To quote [EMAIL PROTECTED], # Can you give us a rundown on how to get this to work? I followed the # instructions in the README but the permissions and owner/group bits never # stayed the way I wanted them. (eg: root.audio for all of /dev/sound, # root.video for all of /dev/v4l, etc). I'm using the devfsd from unstable # now. # # Also, I use the NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.0.1 driver. This driver needs # five entries in /dev to work. I can't get devfs to keep those entries
# there across reboots. I made a script to do make those entries every time # the system is booted but I'm sure there is a prorper way of doing it. Since I don't know much about your system, all I can do is tell you how I got it to work. I'm running unstable(Sid), so I just did an 'apt-get install devfsd'. If you're not running Sid, I imagine you can pick up the source package, and build it(using dpkg-buildpackage). You could also temporarily change the 'deb-src' line in your /etc/apt/sources.list to point to "unstable", and do an 'apt-get -b source devfsd'. That installed a script(s?) in /etc/init.d, which start devfsd at boot-time. Of course, you have to have the kernel automatically mount devfs in /dev, which is available as an option in the kernel pre-compilation configuration. If you didn't select it there, add "devfs=mount" as an argument to the kernel, either through /etc/lilo.conf, or at the boot-time LILO prompt. Then, it Just Worked(tm). All ownerships and permissions are as I'd expect, including /dev/sound and friends. If this doesn't work for you, would you mind giving us a bit more information? Some things of note: What devfs-related options you configured in your kernel, how devfs is being mounted to /dev, how devfsd was installed, and anything else that is related. :) Dave
