Doug Wandell wrote:
I had the same issue and it turned out I had not connected the cable from my cdrw/dvd drive to the mobo.
XMMS can play sound digitally, without the need for the analogue cable between the CD drive and the soundcard.
Open XMMS -> right click for a menu -> Preferences -> Audio I/O Plugins -> CD Audio Player 1.2.10 [libcdaudio.so] -> Configure -> Play mode: Digital Audio Extraction.
Hope this helps,
James.