On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, [iso-8859-1] Raúl Gutiérrez Segalés wrote:

Does anybody know what is /dev/gpmctl and why it doesnt have a major number?

This is not a regular device entry, but a socket: $ file /dev/gpmctl /dev/gpmctl: socket It is being used by the gpm daemon to forward mouse events to other applications. Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Deutschherrnstr. 15-19 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90429 Nuernberg, Germany You tell 'em Playing Cards, you know the joker.