Hey folks, i've been banging my head against the wall for a solid day now trying to figure this one out.
I ran:

./configure --enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg-tree=/usr/lib/vlc/ffmpeg-20051126/ --enable-shared --enable-shared-pp --enable-pp --enable-gpl

to configure the makefile when building VLC. All apparently went well until I tried to run the makefile. This is the error is get:

smb.c:101: parse error before "SMBCCTX"
smb.c:101: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
smb.c:102: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `p_file'
smb.c:102: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
smb.c:106: parse error before '}' token
smb.c: In function `Open':
smb.c:131: `SMBCCTX' undeclared (first use in this function)
smb.c:131: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
smb.c:131: for each function it appears in.)
smb.c:131: `p_smb' undeclared (first use in this function)
smb.c:132: `SMBCFILE' undeclared (first use in this function)
smb.c:212: warning: implicit declaration of function `smbc_new_context'
smb.c:221: warning: implicit declaration of function `smbc_init_context'
smb.c:224: warning: implicit declaration of function `smbc_free_context'
smb.c:279: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:280: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
smb.c:283: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:284: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c: In function `Close':
smb.c:305: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:305: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:305: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:309: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c: In function `Seek':
smb.c:330: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:330: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:330: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c: In function `Read':
smb.c:357: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:357: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
smb.c:357: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
make[4]: *** [libaccess_smb_plugin_a-smb.o] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/vlc/vlc-0.8.4/modules/access'
make[3]: *** [all-modules] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/vlc/vlc-0.8.4/modules/access'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/vlc/vlc-0.8.4/modules'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/vlc/vlc-0.8.4'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Can anyone help me here?

what's on line 100 of smb.c?

nothing. here's everything before the above error:

[root@localhost vlc-0.8.4]# make
( cd . && cat include/aout_internal.h include/audio_output.h include/beos_specific.h include/charset.h include/codecs.h include/configuration.h include/darwin_specific.h include/intf_eject.h include/iso_lang.h include/main.h include/mmx.h include/modules.h include/modules_inner.h include/mtime.h include/network.h include/os_specific.h include/snapshot.h include/stream_output.h include/variables.h include/video_output.h include/vlc_access.h include/vlc_acl.h include/vlc_bits.h include/vlc_block.h include/vlc_block_helper.h include/vlc_codec.h include/vlc_common.h include/vlc_config.h include/vlc_cpu.h include/vlc_demux.h include/vlc_error.h include/vlc_es.h include/vlc_es_out.h include/vlc_filter.h include/vlc_config_cat.h include/vlc_httpd.h
include/vlc_tls.h include/vlc_md5.h include/vlc_image.h include/vlc_input.h include/vlc_interface.h include/vlc_keys.h include/vlc_messages.h include/vlc_meta.h include/vlc_objects.h include/vlc_osd.h include/vlc_playlist.h include/vlc_spu.h include/vlc_stream.h include/vlc_symbols.h include/vlc_threads_funcs.h include/vlc_threads.h include/vlc_video.h include/vlc_vlm.h include/vlc_vod.h include/vlc_xml.h include/vout_synchro.h include/win32_specific.h ) | \
top_srcdir="." perl ./vlc-api.pl
touch stamp-api
srcdir=. ./toolbox --update-includes
touch src/misc/modules_builtin.h
srcdir=. ./toolbox --update-version
which: no svnversion in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/shep/bin:/sbin/ldconfig:/sbin)
make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/lib/vlc/vlc-0.8.4'
Making all in intl
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/lib/vlc/vlc-0.8.4/intl'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/vlc/vlc-0.8.4/intl'
Making all in loader
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/lib/vlc/vlc-0.8.4/loader'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/vlc/vlc-0.8.4/loader'
Making all in modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/lib/vlc/vlc-0.8.4/modules'
Making all in access
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/lib/vlc/vlc-0.8.4/modules/access'
make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/lib/vlc/vlc-0.8.4/modules/access'
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -DSYS_LINUX -I../../include `top_builddir="../.." ../../vlc-config --cflags plugin access_file` -Wsign-compare -Wall -pipe -MT libaccess_file_plugin_a-file.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/libaccess_file_plugin_a-file.Tpo" -c -o libaccess_file_plugin_a-file.o `test -f 'file.c' || echo './'`file.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/libaccess_file_plugin_a-file.Tpo" ".deps/libaccess_file_plugin_a-file.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/libaccess_file_plugin_a-file.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
rm -f libaccess_file_plugin.a
ar cru libaccess_file_plugin.a libaccess_file_plugin_a-file.o
ranlib libaccess_file_plugin.a
gcc -Wsign-compare -Wall -pipe -o libaccess_file_plugin.so libaccess_file_plugin.a -L/usr/local/lib -shared -lpthread -fpic -fPIC -u vlc_entry__0_8_4
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -DSYS_LINUX -I../../include `top_builddir="../.." ../../vlc-config --cflags plugin access_directory` -Wsign-compare -Wall -pipe -MT libaccess_directory_plugin_a-directory.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/libaccess_directory_plugin_a-directory.Tpo" -c -o libaccess_directory_plugin_a-directory.o `test -f 'directory.c' || echo './'`directory.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/libaccess_directory_plugin_a-directory.Tpo" ".deps/libaccess_directory_plugin_a-directory.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/libaccess_directory_plugin_a-directory.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
rm -f libaccess_directory_plugin.a
ar cru libaccess_directory_plugin.a libaccess_directory_plugin_a-directory.o
ranlib libaccess_directory_plugin.a
gcc -Wsign-compare -Wall -pipe -o libaccess_directory_plugin.so libaccess_directory_plugin.a -L/usr/local/lib -shared -lpthread -fpic -fPIC -u vlc_entry__0_8_4
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -DSYS_LINUX -I../../include `top_builddir="../.." ../../vlc-config --cflags plugin access_udp` -Wsign-compare -Wall -pipe -MT libaccess_udp_plugin_a-udp.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/libaccess_udp_plugin_a-udp.Tpo" -c -o libaccess_udp_plugin_a-udp.o `test -f 'udp.c' || echo './'`udp.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/libaccess_udp_plugin_a-udp.Tpo" ".deps/libaccess_udp_plugin_a-udp.Po"; else
rm -f ".deps/libaccess_udp_plugin_a-udp.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
rm -f libaccess_udp_plugin.a
ar cru libaccess_udp_plugin.a libaccess_udp_plugin_a-udp.o
ranlib libaccess_udp_plugin.a
gcc -Wsign-compare -Wall -pipe -o libaccess_udp_plugin.so libaccess_udp_plugin.a -L/usr/local/lib -shared -lpthread -fpic -fPIC -u vlc_entry__0_8_4
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -DSYS_LINUX -I../../include `top_builddir="../.." ../../vlc-config --cflags plugin access_tcp` -Wsign-compare -Wall -pipe -MT libaccess_tcp_plugin_a-tcp.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/libaccess_tcp_plugin_a-tcp.Tpo" -c -o libaccess_tcp_plugin_a-tcp.o `test -f 'tcp.c' || echo './'`tcp.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/libaccess_tcp_plugin_a-tcp.Tpo" ".deps/libaccess_tcp_plugin_a-tcp.Po"; else
rm -f ".deps/libaccess_tcp_plugin_a-tcp.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
rm -f libaccess_tcp_plugin.a
ar cru libaccess_tcp_plugin.a libaccess_tcp_plugin_a-tcp.o
ranlib libaccess_tcp_plugin.a
gcc -Wsign-compare -Wall -pipe -o libaccess_tcp_plugin.so libaccess_tcp_plugin.a -L/usr/local/lib -shared -lpthread -fpic -fPIC -u vlc_entry__0_8_4
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -DSYS_LINUX -I../../include `top_builddir="../.." ../../vlc-config --cflags plugin access_http` -Wsign-compare -Wall -pipe -MT libaccess_http_plugin_a-http.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/libaccess_http_plugin_a-http.Tpo" -c -o libaccess_http_plugin_a-http.o `test -f 'http.c' || echo './'`http.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/libaccess_http_plugin_a-http.Tpo" ".deps/libaccess_http_plugin_a-http.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/libaccess_http_plugin_a-http.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
rm -f libaccess_http_plugin.a
ar cru libaccess_http_plugin.a libaccess_http_plugin_a-http.o
ranlib libaccess_http_plugin.a
gcc -Wsign-compare -Wall -pipe -o libaccess_http_plugin.so libaccess_http_plugin.a -L/usr/local/lib -shared -lpthread -fpic -fPIC -u vlc_entry__0_8_4
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -DSYS_LINUX -I../../include `top_builddir="../.." ../../vlc-config --cflags plugin access_ftp` -Wsign-compare -Wall -pipe -MT libaccess_ftp_plugin_a-ftp.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/libaccess_ftp_plugin_a-ftp.Tpo" -c -o libaccess_ftp_plugin_a-ftp.o `test -f 'ftp.c' || echo './'`ftp.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/libaccess_ftp_plugin_a-ftp.Tpo" ".deps/libaccess_ftp_plugin_a-ftp.Po"; else
rm -f ".deps/libaccess_ftp_plugin_a-ftp.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
rm -f libaccess_ftp_plugin.a
ar cru libaccess_ftp_plugin.a libaccess_ftp_plugin_a-ftp.o
ranlib libaccess_ftp_plugin.a
gcc -Wsign-compare -Wall -pipe -o libaccess_ftp_plugin.so libaccess_ftp_plugin.a -L/usr/local/lib -shared -lpthread -fpic -fPIC -u vlc_entry__0_8_4
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -DSYS_LINUX -I../../include `top_builddir="../.." ../../vlc-config --cflags plugin access_smb` -Wsign-compare -Wall -pipe -MT libaccess_smb_plugin_a-smb.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/libaccess_smb_plugin_a-smb.Tpo" -c -o libaccess_smb_plugin_a-smb.o `test -f 'smb.c' || echo './'`smb.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/libaccess_smb_plugin_a-smb.Tpo" ".deps/libaccess_smb_plugin_a-smb.Po"; else
rm -f ".deps/libaccess_smb_plugin_a-smb.Tpo"; exit 1; fi

well, I don't know for sure, but this looks like an issue with the smb.c file - not your make file. These lines

smb.c:101: parse error before "SMBCCTX"
smb.c:101: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union

indicate a problem when your make file tries to compile smb.c - have you edited that file at any time?

u get vlc rpms. they r easier to install. why do u want to build it from source code when u have a easier option.

u can get them at www.videolan.com

I haven't modified the smb.c at all. I got Mplayer installed so I can watch DVD's and stuff, but I really liked VLC in my windoze days and would like to have it again.
This is annoying the hell out of me. Could it have anything to do with the segmentation faults i'm getting when I try and run XMMS? That is an NVIDIA issue I think and i'm about to deal with that anyway, so i'll try and make VLC again after that.
And arunvk: I want to learn how to install programs this way because one day I might decide to go with a non-rpm based distro of linux and besides, it's more fun!

I agree with arunvk. Is there any particular reason why you are insisting on compiling vlc, when you can install it via rpm?

Another source for vlc rpms is http://rpm.pbone.net. For example:
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i386.rpm.html

Well, it's pointless going down the rpm route now that i've compiled all the dependancies for vlc. I mean, i've spent ages on it already, and i'd rather finish it now. I didn't have any major problems up till now and it's pointless harping on about what I should have done when i've came this far with the ./configure make make install method.
Don't get me wrong, I probably should have used the rpm's for ease but who cares at this point?

I find it more fun this way, and as a new linux user i'd rather explore as many methods of using the system as I can.

if u want to learn installing the hard way i guess its ok. u can refer to this link

http://www.tldp.org/REF/VLC-User-Guide/

there is detailed procedure here for installing vlc. hope that solves ur problem.

Best of luck compiling. I also compiled vlc the first time for use on my SuSE, as at that time there was no rpm for SuSE. After significant hair pulling, I got it to work (I had different errors than what you are experiencing). .... Now thats all fine and dandy, but eventually an rpm showed up for vlc for my SuSE version. I ignored it, as my compiled version was just as good. And then vlc updated a version, and very soon after another rpm showed up for the new vlc (before I could be bothered to re-compile to the new vlc version). And then I learned the new vlc had a feature I wanted. So then I asked myself, should I recompile, or should I use the new rpm? I mean, after all, I have the dependency's worked out already. Right?? Well, not quite. The new vlc needed newer dependencies. .... So I decided enough was enough. I made my point. Proved I could do it. And I now use the rpms.

Again, best wishes in compiling vlc. Its a great program. But don't dismiss the rpm route out right. A lot depends, on what you want to do with your time. Compile vlc? or perhaps do something else.

Cheers!