> >> Apologies if this is too simple a solution, but what symlinks do you > >> have in /etc/udev/rules.d? > >> > >> > > > > Only one: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rules.d]$ pwd > > /etc/udev/rules.d > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rules.d]$ ll > > total 0 > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12 2004-12-27 08:52 z_hal-plugdev.rules -> > > ../hal.rules > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rules.d]$ > > > > > > /Anders > > Okay, I think that's your problem. Make a symlink in the rules.d > directory to ../udev.rules and "invoke-rc.d udev restart." For some > reason, the correct rules file wasn't being linked to, which meant that > udev makes almost none of the device nodes it's supposed to. Also make a > link to the cd-symlinks rules file (I forget what it's called) if you want > to have "/dev/cdrom" and so on >
That's it! Thanks a lot!! I now get all the ALSA stuff so I don't have to use that ugly hack. I also got /dev/input back. /Anders

