Xmms was working now its not - how do I fix/find the problem

["Wathen, Metherion" <MWathen@bsalifestructures.com>]

Hi everybody,
Three days ago I had a working xmms installation,
last night i wanted to listen to some music mp3's on a cd
and poof no sound, no error message pop-ups (is there a log I
can check?), nothing. the song i selected went into the playlist
but after that nothing happened. This is odd because i haven't
used the system since the last time i was playing cd's three days ago.

system info - partial
woody
P100 32Mb RAM
tdfx video 16Mb RAM

its cool to cc: me directly
Any help or pointers will be greatly appreciated.
tia,
mw