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This sounds like SELinux saving you from yourself. To verify check your /var/log/messages or /var/log/audit/audit.log for AVC denied messages. You can also temporarily disable SELinux to test with (as root):
setenforce 0
If it works, then you can re-enable SELinux with:
setenforce 1
You'll either need to create a local policy to enable execution, or check the booleans under menu System->Administration->Security Level and Firewall on the SELinux tab, HTTPD Service. One of the booleans may allow you to do what you are trying to accomplish.
This sounds like SELinux saving you from yourself. To verify check your /var/log/messages or /var/log/audit/audit.log for AVC denied messages. You can also temporarily disable SELinux to test with (as root):
setenforce 0
If it works, then you can re-enable SELinux with:
setenforce 1
You'll either need to create a local policy to enable execution, or check the booleans under menu System->Administration->Security Level and Firewall on the SELinux tab, HTTPD Service. One of the booleans may allow you to do what you are trying to accomplish.
The next question I would have is, are you specifying the display (apache doesn't have one)? For example, if you are sending the video to your TV, the second head on your video card:
The next question I would have is, are you specifying the display (apache doesn't have one)? For example, if you are sending the video to your TV, the second head on your video card:
...mplayer -display :0.1 ...
I've been using:
DISPLAY=:0.1 /usr/bin/mplayer
instead of your suggestion of:
/usr/bin/mplayer -dispaly :0.1
Anyway, after brooding over a few more hurdles, I finally go it to do what I wanted.
You've been a tremendous help. Not being formally trained in linux is a challenge for me. But with guys like you, and my resilience, it often works out in the end.
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