[plug] Debian Etch, kernel 2.6 and device special files

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

On 6/25/07, Peter F Bradshaw <pfb at exadios.com> wrote:
> Hi;
>
> We have just moved from version 2.4 to 2.6 of the kernel. I find that
> after the move there are no audio device files. I can make (mknod) new
> ones but they will disappear after the next boot.
>
> The vitals are: Debian Etch and kernel 2.6.18-4-686.
>
> Does anybody know how this system is meant to handle audio device
> special files?
>
> Cheers

They're meant to be created dynamically by udev when the device is
found. There is a .static under under /dev for a few things, but I
never had this problem.. is the module for your sound card loading
okay?

Tomasz