Totem on FC6

Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Mon Jun 18 18:05:29 UTC 2007


Simon Andrews wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>
>> I have totem yumed to this computer but it will NOT show DVD movies 
>> it says because it is missing "plug ins". I have no idea what this 
>> means. Totem works fine with DVD movies on FC4.
>
> If you're using the stock totem which comes with FC6 then it will not 
> include support for encrypted DVDs due to patent problems.
>
> If you're happy to run patent encumbered software then you can 
> configure the livna repository by installing the rpm at:
>
> http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm
>
> ..and then run
>
> yum install totem-xine
>
> ..to install a version of totem which can play DVDs.
>
Hi but one problem. When I try to yum install totem-xine it farts around 
and errors out saying the installed totem is in the way. So tried to rpm 
-e totem but libs are not removed because they are used for other 
software packages.

    What now?

Karl




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