--- vlc-0.8.6f/configure.ac.orig	2008-04-04 23:18:55.905073604 +0200
+++ vlc-0.8.6f/configure.ac	2008-04-04 23:20:53.396998652 +0200
@@ -3990,32 +3990,13 @@
   [  --enable-directfb       DirectFB support (default disabled)])
 if test "${enable_directfb}" = "yes"
 then
-  if test "${with_directfb}" = "no"
-  then
-    AC_CHECK_HEADER(directfb.h, have_directfb="true", have_directfb="false")
-    if test "${have_directfb}"= "true"
-    then
-        VLC_ADD_PLUGINS([directfb])
-        VLC_ADD_LDFLAGS([directfb],[-ldirectfb -lfusion -ldirect -lpthread -ljpeg -lz -ldl])
-        VLC_ADD_CPPFLAGS([directfb],[-I/usr/include/directfb -D_REENTRANT])
-    else
-        AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find /usr/include/directfb headers, make sure directfb is installed on your system or use --disable-directfb])
-    fi
-  else
-    CPPFLAGS_save="${CPPFLAGS}"
-    CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I${with_directfb}/include"
-    AC_CHECK_HEADER(directfb.h, have_directfb="true", have_directfb="false")
-    CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS_save}"
-    AC_ARG_WITH(directfb,
-        [    --with-directfb=PATH  path to directfb],
-        [ if test "${with_directfb}" != "no" -a -n "${with_directfb}"
-        then
-            VLC_ADD_PLUGINS([directfb])
-            VLC_ADD_CPPFLAGS([directfb],[-I${with_directfb}/include -D_REENTRANT])
-            VLC_ADD_LDFLAGS([directfb],[-L${with_directfb}/lib -ldirectfb -lfusion -ldirect -lpthread -ljpeg -lz -ldl])
-        fi ],
-        [ AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find directfb headers in ${with_directfb}/include]) ])
-  fi
+	if pkg-config --exists directfb; then
+		VLC_ADD_PLUGINS([directfb])
+		VLC_ADD_LDFLAGS([directfb],[`pkg-config --libs directfb`])
+		VLC_ADD_CPPFLAGS([directfb],[`pkg-config --cflags directfb`])
+	else
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find /usr/include/directfb headers, make sure directfb is installed on your system or use --disable-directfb])
+	fi
 fi
 
 dnl