Unable to access h/w devices from user account!!

[The Unknown]

Hi guys,

I recently install XFCE then removed GNOME. But in XFCE I got the problem of this h/w permissions so I thought restoring GNOME would help ....but no.

The funny problem now is I am unable write CDs/DVDs via my user account and not even play audio CDs. Also, I am unable to scan using my user account.

All of the above tasks are found to be working via root account.

I have also tried SELinux in Permissive mode, huh no use.

HELP!!!! HELP!!!! HELP!!!!

[Faun]

change the ownership (chown),

or create a new user (adduser)

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by T159

change the ownership (chown),

or create a new user (adduser)

Have tried that...no use

[QwertyManiac]

Is your user added to necessary groups such as cdrw, disk, usb, audio and such?

Edit: Also check if thunar-volman is installed..

[Faun]

post ur uid and gid

id

usermod
groupmod

try these

here ois mine outpu

uid=1000(khush) gid=1000(khush) groups=20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio), 44(video),46(plugdev),1000(khush)

usermod -G <group ids here> <user name here>

[The Unknown]

QM: I have removed XFCE.

$ id

uid=500(secret) gid=500(secret) groups=0(root),500(secret) context=system_u:system_r:unconfined_t:s0

[Faun]

post the out put of

gedit /etc/group

mine is with username "khush":

root:x:0:
daemon:x:1:
bin:x:2:
sys:x:3:
adm:x:4:
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:
lp:x:7:
mail:x:8:
news:x:9:
uucp:x:10:
man:x:12:
proxy:x:13:
kmem:x:15:
dialout:x:20:khush
fax:x:21:
voice:x:22:
cdrom:x:24:khush
floppy:x:25:khush
tape:x:26:
sudo:x:27:
audio:x:29:khush
dip:x:30:
www-data:x:33:
backup:x:34:
operator:x:37:
list:x:38:
irc:x:39:
src:x:40:
gnats:x:41:
shadow:x:42:
utmp:x:43:
video:x:44:khush
sasl:x:45:
plugdev:x:46:khush
staff:x:50:
games:x:60:
users:x:100:
nogroup:x:65534:
libuuid:x:101:
crontab:x:102:
Debian-exim:x:103:
mlocate:x:104:
ssh:x:105:
khush:x:1000:
messagebus:x:106:
avahi:x:107:
netdev:x:108:
ssl-cert:x:109:
lpadmin:x:110:
stb-admin:x:111:
haldaemon:x:112:
powerdev:x:113:
ntp:x:114:

[The Unknown]

root:x:0:root
bin:x:1:root,bin,daemon
daemon:x:2:root,bin,daemon
sys:x:3:root,bin,adm
adm:x:4:root,adm,daemon
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:root,secret
lp:x:7:daemon,lp
mem:x:8:
kmem:x:9:
wheel:x:10:root
mail:x:12:mail
news:x:13:news
uucp:x:14:uucp
gopher:x:30:
ftp:x:50:
nobody:x:99:
users:x:100:games,secret
vcsa:x:69:
distcache:x:94:
tcpdump:x:72:
dbus:x:81:
rpm:x:37:
pulse:x:497:
polkituser:x:87:
avahi:x:494:
wbpriv:x:88:squid
mailnull:x:47:
smmsp:x:51:
ntp:x:38:
mysql:x:27:
sshd:x:74:
openvpn:x:493:
haldaemon:x:68:
gdm:x:42:
named:x:25:
smolt:x:491:
fcron:x:490:
djdeep:x:501:
lighttpd:x:503:
squid:x:23:
secret:x:500:
fuse:x:505:
utmp:x:506:
pulse-rt:x:48:
slocate:x:45:
cdrom:x:44:secret
audio:x:26:secret
video:x:41:secret
plugdev:x:35:secret
floppy:x:36:secret

[Faun]

estrange ??
ur normal user is sharing gid of root, u changed it manually ?
entris seem to be ok in "/etc/group" file

may be someone more experienced will help

[The Unknown]

Yeah I changed it for sudo to give root group sudo permissions without password