Re: [Sheflug] Unknown device under RH7.2

[Alex Hudson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 20:59, Barrie Bremner wrote:
>     Alex> Also, you may want to mknod rather than ln -s. Several apps
>     Alex> (cdplayer-applet, for example) expect stuff in /dev to be a
>     Alex> device, otherwise they don't work :(
> 
> Surely if /dev/cdrom is a link to a proper /dev/ entry that's OK?

You'd think so, wouldn't you....

... but no. 

If you're running Gnome (CD Player Applet 1.4.0.1), try it. It will only
look at /dev/cdrom. If it's a symlink, it won't work. If it's a device,
it does. 

Strictly speaking, it (cdplayer_capplet) might be right. For example,
symlinks in /dev/ are a very bad idea if you're relying on locking them
to share a device. But devfsd only sets it up as a symlink, and
therefore this is annoying to me.

Ho hum.

Alex.

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