udev, lm-sensors and esd

[Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com>]

I upgraded my debian testing 2.6.16 udev so that I could use the latest 
hotsynch software for my new phone, but the operation has brought down 
my hardware monitoring and my sound driver.

In gkrellm, the CPU temps & voltages are no longer available.

When I launch KDE, it tells me the sound driver can't connect.

I have been researching the issues. It looks like the appropriate 
drivers have not been created - for instance, the following paths are 
empty or non-existent:

/sys/bus/i2c/devices
/proc/sys/dev/sensors
/proc/acpi/thermal

I have a feeling from my present understanding of udev that perhaps udev 
should be configured to sort out this stuff, but I'm not sure how.

Can anyone help?

Thanks
Adam