Sound Servers on Linux - What the?

[dep]

begin  James McDonald's  quote:

| I have mandrake 9.0 on a  Via main board
|
| /etc/modules.conf has "alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio" in it
|
| and I can play mp3 using the default xmms install fine....
|
| My problem is I can't put a music cd in and play it.
|
| I have tried playing cd's in xine, grip, kscd, xmms etc. and they
| all play the cd but no sound comes out.
|
| Can anyone point me in the right direction... Is it something to do
| with the soundservers or a device the players can't find?

what happens if you try to do it as root?
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