Well there is some magic that changes the cd /dev/ chmod 700 audio* dsp* mixer* midi* each time I boot, I looked in /etc/rc.d/init.d and could not find any such beasty. There are some programs that refuse to go down the esd path. SO for me to run with quake I must [root@brain /dev]# chmod 770 audio* dsp* mixer* midi* each time this is a drag
Look at 'man pam_console'.