Public bug reported: Edgy - udev 093-0ubuntu18
On my system I have a CD/DVD drive (/dev/hdc) and a CDRW/DVDRW (/dev/hdd). Udev incorrectly sets /dev/dvd and /dev/cdrom to /dev/hdd, which is understandable as both devices say they can play CDs and DVDs. Workaround: I have made a change to /etc/udev/rules.d/60-symlinks.rules that works on my system but would probably fail if you just had a CD/DVD RW. My change was this: ENV{ID_CDROM_DVD}=="?*", ENV{ID_CDROM_DVD_R}!="?*", SYMLINK+="dvd" ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_CDROM_CD_RW}!="?*", SYMLINK+="cdrom" Where before the lines read: ENV{ID_CDROM_DVD}=="?*", SYMLINK+="dvd" ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", SYMLINK+="cdrom" ** Affects: udev (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- DVD/CD RW mistakingly being assigned to /dev/dvdrw /dev/cdrw https://launchpad.net/bugs/70040 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs