Were Intrepid updates the reason I lost my sound on the Intrepid partition?

[Steven Vollom]

> Xine can address the sound card and affect the system settings. I've had
> to find that out for myself. :) Ric
>
How do I see if it is a xine problem then?  Xine is a dependency for Amarok.
Amarok does not open in a way to see any settings.  The author has a brief 
message introducing himself and tells what we are using.  Right clicking 
doesn't provide any settings or preferences either.  Should I remove Amarok to 
see if that changes anything?  This is a list of what is installed for xine.

amarok-engine-xine
libxine1-ffmpeg
phonon-backend-xine'
libxine1-x
libxine1-bin
libxine1-misc-plugins
libxine1
libxine1-console

I am at a loss what to do?

Steven