RedHat detected my soundcard as a:
Vendor: Ensonique
Model: ES1371 [AudioPCI-97]
Module: es1371

It plays the test sound perfectly, and even Gaim default sounds work perfectly.


But, when I try to play an audio CD via xmms, grip, gnome-cd and probably any other audio program...it doesn't play any sounds at all. I have not the slightest idea of what could be wrong...btw...im a n3wb and ive only been usin linux for about 2 week's worth of experience.

you're using gnome right? check if you're programs are using oss as the sound server. in xmms, it's in options > preferences. as far as the other programs i'm not to sure. i know for me using xmms in gnome won't play anything if the sound driver being used isn't oss. i use kde, and xmms works only with the arts sound server.

anyway for mp3 support, you'll need to download and install the package found here:
http://havardk.xmms.org/dist/xmms-1.2.7-rh8-rh9-rpm/

edit: you may also need to check if gnome is starting up the sound server at start up. i think it's gnome start menu > programs > settings > multimedia

Please do not double post. It is in the rules, it is quite annoying but more than anything it can be confusing when both threads deal with the same thing but you get different answers.

Dude make sure the sound for "CD" is not mute.. That happens a lot..