If you're really into these things, Eric, you might want to start somewhere like the Linux Documentation Project, http://www.tldp.org. Perhaps you might start with the "From Boot to Bash Prompt" HOWTO document for context? I really don't know a specific URI to point to about device creation, management and its history on unix/linux. I do know one thing, Fedora has recently moved to udev, and you might want to drop that term into Google. Eric Kosten writes: > Hello to all. First can anyone let me know what these items do and or for? > I know what the midi, snd, and some of the others are: > > Module Size Used by > > vfat 14785 1 > > fat 45409 1 vfat > > autofs4 24005 0 > > i2c_dev 10433 0 > > i2c_core 22079 1 i2c_dev > > sunrpc 160421 1 > > dm_mod 54741 0 > > button 6481 0 > > battery 8517 0 > > ac 4805 0 > > md5 4033 1 > > ipv6 232705 8 > > usblp 12993 0 > > uhci_hcd 31449 0 > > ehci_hcd 31685 0 > > hw_random 5589 0 > > emu10k1_gp 3649 0 > > snd_intel8x0 34829 0 > > gameport 4801 2 emu10k1_gp,snd_intel8x0 > > snd_mpu401_uart 8769 1 snd_intel8x0 > > snd_emu10k1 93769 0 > > snd_rawmidi 26725 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_emu10k1 > > snd_pcm_oss 47609 0 > > snd_mixer_oss 17217 1 snd_pcm_oss > > snd_pcm 97993 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm_oss > > snd_timer 29765 1 snd_pcm > > snd_seq_device 8137 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi > > snd_ac97_codec 64401 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_emu10k1 > > snd_page_alloc 9673 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm > > snd_util_mem 4801 1 snd_emu10k1 > > snd_hwdep 9413 1 snd_emu10k1 > > snd 54053 11 > snd_intel8x0,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_o > ss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep > > soundcore 9889 1 snd > > b44 22341 0 > > mii 4673 1 b44 > > floppy 58609 1 > > speakup_dectlk 5329 0 > > speakupmain 57125 1 speakup_dectlk > > pcspkr 4001 0 > > ext3 116809 1 > > jbd 74969 1 ext3 > > second: > > under fedora, the adduser -u for user name and -p for password, the -p > option wants a set of numbers or something. > > Thanks > > Eric > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 If Linux doesn't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.
