Thank for the various suggestions received. I found out that the DVD player is the one that is wired to my motherboard. Hence I put my CD in this one. I also updates my alsa packages (packman packages for SuSE 9.1). I did run alsaconf, I rebooted (to get rid of a terrible noice in alsaplayer) and now: - In GNOME, sounds associated with events work fine. - In the standard GNOME CD player, in ALSAplayer and in Grip, I can play my CD. Via Grip, I can rip and encode the CD. - In XMMS, I can play mp3 files (and the outputplugin must be correctly configured?). When I configure the CDinput plugin, "check drive" gives the correct information. But still, I cannot play the CD (selecting /media/dvd is not possible). - ls /media/dvd gives "no medium found" Can this still be a problem with XMMS, with my sound settings or with the automounting feature in SuSE 9.1? Help plse. Karel De Vriendt