[ale] Linux/cd sound woes.

[Jim]

I'm running Suse 9.3.  When I plug an audio cd into the machine, an 
instance of KsCD pops up and seems to indicate that it is playing the 
tunes, however I don't hear a thing.  KaMix shows the volume at 96% and 
I know generally audio is working 'cause I get the alert sounds when the 
system isn't happy, like taDa!  I can also cat .wav files to /dev/dsp. 

Any suggestions as to how to troubleshoot this beast?  I'm running 
another system on Debian with the same symptoms except that catting .wav 
files to /dev/dsp generates the strangest modulated white noise I've 
ever heard!

Thanks,
Jim.