This is not a VLC bug. There should be a udev rule that creates the /dev/dvd symlink to the drive when inserting a DVD.
I can reproduce the problem by inserting a DVD: $ udevadm info /dev/sr0 P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata1/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sr0 N: sr0 L: -100 S: cdrom S: disk/by-id/ata-HL-DT-ST_BDDVDRW_CH10LS20_K9VA5JL2620 S: disk/by-label/THE_BOURNE_SUPREMACY E: DEVLINKS=/dev/cdrom /dev/disk/by-id/ata-HL-DT-ST_BDDVDRW_CH10LS20_K9VA5JL2620 /dev/disk/by-label/THE_BOURNE_SUPREMACY E: DEVNAME=/dev/sr0 E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata1/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sr0 E: DEVTYPE=disk E: ID_ATA=1 E: ID_ATA_FEATURE_SET_PM=1 E: ID_ATA_FEATURE_SET_PM_ENABLED=0 E: ID_ATA_SATA=1 E: ID_ATA_SATA_SIGNAL_RATE_GEN1=1 E: ID_BUS=ata E: ID_CDROM=1 E: ID_CDROM_BD=1 E: ID_CDROM_CD=1 E: ID_CDROM_CD_R=1 E: ID_CDROM_CD_RW=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_RW=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R_DL=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_R=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RAM=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RW=1 E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA=1 E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_DVD=1 E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_SESSION_COUNT=1 E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_STATE=complete E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_TRACK_COUNT=1 E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_TRACK_COUNT_DATA=1 E: ID_CDROM_MRW=1 E: ID_CDROM_MRW_W=1 E: ID_FS_LABEL=THE_BOURNE_SUPREMACY E: ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=THE_BOURNE_SUPREMACY E: ID_FS_TYPE=udf E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem E: ID_MODEL=HL-DT-ST_BDDVDRW_CH10LS20 E: ID_MODEL_ENC=HL-DT-ST\x20BDDVDRW\x20CH10LS20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 E: ID_REVISION=1.01 E: ID_SERIAL=HL-DT-ST_BDDVDRW_CH10LS20_K9VA5JL2620 E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=K9VA5JL2620 E: ID_TYPE=cd E: MAJOR=11 E: MINOR=0 E: SUBSYSTEM=block E: TAGS=:seat:uaccess: E: UDISKS_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0 E: USEC_INITIALIZED=83774 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1255824 Title: VLC looks for /dev/dvd which does not exist To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1255824/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
