On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Xi Shen <davidshe...@googlemail.com> wrote: > hi, > > i usually use my linux system with root account. i think it is not > good, so i created a normal user account for myself. but i found that > i cannot access many system resources, like usb disk, battery > informatiion, etc. > > i am already in these groups: disk,wheel,audio,video,usb,haldaemon,plugdev. > > now, i cannot get notification when i plug a new usb device. my > battery gadget says battery information is not available. > > all there stuffs works fine if i log in with root account.
Depending on your specific USB device you may need to edit UDEV rules to set proper permissions on the device node. For example I had to do that for normal users to read my digital camera.
