I'm rather new to the linux world, i've tried distros such as RedHat and previous versions of Mandrake (actually every versions since 8.2). In all the distros i've tried, ELX linux was the only one that i could listen to MP3's with. I've downloaded Mandrake 9.1 today and, since i prefer the Gnome interface to KDE's, i run it with Gnome (but it doesnt work more with KDE). The first thing i tried was opening XMMS and trying to play MP3s (thost mp3's are on a separate FAT32 drive, /mtc/win_c). It didn't work. XMMS even froze up after a while. So i tried to figure it out by myself by searching linuxdoc and manpages to no avail. Then i suddenly got a genius idea: I tried to play a video file. Surprisingly, Xine has no problem with my audio, seems to be only XMMS and well system beeps an such.
Is the problem related with XMMS, or Gnome, or the fact that my MP3's are on a mounted FAT drive?
[Interesting hardware specs]
Sound cards:
Name: SoundBlaster Live! Value
Vendor: Creative Labs
Alternative drivers: ;audigy:emu10k1
Bus: PCI
Bus identification: 1102:2:1102:8022
Location on the bus: 2:2:0
Description: SB Live! (audio)
Module: snd-emu10k1
Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO
Name: CM8738
Vendor: C-Media Electronics Inc
Alternative drivers: cmpci
Bus: PCI
Bus identification: 13f6:111
Location on the bus: 2:5:0
Description: CM8738
Module: snd-cmipci
Media class: MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO
