[SLE] Can't hear audio cd's

Hello, I recently installed 7.3 pro, and can't hear audio cd's playing. I have checked the disk permissions, the cd to soundcard audio cable is intact, the sound card is playing system sounds, the K cdplayer finds the cd and identfies the artist/song name. I have looked on the suse website for any other relevant articles and have found none.....the cd is actually a cd-rw, and is identified correctly by the OS. Can someone point me in the right direction?......... Additional info regarding the problem happily provided upon request Jeff Zurcher