XMMS Won't Play

[Robert Tilley <tilleyrw@cfl.rr.com>]

When I try to play an mp3 with xmms, it reports back that "snd_mixer_attach:  
No such file or directory".

However, alsaplayer works normally.

I'm using the latest KDE 3.1 from ktown.  Any ideas?
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Comments are most appreciated,

Bob