I am not sure what you mean. Are you saying that in the Preferences you cannot select /dev/dvd as the default optical device? I am able to select it in gnome-mplayer 1.0.9 (Ubuntu 14.10).
** Changed in: gnome-mplayer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1317324 Title: Current default optical device (/dev/dvd) no longer exists To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-mplayer/+bug/1317324/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs