if i cat /proc/devices, i can see the registered major numbers, as in: 5 /dev/tty 5 /dev/console 5 /dev/ptmx but can i examine the minor numbers that go with the above? (and i don't mean just examining the special device files.) rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ