DVDs won't play

[Tim]

Tim:
>> Or, add a /dev/dvd that points to /dev/sr0, then all DVD supporting
>> software works in the way that you expect it to.

Ed Greshko:
> Of course, since the /dev directory is not permanent and gets created
> at boot time you'll need to do it in such a way that it gets
> re-created at boot time.

Naturally.  

In my opinion, this should have been done during install.  It *should*
be *well* known that many applications that use the DVD expect to
find /dev/dvd to work with, and the device should have been created.  It
is bad form to expect all those applications to change from working in a
logical manner to having to use some random device name.  Not to mention
completely unnecessary to force the user to have to resolve it, *it* is
the computer, *it* is supposed to do the work for you.

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