xine vanishes

[Keith Antoine]

I access xine and it flashes up onscreen and then vanishes.

If I call it from a terminal:

This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.9.11
(c) 2000-2002 by G. Bartsch and the xine project team.
Built with xine library 0.9.11 [Sat 22 Jun 2002 09:39:46]-[gcc version 2.95.2 19
991024 (release)]-[Linux 2.4.13 i686].
Found xine library version: 0.9.11 (0.9.11a).
XServer Vendor: The XFree86 Project, Inc. Release: 40100001,
        Protocol Version: 11, Revision: 0,
        Available Screen(s): 1, using 0
        Depth: 16.
Failed to load /usr/local/share/xine/skins/xinetic skin, wrong version. Load fal
lback skin 'CelomaChrome'.
tvmode: cannot connect to nvtvd - no TV mode switching available
Display is not using Xinerama.
tvmode: not connected to nvtvd for switching
video_out_xv: using Xv port 47 from adaptor NV Video Overlay for hardware colors
pace conversion and scaling.
video_out_xv: double buffering mode = 1
video_out_xv: port attribute XV_COLORKEY value is 66046
video_out_xv: port attribute XV_AUTOPAINT_COLORKEY value is 1
video_out_xv: port attribute XV_BRIGHTNESS value is 0
video_out_xv: port attribute XV_CONTRAST value is 4096
video_out_xv: port attribute XV_SATURATION value is 4096
video_out_xv: port attribute XV_HUE value is 0
video_out_xv: this adaptor supports the yuy2 format.
video_out_xv: this adaptor supports the yv12 format.
load_plugins: video output plugin Xv successfully loaded.
XINE lib audio_alsa_out.c:961:(init_audio_out_plugin) snd_pcm_open() failed: -2
XINE lib audio_alsa_out.c:962:(init_audio_out_plugin) >>> Check if another progr
am don't already use PCM <<<
load_plugins: audio output plugin /usr/local/lib/xine/plugins/xineplug_ao_out_al
sa.so: init_audio_out_plugin failed.
main: the specified audio driver 'alsa09' failed

It appears that the alsa sound is not operative but it is installed, has anyone else got this problem or seen it.
Something was said re arts has to be stopped, but how?

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Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'skippy'
18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161
Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage