Sound problems - CD Player not working

[Ken Corbin <kenc pioneer net>]

This may not be a Gnome related problem since it seems to be affecting all X
based CD Players, but someone here might know what is wrong.  I seem to have my
sound card configured correctly, Applications that open /dev/dsp (x11amp) are
working properly.  But the gtcd CD player won't make a peep.  Doing some 
snooping in the /proc directories shows that gtcd is opening  some unidentified
socket rather than /dev/dsp.  All of which implies that there is supposed to be
some kind of daemon running to relay information the  the sound system.  But I
sure can't figure out just what it might be.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.