[ltp] Newbie to the list

[Tod Harter]

Installing devfs on a distribution that isn't designed to work with it is a 
darn tricky thing though... There are an aweful lot of tools out there that 
were designed with the standard /dev structure in mind. I'd really advise 
anyone switching to devfs to use a linux distro that was intended to work 
with it, like Mandrake 8.1 (I don't know which others use devfs as a standard 
feature, I'm sure there are more that do). Its POSSIBLE to adjust your 
existing system to work with it, but experience has shown me that its painful 
at best! 

On Wednesday 05 December 2001 23:35, you wrote:
> Thomas Hood <jdthood2@yahoo.co.uk> writes:
> > On Wed, 2001-12-05 at 22:29, Charles H. Root, III wrote:
> > > Of course, my sound card doesn't work, which appears to be a normal
> > > issue with LINUX and the ThinkPads based on what I've seen on the
> > > various websites.
> >
> > I don't know what websites you've been reading.
> > Sound works fine on the 600 series, using either
> > the stock or the ALSA drivers.
> >
> > You might benefit from reading the sound section on
> > my web page:
> > http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/tp600lnx.htm#secsnd
>
> One note on sound and TP600: I didn't get it to work until I upgraded
> to the latest ALSA drivers AND installed devfs+devfsd.  Without devfs,
> no sound applications worked.
> Otherwise, Thomas's web page should always be your first place to run
> to :-)
>
>   -tom
>
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