I downloaded real player using both the aptitude install and automatix methods, and the problem occured with both. The player works fine and all by itself, but it won't work for embedded media in firefox.

For example, trying it out at a Mozilla embedded media test site brings an error window up which looks like this after I click on details.

Another example is that at this site it acts like I don't have the player and wants me to install it.

Why isn't firefox able to play real player embedded media? Is this a $PATH problem? If so, how can I fix it? Any help would be appreciated.

Also, my entry in the about : plugins page looks like this:
Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible

File name: nphelix.so
Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible version 0.4.0.622 built with gcc 3.3.5 on Jul 18 2006

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealPlayer Plugin Metafile rpm Yes

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