> 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.
I did the same thing and now it Just Worked(tm). Shrug. Don't know what I was doing wrong before. I had to add the following lines to /etc/devfsd/devices: # devices file # format: name [bc] major minor uid gid mode nvidia0 c 195 0 root video 0660 nvidia1 c 195 1 root video 0660 nvidia2 c 195 2 root video 0660 nvidia3 c 195 3 root video 0660 nvidiactl c 195 255 root video 0660 It appeares that /etc/init.d/devfsd reads this at startup and creates the devices listed. I'm going through my conf files and changing them all over to the new devfs style entries and then will remove backwards compatability through the /etc/devfs/devfsd.conf. Thanks for the ideas.
