On Wed, 12 May 2004 11:33:19 +0100 (BST), Norton Trevisan Roman wrote: > You know... I tested yesterday and sadly discovered I have the same > problem... all the system sounds work... but even with xmms, the CD plays, > but I hear nothing... Verify your preferences in XMMS' CD playing plug-in. What do you use? Digital or analogue playback? The former does not require a cable between CD drive and sound chipset. The latter does require a cable.