i need to know how to create a symbolic link for my dvdrom, thot or i need to be able to get into libdvdreader

Im new to linux, im using SuSE 8.2, thanx in advance

man ln for more options but it would usually be something like this(could be different depending on your actual setup):

ln -s /dev/hdd /dev/dvd

got the symbolic link but still wont play dvds

Details? Error messages? I can't assume what the problem is, as I lack having ESP.

heres the error: MPlayer interrupted by signal 6 in module: open_stream
- MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your gcc
version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read DOCS/bugreports.html
and follow the instructions there. We can't and won't help unless you provide
this information when reporting a possible bug.

sorry about not giving the info i should know to

And this is when your doing what? Playing a DVD? What command or how are you playing, from the command line, GUI interface? I need more details, your question is still vague and could be anything at this point.

GUI and dont know the command

Try running from the command and see what output you recieve:

mplayer [filename or device]

man mplayer for more options.

i get a picture of the title screen then goes blank and stays there and the terminal says:
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 720x480 => 720x540 Planar YV12
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
==========================================================================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
vf.c: have to REALLOCATE buffer memory
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
@@@ libmpeg2 returned from sig11... (bad file?) @@@
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