Hi, I was wondering about being able to post a log file about all the packages I have installed to see why I still cannot achieve dvd playback. I am using suse 9.3 and have installed all the possible packages. I think maybe by using yast I installed them in the wrong order and they may have not created proper links to one another.

All my package dependencies seem ok though. I believe I should have created hard links between the players and packages though.

Please help with my errors as I have spent a lot of time on this and find it absurd to have to use windows to play dvds, because of stupid laws.

I have installed:

xine lib
libdvdcss
gcc
etc...

mostly for the packman site.

Thanks again

As far as I remember, it was required to de-install the original (SUSE) version of xine, because it interfered with the packman version. Another option would be the installation of mplayer, which has all required libs and codecs built-in.

YaST doesn't require a particular installation order. Surely, package dependencies have to be considered, but if you add the packman server to the YaST installation sources, this should be done automatically. Usually, no manual interference (e.g. hard links) is required.

If you want to use Xine for DVD playback, the most tricky part is libdvdcss. But the instruction you find on the packman website are very detailed. A script does most of the work for you: http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=122