> So I'm back to statuc device files, and I previously had event0 .. > event3. I have created the other ones til 31, and indeed pbbuttonsd > opens them all. But event4 ... event31 all report ENODEV. Just wondering ... Does the USB keyboard driver report events at all? I'll check that with an external keyboard ASAP. I'm still on 2.6.15rc5, but udev works OK there. It's been a bit dodgy to get started IIRC, but that's been a while back. Michael