I still need help!! Re: Can't play DVD SOLVED!

[Knapp]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> Knapp wrote:
>> douglas at frog:~/Documents/MMORPG/Python/GroupSpaceAdventure/Client$ ls
>> -l /dev/scd* /dev/dvd*
>> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      4 2009-05-29 09:25 /dev/dvd1 -> scd0
>> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      4 2009-05-29 09:25 /dev/dvdrw1 -> scd0
>> brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 2009-05-29 09:25 /dev/scd0
>
> OK, like I expected - there is no /dev/dvd but only /dev/dvd1.
>
>> I thought I would send a copy of cd.rules file also but oddly it is
>> not there at all. It did not regenerate. ?? Why would that be?
>
> Because you had a valid rules file:
>
>> $ more /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cdBackupNew.rules
>
> I'm not sure if the filename needs a ".rules" extension (the udev man
> page doesn't mention it) but your backup is located in the directory
> "/etc/udev/rules.d/" where udev looks for rules files and it does have
> the ".rules" extension. I would suggest you put your backup in another
> directory like e.g. "/etc/udev/backup/rules.d/".
>
>> # This file was automatically generated by the
>> /lib/udev/write_cd_rules # program, probably run by the
>> cd-aliases-generator.rules rules file. #
>
> I had a look at the script /lib/udev/write_cd_rules and if I understand
> the comment at the beginning correctly, it will only create the file
> "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules" if there is no rule for the
> drive. Unfortunately your backup had the rules so there was no need to
> create the standard file.
>
> So far I think it all looks consistent to me _but_ I have no explanation
> for the fact that you could play the dvd when it was in the drive at
> startup.
>
>
> Nils

I just renamed it without .rules on the end and now everything works!!
What a dumb mistake on my part.
Thanks!!

PS Swapping drives should still not lead to this sort of trouble.


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Douglas E Knapp

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