Hello François, Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 12:37:01 AM, you wrote: >>> Immediately after boot, check for soft link: >>> >>> /dev/dvd -->> /dev/sr0 >>> >>> (dvd, crrom, cdrw, dvdrw, whatever... at least one) >> >> >> $ ls -l /dev/cdr* >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2010-04-06 19:31 /dev/cdrom1 -> sr0 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2010-04-06 19:31 /dev/cdrw1 -> sr0 >> $ ls -l /dev/dvd* >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2010-04-06 19:31 /dev/dvd1 -> sr0 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2010-04-06 19:31 /dev/dvdrw1 -> sr0 >> $ >> >>> Then insert a disk and check again if the soft link i still there. >> >> $ ls -l /dev/dvd* >> ls: cannot access /dev/dvd*: No such file or directory >> $ ls -l /dev/cdr* >> ls: cannot access /dev/cdr*: No such file or directory >> >> >> Hugh, that's not right, is it? > I think that it is a bug.... I asked this question some time ago and had > no answer! > After a lot of googleing I came accross a solution, but first: have you > a file: > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules > (Maybe, with another number). > If not, create one, using the command: > udevtest /sys/block/sr0 > Then, normally, you have this "persistent-cd-rules" file > Reboot and see if you can automount your disks. > (With this file, the links must be "persistent", ie. they are not erased > when you insert a disk.) > I posted this solution some times ago on this list, but someone answered > that if this has been removed from f12, there were certainly a good > reason why and that I could have many side effects if I added it now! > I have absolutely no problem up to now and problem is solved for me. > Hope it will be the same for you. > Hope too that someone gives a good reason for suppressing this file in f12. I do have this file already: [root@frontend1 rules.d]# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules # This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_cd_rules # program, probably run by the cd-aliases-generator.rules rules file. # # You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single line # and set the $GENERATED variable. # DVD-RW_DVR-111 (pci-0000:03:00.1-scsi-0:0:0:0) ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:03:00.1-scsi-0:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="cdrom", ENV{GENERATED}="1" ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:03:00.1-scsi-0:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="cdrw", ENV{GENERATED}="1" ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:03:00.1-scsi-0:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="dvd", ENV{GENERATED}="1" ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:03:00.1-scsi-0:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="dvdrw", ENV{GENERATED}="1" # DVD-RW_DVR-111 (pci-0000:02:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0) SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:02:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="cdrom1", ENV{GENERATED}="1" SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:02:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="cdrw1", ENV{GENERATED}="1" SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:02:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="dvd1", ENV{GENERATED}="1" SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:02:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="dvdrw1", ENV{GENERATED}="1" # So it must be something else, or ... am I missing something? -- Best regards, Andrew -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines