[Fwd: Re: CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12]

[Andrew Junev]

Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 12:47:06 AM, you wrote:

> 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!

I just checked on my other machine (mythbackend), symlinks are always
there - no matter if the disc is in the drive or not.

So the fact that symlinks disappear is probably somehow related to my
automount problem. I tried reinstalling udev (just in case...) - it
didn't help... What else shall I try?


-- 
Best regards,
 Andrew