I use kde 3.4 beta2, with arts 1.3.92 and mandrake 10.0. I don't know if it is arts or not, but every time I boot up, /dev/dsp, /dev/mixer, and /dev/midi are set so that only root can even see them and arts gripes when I log in as another user. If I manually fix the permissions and then log out and back in arts and sound work. Is it possible to either have it fix them at boot time or just keep the correct permissions? Kind of off-the-subject, but /dev/hdd, hda, hdb, and hdc are the same way. >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<