This changed things, but not for the better. See below.<br> <br> On 10/30/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Fish</b> <<a href="mailto:bigfish@asmallpond.org">bigfish@asmallpond.org</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Kevin O'Gorman wrote:<br><br>> 2) The init scripts complain that the system doesn't support DEVFS or<br>> UDEV, but<br>> a) I thought I *did* have UDEV; I remember a big deal about<br>> converting to it.<br> > b) at the moment, I can't remember how I got it, and don't see an<br>> option for it<br>> in the kernel config. Where is it, or where else would it be?<br>> This message comes out during init scripts, but before logging <br>> starts, so I don't<br>> have the exact text.<br><br><br>There is no kernel option for udev. Make sure that the file<br>/dev/.devfsd does not exist. If this file exists, /sbin/rc will disable<br>udev.</blockquote> <div><br> I got rid of the file, and now X cannot see my mouse, and refuses to start.<br> I think the problem is that it used to be /dev/mouse and is now /dev/input/mouse0<br> or some such. I'm not sure. I don't know where the Xorg config file is,<br> so I don't know what to change. (I used to know when I used XFree, but<br> I didn't track the whole switchover). <br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> 3) Sound: I get this message, but sound works okay. Is it a problem?<br>> Can I or <br>> should I make the message go away? I have run alsamixer, and set<br>> all sliders<br>> in the green.<br>><br>> Oct 30 13:14:23 treat rc-scripts: Could not detect custom ALSA<br>> settings. Loading all detected alsa drivers. <br><br><br>Run "alsaconf" and save the results when prompted.</blockquote><div><br> I never get prompted. It just says everything's okay, and quits. The message<br> remains.<br> <br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">-Richard<br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:gentoo-user@gentoo.org">gentoo-user@gentoo.org </a> mailing list<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Kevin O'Gorman, PhD<br>