On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 12:01:53 -0500, Jerry McBride wrote:

>
> Yup... devfs sucks...
>
> Here's what you do...

I started dreaming.....

>
> You must compile in pty support in the kernel. It's off by default in the
> 2.6 versions...

I have them
This is my current config (temporarily I have the /dev(fs))
http://piotr.toya.net.pl/~piotraf/li...rent/config.gz

>
> You must run snddevices in the alsa-drivers package to create the alsa
> soujnd devices....

I did run.. well it made few devices and it might be sufficent to play any
sound which I didn't check due to the fact that immediatelly after startx
i saw that my gkrellm-sound plugin stopped working (dissappeared) i.e. I
still didn't have the /dev/pcm etc I guess

>
> Once you do this, it all should begin working. What you will run into,
> is missing devices under /dev. Have no fear, as they (the devices) are
> enumerated in the documentation in the linux source tree.Just figure out
> which ones you need and then mknod as you go...
>
That's a good tip. really. By any chance you know what could be
responsible for:
unable to set user font which also probably causes the (any)term fail to
start + some weird keyboard problems related to this I guess - when booted
in such "missing-dev" environmnent I was going out and wanted to emerge
some stuff. so without the X I did so, and suddenly my PC speaker started
playing some weird "alarm-music" quite chaotic and I think invoked from
what was going on the creen during the emerge.

> After you go through these steps, and still have problems, either post
> here or reach me via email and I can help you further.

I will if you won;t reply here