Sound Servers on Linux - What the?

[Tim Wunder]

On Saturday 15 March 2003 11:46 pm, someone claiming to be James McDonald 
wrote:
> Folks
>
> 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?
>

The most obvious question is, do you have a cable connecting the CD player to 
the sound card?

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