<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 12:59 AM, steve <<a href="mailto:sfreilly@roadrunner.com">sfreilly@roadrunner.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> or... if you like you can just download it from the vlc site <a href="http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.2.9/deb/" target="_blank">http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.2.9/deb/</a> </blockquote></div> thanks for the info. i downloaded the 1.2.10 version from medibuntu. does anyone see a problem with using that version as opposed to the vlc version? now about installation. as i have stated in an earlier post, i am a lost babe in the woods when it comes to linux. my life has been all windoze up to this and i still use xp because of certain graphics software i have become accustomed to using. so would i: sudo install /location/filename? cheers, dwain -- "Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God. " - Kahlil Gibran