This is normal; if you have two devices, the system will choose a random device to assign the symlink to on boot.
Software should use device-specific information, such as that available through HAL. If you want the symlink to be fixed, you can write a custom udev rule to set it according to some information about one of the devices. ** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- /dev/video https://launchpad.net/bugs/80439 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs