Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: udev
Hardy fails to create symlinks for /dev/dvd, /dev/cdrw. /dev/dvdrw
These should exist and point, for example, at /dev/scd1 or whatever the
device is in a particular case.
The result is that apps looking for example for /dev/dvd cannot find the
dvd player.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu hardy (development branch)
Release: 8.04
$ apt-cache policy udev
udev:
Installed: 117-4ubuntu2
Candidate: 117-4ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 117-4ubuntu2 0
500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au hardy/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Expected behaviour:
When attempting to open and/or play a dvd/cd, the device should be found
using for example /dev/dvd or /dev/dvdrw, /dev/cdrom, /dev/cdrw and so
on.
Observed behaviour:
None of the above links exist.
$ ls -l /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd /dev/dvdrw /dev/cdrw
ls: cannot access /dev/cdrom: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /dev/dvd: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /dev/dvdrw: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access /dev/cdrw: No such file or directory
Creating a temporary symlink, for example
sudo ln -s /dev/scd1 /dev/dvd
results in the expected behaviour, but is of course not permanent across
reboots.
This bug breaks dvd or cd use with any app that expects to find the symlinks.
Example:
gnome-mplayer
It also breaks, for example, scripts that use the symlinks, and so on.
This should be a trivial fix in /etc/udev/udev.rules/ ?
** Affects: udev (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[hardy] [udev] Failure to create symlinks /dev/dvd. /dev/dvdrw. /dev/cdrw etc.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211993
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