>most of the dvd playing apps are set by default to look for /dev/dvd and >/dev/rdvd. You should be able to configure that or just make symlinks >ln -sf /dev/hdd /dev/dvd >ln -sf /dev/hdd /dev/rdvd you are correct sir. I was (once again) looking for an elephant with a magnafying glass. it is funny that right when I think I know something about Linux something like this happens *sigh* at least I know from experience that problems are rarely that hard to figure out, it just takes another set of eyes. maybe that should be my new signature :P