Setting udev permissions for user accounts

[RaymondBeautrix]

Hello Everyone,

I have a simple question about setting udev permissions for my user account. Audio for me doesn't work unless I chmod /dev/dsp and /dev/sound/*. Also, kde doesn't seem to boot unless I chmod /dev/null. Konsole (for kde) also doesn't work if I'm not root and I'm wondering if this is also related to device permissions.

I've tried to modify /etc/group (adding my user name to audio group, etc) and /etc/udev without success. I've also tried the adduser command, which says I am part of these groups. Because udev restarts my /dev permissions each time I reboot, I have to chmod at every new session. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ray

[UgolinoII]

what are the permissions on /dev/sound/* ?

it should belong to root/audio and be crw-rw----

if so then begin in the audio group should work.

[RaymondBeautrix]

Permissions of /dev/sound/* are root:root. Does this mean I should change ownership to root:audio? If so, would I do it like this: "chown -R root:audio /dev/sound"? Should I do the same for /dev/dsp? I think I also need permission for /dev/null for kde to start up. All files in /dev/ are owned by root:root.

Because udev restarts all permissions after reboot, isn't there was a way to set these in a udev config file?

Thanks,
Ray

[UgolinoII]

in /etc/conf.d/rc i have