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Try searching for xserver-xorg-video-intel in the package manager under "all packages" (top of the list).

Anything there?

if i do a package manager thing for xserver-xorg-video-intel then it seems to show that it is installed...

Well, I don't really have any suggestions here other than marking it for reinsallation, just to make sure the package itself, or any of its dependencies aren't broken.

Yes, it is the refresh button . . . and please notice the different version of the xserver-xorg-video-intel
Remember to click APPLY.

Yes... that's what iv done... mint update is still giving me a blank screen and saying that my system is up to date

Hmmmm . . . I'll get a screenshot of the repositories in Synaptic Package Manager for you to compare with.

Don't reply yet, as I'll edit this post, and add the screenshot, give me a minute to switch to Gnome . . .

Richy

Synaptic Package Manager -> Settings -> Repositories. Check the same ones I have, reload/refresh then close Synaptic. Go back to mintUpdate and see if the level 4's show up ?

iv got a lot less repositorys than you...
but there are still some you have that i don't see

Make yours look like mine and follow the directions above.

Just check the boxes . . they are the same . . .

Well my repositorys now look like this... which I think is the same as yours...
but when I go to mint updata I only see a couple of level 3 updates... no level 4:
And i have clicked refresh and aply

somthing weard by the way... noticed when I reboted the other time that i new seem to have a second vertion of mint with a diferent kernal avalible as an option from the boot up seclecter thing when it turn on... seems weard... don't, remember doing anything about a kernal... could that be part of the problem?...

by doing cat /proc/version I got:

Linux version 2.6.28-15-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 18 18:40:08 UTC 2009

sorry if this is a total erelivance¬

Thanks for bringing that up . . . seems you performed updates through Synaptic ? Did you ?

if so only by acident...

If stuff is total messed up some how then im quite happy to reinstall mint...

That was going to be my next suggestion . . . no wonder we couldn't see the level 4's . . as they are for the original kernel that comes with Gloria.

Has your original problem changed since the inadvertent upgrade of the kernel ? or has the problem occurred since the upgrade ?

If all else fails . . takes less than 30 minutes for a re-install . . .

let us know what you decide, regards, Richard

ok... I am now sitting in frount of a new Mint 7 install main edition

I have downloaded all the updates of levels 1-3

But done nothing else...

Sooo . . . . do your movie's play ?

ok...

I have done the reinstall and updated everything to level 3

I have done the libdvd thing and all three of the boxes are green just as in your picture

I have found xserver-xorg thing under level 4 and installed it...

I restarted...

and it is still doing the same thing... as soon as I try to play it in move player it opens... then closes after a second or so (with a little bit of sound)

ummmm......

(the dvds didn't play before i did all that ether)

Stupid question... but I do have the de scrambaling thing installed to let you play shop brought DVDs

Yes, if you are not using the Universal Edition, you will have all the codecs installed.

Time to look for a new DVD Burner/Player . . .

so it's my DVD drive that is incomparable with linux?

I personally have 4 different computers, and an old IBM A31 laptop, all running Linux Mint 7. All have different branded dvd drives . . and ALL if them work "out of the box".