<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> James, Thanks. But I still have the same problems. XMMS can play it but it keeps stoping the songs. Hence, what I really need is to have the sound system working ok. The same machine with SuSE 9.1 works just fine. C.F. James Wilkinson wrote: <blockquote cite="mid20050715222521.GC8249@westexe.demon.co.uk" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">C.F. Scheidecker Antunes wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I have a gateway P4 box with FC4. The sound is onboard Intel 8280 AC' 97. It does not play CDs just some stuff and very low. What shall I do? Use a different driver? Alsa? Which one? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> This is a Frequently Asked Question. I'm assuming that normal sounds play just fine, but CDs don't. In that case, your computer probably doesn't have a sound cable between your sound card and the CD drive. Install xmms, and from the menu, choose Options -> Preferences. Look under Audio I/O Plugins and Input plugins for CD Audio Player, and choose Configure. Then choose Digital audio extraction. See if that helps. Hope this helps, James. </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>