xmms 1.2.8 w/ RH9

I just updated xmms to 1.2.8 

[root@hodgepodge home]# date
Sun Sep  7 20:06:34 EDT 2003
[root@hodgepodge home]# rpm -qa | grep ^xmms
xmms-1.2.8-1
xmms-devel-1.2.8-1
xmms-gl-1.2.8-1

wanting to listen to
shoutcast streams and get around the broken but included xmms 1.2.7 in
RH9. While I can listen to streams as root I can't as a normal
user. I get the display showing the playtime and the stream selected but
no sound.

So I tried this:
http://www.xmms.org/faq.php#r10
r10: XMMS works OK as root, but not as a user.
        You probably have the wrong permissions on the sound device. As
        root do this: chmod 622 /dev/dsp and chmod 666 /dev/mixer 

Having sound output related issues with xmms & gnome cd but I'm not sure
if they are the same problem.

As normal or root user I can listen to/play audio cd's with xmms and
cdp. Sound events work for both users too but I cannot listen to/play cd's
with gnome-cd while logged in as normal or root user. Gnome-cd will do
the CDDB look up and resolve the track list but that's it. Only the
eject button will function.

here's some other stuff I looked at:

[chucks@hodgepodge home]$ cdp
[chucks@hodgepodge home]$ ls -axl /dev/cd
cdrom     cdu31a    cdu535    cdwriter
[chucks@hodgepodge home]$ ls -axl /dev/cdrom
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            9 Apr  6 18:00 /dev/cdrom ->
/dev/scd0
[chucks@hodgepodge home]$ ls -axl /dev/scd
scd0  scd1  scd2  scd3  scd4  scd5  scd6  scd7
[chucks@hodgepodge home]$ ls -axl /dev/scd0
brw-------    1 chucks   disk      11,   0 Jan 30  2003 /dev/scd0
[chucks@hodgepodge home]$ ls -axl /dev/cdwriter
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 Sep  7 14:45 /dev/cdwriter ->
/dev/sg0
[chucks@hodgepodge home]$ ls -axl /dev/sg0
crw-------    1 chucks   disk      21,   0 Jan 30  2003 /dev/sg0

What's the brw------- & crw-------- ?

[chucks@hodgepodge home]$ ll /dev/mixer
mixer   mixer1
[chucks@hodgepodge home]$ ll /dev/mixer
crw-rw-rw-    1 chucks   root      14,   0 Jan 30  2003 /dev/mixer
[chucks@hodgepodge home]$ ll /dev/mixer1
crw-rw-rw-    1 chucks   root      14,  16 Jan 30  2003 /dev/mixer1
[chucks@hodgepodge home]$ ll /dev/dsp
dsp     dsp1    dsp56k
[chucks@hodgepodge home]$ ll /dev/dsp
crw--w--w-    1 chucks   root      14,   3 Jan 30  2003 /dev/dsp
[chucks@hodgepodge home]$ ll /dev/dsp1
crw--w--w-    1 chucks   root      14,  19 Jan 30  2003 /dev/dsp1

what should I check & correct next?

TIA