[slackintosh-users] Re: hotplug package missed

Marco Bonetti wrote:
> Volker wrote:
>
>>>Without it at least pbbuttons and ALSA doesn't work.
>
> uhm I can't recall how I get them working: well, pbbuttonsd at least
> runs if you made the /dev/pmu device, however having it in is much
> easier :-)

I made one mistake. I wanted to say: pbbuttonsd and OSS (Open Sound
System) emulation of ALSA doesn't work.

For pbbuttonsd to work, you need the event devices in /dev/input. If
pbbuttonsd is started via /etc/rc.d/rc.pbbuttonsd you maybe don't see
the warning. If you start it manually, you can see, that it complains
about not getting any key events. Pbbuttonsd wants to see
/dev/input/event? devices. I'm quite sure /dev/pmu doesn't help with this.

All I said is only true, if someone uses hotplug and udev to dynamically
create and delete devices in /dev.

I write all this, because I really like the slackintosh idea. I'm
familar with slackware and I like to use it also on my iBook. I'm happy
somebody did the hard work to port this to PPC.

Volker

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