On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 15:11 +0100, François Patte wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Bonjour, > > I post again my problem: on my f12 install I have a problem with symlink > /dev/cdrom, /dev/dvd, /dev/cdrw, /dev/dvdrw which all exist *until I > insert a disk in the device*, as soon as the disk is mounted, these > links are erased and don't come back untill the next boot. > > I would like to know if anybody else experienced the same problem and I > am searching a clue to solve this problem. > > I suspect HAL or udev, but don't know how to search. > > I have a fully updated fedora 12 > > Thanks for attention. > What you describe sounds like a udev problem. It is udev that is responsible for creating the devices. I have no brilliant solution but it sounds like for some reason udev decides that those /dev files are not needed when confronted with an inserted. Now one question. Are you inserting data CDs or music or video CDs? Only data CDs are mounted. Are you somehow trying to mount a music CD? -- ======================================================================= Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines