I am running Debian unstable, and some time ago when my routine upgrades suggested it, I let it switch from hotplug to udev, and it went smoothly, no problems. I don't have a /dev/softsynth at the moment, since I am using my ltlk, but the moment I switch to software speech, /dev/softsynth is created automatically, and the change over is smooth. I am also using 2.6.18 here. -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (6% of Full) Only 10 kinds of people: those who do binary, and those who do not. But you can get a few downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
