> I'm not familiar with the 's' 'device' for gpmctl. It doesn't appear to > be a block or char device, or a symbolic link. How do I create it? You don't need to create it. It's created by gpm itself. Actually, it might even not exist on the filesystem (although all current unixen, as far as I know, show such sockets as files). "man 2 stat", look for "socket" for details. /alessandro -- Alessandro Rubini, free software specialist. Device drivers, embedded systems, courses. http://ar.linux.it/