files they both error out, first one errors out with the following message;
second one errors out with;
Followed the link provided and set up sudo, I have been using su but thought it was about time to do it and instructions were clean and simple enough to follow, thanks.

After updating the rpmfusion-free and nonfree I did a yum update which yielded 96 updates from these repos. I then did a yum remove and install of vlc but it yielded the same errors as previously documented.

What two files livna has ONLY ONE RPM and one rpm only -libdvdcss

for vlc you install rpmfusion and rpmfusion-nonfree repos
and livna ONLY for dvd playback using libdvdcss
and livna might be "down" from time to time

The livna has been consistently down for the last week and I have tried at least once a day if not several times a day.

In the mean time I found a program called easylife that aims to install programs for Fedora making it simpler installing proprietary software such as flash, sun java, and fonts among others.

http://easylifeproject.org/

This program also attempts to use livna repo but has the same issue, errors out. But it at least solved my issues.

Thanks for the help Johnvv

well the fedoraforum is plastered with Dangermouses "ad" for his "autoten" - started with auto8 on fedora 8
at 10 the name stuck
http://www.dnmouse.org/
http://dnmouse.org/forum/
it is a very nice script for new users