I have alsa, e17. Banshee startrs but doesn't play music:
tc@box1:~/tcbuild$ banshee-1
[Info 14:21:50.002] Running Banshee 1.8.0: [source-tarball (linux-gnu, i686) @ 2010-10-04 11:25:12 UTC]
[Warn 14:21:51.773] DBus support could not be started. Disabling for this session.
[Info 14:21:52.572] Starting collection of anonymous usage data
[Warn 14:21:52.817] Cannot connect to NetworkManager or Wicd - An available, working network connection will be assumed
[Warn 14:21:55.788] Caught an exception - GLib.GException: Icona «process-working» non presente nel tema (in `gtk-sharp')
at Gtk.IconTheme.LoadIcon (System.String icon_name, Int32 size, IconLookupFlags flags) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Banshee.Gui.Widgets.TaskStatusIcon..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
[Warn 14:21:56.783] Caught an exception - System.ApplicationException: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. (in `Banshee.MultimediaKeys')
at Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService.Banshee.ServiceStack.IExtensionService.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.StartExtension (Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode node) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
[Warn 14:21:56.783] Extension `Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService' not started: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached.
[Info 14:21:57.068] Updating web proxy from GConf
[Warn 14:21:57.516] Caught an exception - System.ApplicationException: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. (in `Banshee.MultimediaKeys')
at Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService.Banshee.ServiceStack.IExtensionService.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.StartExtension (Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode node) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
[Warn 14:21:57.516] Extension `Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService' not started: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached.
[Info 14:21:57.576] All services are started 5,785026
[Info 14:22:06.605] nereid Client Started
[Warn 14:22:08.477] Caught an exception - System.Exception: org.freedesktop.Hal.NoSuchProperty: No property volume.is_mounted on device with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_floppy_0_storage_platform_floppy (in `NDesk.DBus.Proxies')
at IDeviceProxy.GetPropertyBoolean (System.String ) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Hal.Device.GetPropertyBoolean (System.String key) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Banshee.HalBackend.Volume.get_IsMounted () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Banshee.HalBackend.Volume.CheckVolumeMounted (Banshee.HalBackend.Volume volume) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Banshee.HalBackend.Volume.Resolve (Banshee.HalBackend.BlockDevice parent, Hal.Manager manager, Hal.Device device) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
System.ApplicationException: Could not find org.freedesktop.Avahi
at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.AvahiDBus.DBusManager.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.AvahiDBus.ZeroconfProvider.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.ProviderFactory.GetProviders () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
System.DllNotFoundException: libnss_mdns-0.2.so
at (wrapper managed-to-native) Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.Bonjour.Native:DNSServiceCreateConnection (Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.Bonjour.ServiceRef&)
at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.Bonjour.Zeroconf.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.Bonjour.ZeroconfProvider.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.ProviderFactory.GetProviders () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
[Warn 14:22:09.997] Failed to start DAAP client - System.Exception: No Zeroconf providers could be found or initialized. Necessary daemon may not be running. (in `Mono.Zeroconf')
at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.ProviderFactory.GetProviders () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.ProviderFactory.get_DefaultProvider () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.ProviderFactory.get_SelectedProvider () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Mono.Zeroconf.ServiceBrowser..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Daap.ServiceLocator.Start () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Banshee.Daap.DaapService.ThreadedInitialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
(Banshee:22693): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_event: assertion `WIDGET_REALIZED_FOR_EVENT (widget, event)' failed