DVD player -10960 Install Error after 10.6.8 Download

Question

After downloading OS X 10.6.8 to Snow Leopard, my DVD player no longer works. I get a -10960 Error installation error. The DVD player is v.5.4 running on MacBook Pro 2GHz (older 2010). Can I download 10.6.8 to my external hard drive and reinstall to MacBook? Would that even have the DVD player? Would I have to erase and install. I do have a retail version of OS X 10.6.3. Or, is there an Apple DVD stand alone download specific to 10.6.8? Have not seen this discussed in other forums. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Did you repair permissions and restarted your computer afterwards after you installed 10.6.8?  If so, try the following.....
Disconnect all peripherals from your computer.
Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963 and restart your computer.
Another thing you can try is custom installing.  You can custom install the DVD application directly from your install disc by following the onscreen custom install instructions.  Or reinstall the os by installing the 10.6.8 combo updater directly from Apple's download site.