With regard to DVD watching you have two options Recompile the apps (mplayer or xine) from source with all libraries installed or seeing you runing mdk9.1 going to http://plf.zarb.org and either add plf as a source using Easy Urpmi and installing plf's Mplayer build with DVD support. urpmi mplayer or Download all the mplayer packages and dependences from the FTP dumping them in a directory and running urpmi *.rpm in that directory. Either way will give you Mplayer with DVD support, Win32 codec support, Quicktime support the works. As for the dvd writer try k3b.
Chad > Well, AMI have bought us a new NEC Versa laptop to replace the one that was > stolen. > The stolen lappie was also an NEC Versa, but an older model. > > Mdk 9.1 installed without a hitch, except that in so doing I stuffed up > Windows XP. > When the mdk install thingy got to the partitioning stage, it showed that > there was a C drive (FAT32) and a D drive (NTFS). > I just assumed that the C drive was the program drive and the D would be > the "My Documents" drive, thus D could be deleted to make room for linux - > WRONG! When I selected windows from the GRUB menu I got some wierd shite > about windows 98 (!?!?) needing some .EXE to boot windows XP - can't recall > the exact messages. > So it appears that, a) XP is _still_ based on 98, and b) The XP stuff was > on drive D. > > Anyway, no great loss. As long as OOo, Mozilla and kmail work (they do) my > wife will be able to do her work. > > However, there's a built in DVD-ROM/CD writer (no floppy!) so now I want to > watch DVDs. > Anyone clever on list willing to help me set it up? I don't even know where > to start, except I know I'll need this DeCSS thingy. > > BTW: Specs - 2.0 Ghz CPU, 256Mb RAM, 20 GB HDD, Built-in ethernet (it > works, I can ssh to my desktop over a crossover cable) NO FLOPPY, > DVD-ROM/CD Writer. > > Yuri
