Suppressing Real Player on RPM downloads

[Robin Laing]

wwp wrote:
> Hello Steven, Robert,
> 
> 
> On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:00:20 -0600 Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
>>
>>>I know I've seen this, but now can't find it on a fresh FC4 install.
>>>Where do I tell Real Player to ignore RPM files when I click on them to
>>>download?
>>>
>>>-- Doc
>>>Robert G. (Doc) Savage, BSE(EE), CISSP, RHCE | Fairview Heights, IL
>>>Fedora Core 4 kernel 2.6.14-1.1644_FC4 on a P-III/M IBM Thinkpad A22p
>>>            ** Bob Costas for Baseball Commissioner **
>>>
>>
>>Right click.  Save Target As...
> 
> 
> Using Galeon (1.3.x, 2.0, mozilla 1.7.12), I often face the same problem. And
> right clicking/saving is not available since the link does point to a
> dynamical page (@#$%!).
> 
> But, it is possible to still left-click on this link, go on w/ the RA player
> (stop it if necessary), then save the file using the File/Save as menu item.
> Whereas you won't get a progress indicator, you can still see the file
> growing :-).
> 
> Of course, the best would be to dissociate the RA plugin from RPM file
> extension!
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 

And email the Web admin for the site to get their server configured to 
correct there configuration.