oops. i discovered what was wrong... i was starting dbus and hald after starting my gnome session. starting them before starting gnome makes everything work perfectly!
thanks, and sorry for wasting time! ian >>>>>> "d" == deviant writes: > > What version of rhythmbox are you using? > > d> hi all, i am having what would appear to be a permissions problem > d> playing back cds in rhythmbox. it always works if i start rhythmbox > d> as root, but only once in a blue moon it will work for me as a > d> normal user. this has me thoroughly stumped, because it would seem > d> like i have everything set up correctly (my user is a member of the > d> cdrom and plugdev groups, and also has the 'enable access to > d> external storage devices automatically' option set in the gnome > d> user/group administration tool. > > d> a further point of interest is that when things are not working ok, > d> running rhythmbox with the -d option and inserting a cd, the only > d> removable media rb_removable_media_manager_mount_volume will detect > d> is /dev/shm. when things are working ok, it will also find the > d> cdrom. > > d> i would really appreciate some suggestions - this is starting to > d> drive me nuts! > > d> thanks in advance, ian > > _______________________________________________ > rhythmbox-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel > > _______________________________________________ rhythmbox-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel
