On Wednesday 27 May 2009 21:53:16 Tony Travis wrote: > norman wrote: > >>> [...] > > > > I suppose it would help if I understood what it was all about. Forgive > > me but I am not very bright about these things. However, let's assume > > that something has changed but the software I am using doesn't know that > > and, therefore, is still looking for the old /dev/dvd. Is it possible to > > put into the appropriate place an instruction which will allow the > > software to find the dvd drive? > > Hello, Norman. > > The 'old' /dev/dvd was a symbolic link created when you originally > installed Ubuntu. The Ubuntu installer detects your hardware, and sets > your /dev directory up accordingly. However, every time you boot Ubuntu > it checks to see if anything has changed. If it has, "udev" remembers > the old device in case you use it again, and creates a new symbolic link > for any new devices it detects when you boot - In your case /dev/dvd1. > > The place where "udev" stores this 'persistent' information is: > > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules > > You can edit this file to make "udev" point /dev/dvd at your drive if > you want. However, it might be a bit confusing if you've not done this > sort of thing before. My advice is to have a look at the file anyway, > and see if you can work out what happened to your /dev/dvd. If you post > the contents of the file here, we might be able to help you work it out.
I find it easier in cases like this to simply rename 70-persistant-cd.rules as 70-persistant-cd.rules~ and reboot, Ubuntu will create a new set of rules when it discovers the file missing. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
