I believe the /dev/dvd* symlinks were correctly created in xubuntu 13.04 (raring), but they disappeared when I upgraded to 13.10 (saucy).
My /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules file contains rules that look like they did the job some time in the past, but they refer to a scsi target that no longer matches my DVD drive, and I notice that there is no longer any symlink for my drive under /dev/disk/by-path. I ended up writing custom rules to create the /dev/dvd* symlinks, but I doubt that most users will be up to that task. In raring, the rules file was apparently created by these files from the udev package: /lib/udev/rules.d/75-cd-aliases-generator.rules /lib/udev/write_cd_rules In saucy, there are no such files. Looks the udev package was moved to the systemd source package in saucy. I suppose the missing files must have been forgotten during the move? ** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/926976 Title: udev does not create the proper symlinks to /dev/dvd due to the wrong : ENV{ID_PATH} in70-persistent-cd.rules To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/926976/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs