USE="dvd" emerge mplayer (or emerge xine) On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 20:11:58+1200 Chad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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 > > --
