I've recompiled this package from the sources (with dpkg-buildpackage) and realized that it was being built for a G5 CPU. Look at the the GCC flags -mcpu=7450 & -mtune=7450. Therefore, this package doesn't work on G3 nor G4 cpus.
cc -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_ISOC9X_SOURCE -I.. -I.. -I../libavutil -Wdeclaration-after-statement -O4 -mcpu=7450 -mtune=7450 -pipe -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer -maltivec -mabi=altivec -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -I/usr/include/directfb -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/ -I/usr/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/include/kde/artsc -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/dvdnav -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/liveMedia -I/usr/include/UsageEnvironment -I/usr/include/BasicUsageEnvironment -I/usr/include/groupsock -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -c -o cavsdsp.o cavsdsp.c -- mplayer ppc crash due to incorrect use of fsqrt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104630 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
