> > > Here are my /dev/cdrom permissions: > > > > > > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13 Sep 12 06:08 /dev/cdrom -> cdroms/cdrom0 > > > > > > > that's a symlink... the permissions on it doesn't reflect that of the > > actual device. > > > > try ls -l /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 > > > > > gxine executes as root, but not as a normal user. Aren't those > > > permissions OK > > > > By execute, do you mean load and run the program, or play a movie from > > /dev/cdrom? > > are you in the cdrom group?? > uid=500(gentoo) gid=100(users) > groups=10(wheel),18(audio),19(cdrom),32(gdm),35(games),80(cdrw),81(apache),100(users),250(portage),445(plugdev) > > > -- > Ow Mun Heng
Adding the user to the cdrom group in /etc/group did the trick. Thanks! - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
