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after i compile with --enable-dvb --disable-wxwidget --disabel-skins2
the error come out at bottom when i tried make
libvlc.c: undefined reference to `hal_initialize'
lib/libvlc.a(lib_libvlc_a-libvlc.o)(.text+0x71b5):libvlc.c: undefined reference to `hal_get_all_devices'
lib/libvlc.a(lib_libvlc_a-libvlc.o)(.text+0x71d8):libvlc.c: undefined reference to `hal_free_string_array'
lib/libvlc.a(lib_libvlc_a-libvlc.o)(.text+0x71e0):libvlc.c: undefined reference to `hal_shutdown'
lib/libvlc.a(lib_libvlc_a-libvlc.o)(.text+0x75d5):libvlc.c: undefined reference to `hal_device_property_exists'
lib/libvlc.a(lib_libvlc_a-libvlc.o)(.text+0x75f1):libvlc.c: undefined reference to `hal_device_get_property_bool'
lib/libvlc.a(lib_libvlc_a-libvlc.o)(.text+0x760b):libvlc.c: undefined reference to `hal_device_get_property_string'
lib/libvlc.a(lib_libvlc_a-libvlc.o)(.text+0x7655):libvlc.c: undefined reference to `hal_free_string'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [vlc] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/vlc-0.8.4'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/vlc-0.8.4'
make: *** [install] Error 2

anyone know what i the error above

I got round that, as advised in a post I found on here by searching for hal_initialize, by trying with the latest svn snapshot (Nov 29th, in my case) found in: http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/snapshots/