[linux-audio-user] audio cdrom permissions

i've been having a bit of trouble with playing and ripping CDs, maybe someone here can help? i'm running Debian on a laptop, and as root i don't have any serious problems doing either, but as a user it becomes a bit wierd... let me explain... as user, i am in groups cdrom and disk. i have set permissions as follows: in /dev: lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13 May 18 17:31 cdrom -> cdroms/cdrom0 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 cdroms in /dev/cdroms lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 34 Jan 1 1970 cdrom0 -> ../scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/cd in /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/ brw-rw-rw- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Jan 1 1970 cd i have none of these other cdrom devices listed in /dev: /dev/hdc /dev/sr0 /dec/scd0 but my drive appears to be ATAPI with SCSI emulation. i have added the following to my /etc/lilo.conf to reflect this: append="hdc=ide-scsi" although commenting this out doesn't seem to do much. i can rip CDs as a user with Grip, but RipperX tells me i need permission to access the CD drive [cannot open cdrom drive]. i can play CD audio with Alsaplayer, but not with XMMS. likewise, xfreecd doesn't find the drive, but workman does. very inconsistant! running cdparanoia -vQ as user gives the following: Checking /dev/cdrom for cdrom... Testing /dev/cdrom for cooked ioctl() interface /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/cd is not a cooked ioctl CDROM. Testing /dev/cdrom for SCSI interface No generic SCSI device found to match CDROM device /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/cd it seems that there are still some permissions to change somewhere, but i can't for the life of me figure out where! what have i missed? thanks, derek