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added <application> tag and some 10l, patch by frogu <[e-mail]>

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two weeks).
</para>
<para>
When <application>MPlayer</application> tries to load a Windows DLL it
wants to put it at a specific address (0x400000). If an important system
library happens to be there already, MPlayer will crash.
(A typical symptom would be a segmentation fault when trying
to play Windows Media 9 files.)
</para>
<para>
If you run into this problem you have two options:

<listitem><para><command>/etc/cron.daily/prelink</command>
(This relinks all the applications, and it takes
quite a while.)</para></listitem>
<listitem>
<para><command>execstack -s <replaceable>/path/to/</replaceable>mplayer</command>
(This turns off execshield for the <application>MPlayer</application> binary.)
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</listitem>

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two weeks).
</para>
<para>
When <application>MPlayer</application> tries to load a Windows DLL it
wants to put it at a specific address (0x400000). If an important system
library happens to be there already, <application>MPlayer</application>
will crash.
(A typical symptom would be a segmentation fault when trying
to play Windows Media 9 files.)
</para>
<para>
If you run into this problem you have two options:

<listitem><para><command>/etc/cron.daily/prelink</command>
(This relinks all the applications, and it takes
quite a while.)</para></listitem>
<listitem>
<para><command>execstack -s <replaceable>/path/to/</replaceable>mplayer</command>
(This turns off exec-shield for the <application>MPlayer</application> binary.)
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</listitem>