RF Component not working

Configuration
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I cant get the RF compoenet to work any more?
Running it from the CL works just fine, but cannot get the switch in HAS
my configuration.yaml

switch: !include_dir_merge_list switch

and inside the switch folder in a file 433-rf.yaml

- platform: rpi_rf
  gpio: 17
  switches:
    switch_1:
      protocol: 1
      pulselength: 177
      code_on: 12000524
      code_off: 12000516
      signal_repetitions: 44
      
    switch_2:
      protocol: 1
      pulselength: 178
      code_on: 12000522
      code_off: 12000514
      signal_repetitions: 44

and here is the error

2017-12-19 15:56:23 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.switch] Error while setting up platform rpi_rf
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py", line 171, in _async_setup_platform
    SLOW_SETUP_MAX_WAIT, loop=self.hass.loop)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/asyncio/tasks.py", line 400, in wait_for
    return fut.result()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/asyncio/futures.py", line 293, in result
    raise self._exception
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 55, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/homeassistant/components/switch/rpi_rf.py", line 71, in setup_platform
    rfdevice.enable_tx()
  File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.5/site-packages/rpi_rf/rpi_rf.py", line 77, in enable_tx
    GPIO.setup(self.gpio, GPIO.OUT)
RuntimeError: No access to /dev/mem.  Try running as root!
2017-12-19 16:14:20 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Error doing job: Fatal read error on socket transport
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/asyncio/selector_events.py", line 723, in _read_ready
    data = self._sock.recv(self.max_size)

is this a know bug?

Since updraging ive seen a few things fail to work, such as a DHT11 sensor, as noted here in a separate thread.

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bump up for some help here please?

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can anyone help with this? I still get problems and cannot utilise the RF component?!

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for anyone that may stumble upon this I found a solution.
your home assistant user must be added to the gpio group, in my case the user is homeassistant

sudo adduser homeassistant gpio

then a reboot of the pi is required sudo reboot