From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 5 5:40:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 42interactive.com (greimann.erols.com [209.122.149.149]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BAE9151DA for ; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 05:40:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ed@42interactive.com) Received: from knipmeyersp100.bentley.com (fwuser@fb2verio.bentley.com [192.204.118.25]) by 42interactive.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA13673 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 08:43:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ed@42interactive.com) Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 08:38:28 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: Ed Vander Bush To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: MAKDEV not making devices Message-ID: X-X-Sender: ed@free.threeprime.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have compiles sound support into my kernel snip... Aug 5 01:54:51 intrigue /kernel: Aug 5 01:54:52 intrigue /kernel: NOTE! SB Pro support required with your soundcard! Aug 5 01:54:52 intrigue /kernel: snd0: snip ... And before I rebooted I did (as root) cd /dev sh MAKEDEV snd0 it chugged for a moment and returned me to my prompt Nothing reported Yet the only dev under dev containing the string snd is sndstat Why can't I make the device name? Also I am compiling sb0 into my kernel as Sound Blaster Pro, Why does it say it is required above? Thanks!!! Please CC me on your reply. ED To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message