From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 15 16:11:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44CF837B404 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:11:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out001.verizon.net (out001pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4603643FBD for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:11:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mij@soupnazi.org) Received: from envy.homeunix.com ([4.47.69.211]) by out001.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.27 201-253-122-126-127-20021220) with ESMTP id <20030415231120.BZWQ19613.out001.verizon.net@envy.homeunix.com>; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:11:20 -0500 Received: from soupnazi.org (lust.pdx.soupnazi.org [192.168.1.2]) by envy.homeunix.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3FNBJln036985; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:11:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mij@soupnazi.org) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:11:11 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: "steven r. eastlake" From: Jim Mock In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030415144222.00a54120@mail.gci.net> Message-Id: <8C47617E-6F97-11D7-9B49-000393460DB2@soupnazi.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out001.verizon.net from [4.47.69.211] at Tue, 15 Apr 2003 18:11:20 -0500 cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tech support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 23:11:22 -0000 On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 03:08 PM, steven r. eastlake wrote: > i am setting up freebsd 5.0 and would like to attempt to "wake up" my > generic sound card and also wacom usb tablet mouse/pen > > 1. MAKEDEV not in /dev and not executable, found in /usr/src/etc, move > to /, cannot move to /dev, then permission executable > 2. MAKEDEV fails numerous ways attempting snd and uhid, review online > dialogs for these failures and try to correct my problems to no avail > 3. attempt mknod sndstat c 30 6 root:operator gives "no such file or > directory", an error message i have seen previously > > i suspect this may be an easy fix for those with knowledge... 5.0 uses devfs and doesn't need MAKEDEV. The devices should already be in /dev if they're properly detected. - jim -- - jim mock. email: mij@soupnazi.org web: http://soupnazi.org - - freebsd project: jim@FreeBSD.org opendarwin: mij@opendarwin.org -