vlc not playing dvd's

[rapattack]

Hi for some reason VLC won't play dvd's now. This is a fairly new install of Debian 4 and in the previous install I was able to play dvd's. These are factory made dvd's and not burnt ones. I opened via the menu and selected disc...then nothing. I also tried waiting as it seems like the system does take longer to mount the cdrom...well thta is how it shows in some of the syste,. Sorry I still don't understand that sort of thing. It is a dvd burner that I have and I have played dvd's before when Debian was installed on one drive and windoze on the other.

[daark.child]

Do you have libdvdcss installed?

[RobinVossen]

I got the same problem. If you go to TTY1 you'll see that the terminal is going wild..
I have no idea how to fix it. (Since I couldnt be botherd) but Ive read it had something to do with a Copy-Protected DVD.

Well, I hope Daark can help you

[rapattack]

Hi I did a search for that file and I got that libdvdread3 is installed and nothing about the file you mentioned. libdvdread-dev is not installed.

[RobinVossen]

You wont need libdvdread-dev Since thats a Developers Package.
Did you check your tty1?

Well, I guess daark will be a better help..

[daark.child]

If you want to play encrypted DVD discs (the ones released by the movie houses), then you need to install libdvdcss like I suggested. This article may help you install libdvdcss on Debian Etch.

[rapattack]

Now something is going wrong. I sort of know what tty is but i really don't know what to do with that.
I have a new problem after typing the first command in that page in the terminal I get this now:
E325: ATTENTION
Found a swap file by the name "/etc/apt/.sources.list.swp"
owned by: root dated: Thu Nov 22 01:55:37 2007
file name: /etc/apt/sources.list
modified: YES
user name: root host name: carla
process ID: 4712
While opening file "/etc/apt/sources.list"
dated: Sat Nov 17 20:39:26 2007

(1) Another program may be editing the same file.
If this is the case, be careful not to end up with two
different instances of the same file when making changes.
Quit, or continue with caution.

(2) An edit session for this file crashed.
If this is the case, use ":recover" or "vim -r /etc/apt/sources.list"
to recover the changes (see ":help recovery").
If you did this already, delete the swap file "/etc/apt/.sources.list.swp"
to avoid this message.
"/etc/apt/sources.list" 15 lines, 340 characters
Press ENTER or type command to continue

I just closed the terminal as I have no idea what to do. When I did the command the first time it copied wrongly so I closed thinking well I haven't saved it so I will just close. Looks like it did and I have no idea what to do.

[daark.child]

The *swp file is a backup of the previous session (the one you exited without saving). Take a look at the contents of both files and if you do not need the *swp file delete it and VI/M won't nag you about it.

[rapattack]

Sorry I am not sure which is which. I can't see the extension .swp. Can you tell me which one I should delete from the image below of the /etc/apt directory. Um I wouldn't know by opening which is right and which is not either. I am just too beginner yet when it comes to Linux.

Then after that how do I redo this situation properly as whatever that article said didn't work. Thanks so much.

[daark.child]

The backup file is /etc/apt/.sources.list.swp. From the looks of it, its a hidden file in /etc/apt. Like I said above, to resolve the issue, you either delete the *swp file or use the recover option in VI to edit it.