Whenever I boot into Linux udev fails to create /dev/sound directory needed for alsa oss emulation. It creates a character device /dev/sound as result of which the needed devices for alsa oss emulation dont created. If I manually rmmod snd-pcm-oss module and then remove then delete /dev/sound and modprobe snd-pcm-oss then the devices are created correctly. I am running 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 kernel and udev-045 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot into linux with Alsa OSS emulation enabled 2. 3. Actual Results: character device /dev/sound is created Expected Results: a directory /dev/sound should be created with the appropriate character devices in it. I am using udev version 045 Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.1, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.9 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Apr 28 2005, 21:35:30)] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13 sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=pentium-m -fomit-frame-pointer -mfpmath=sse -mmmx -msse -msse 2" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share /config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/shar e/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/sh are/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/tex mf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=pentium-m -fomit-frame-pointer -mfpmath=sse -mmmx -msse -ms se2" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig candy ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict us erpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLA Y
Can you try udev 056?
The /dev entries are being created once I upgrade to 056.