sound card : soundblaster 16
i have found a guide to how to enable the sound card with the alsa tools ...
the first steps are like this :-
Make a directory to store the alsa source code in.

cd /usr/src
mkdir alsa
cd alsa
cp /downloads/alsa-* .

Now unzip and install the alsa-driver package

bunzip2 alsa-driver-xxx
tar -xf alsa-driver-xxx
cd alsa-driver-xxx
./configure --with-cards=sb16 --with-sequencer=yes;make;make install
(cant post the URL because it wont let me untill i have 3 posts)
i fail already from the beginning *bloody noob* when i write cp /downloads/alsa-* i get something like nonexisting file , why do i get this and what am i doing wrong ? i would also like to know what this line does so i understand the whole thing better ....
thanks in advance
I3lind5pot

You should be able to configure your sound card in the Mandriva Control Center. In the menu system, open "System" / "Configuration" / "Configure your Computer". Click "Hardware" at the left. Click "Look at and Configure the Hardware" icon. Your Sound Card should be detected and listed in the left pane. When you highlight it, there should be a configuration bar at the bottom of the right pane.

If that does not solve the issue, check that sound is enabled and not muted in your desktop environment configuration. In KDE this is in the KDE Control Center.

the problem is, the card isnt listed there .... i tried the sndconfig thing and have chosen the right thing "soundblaster 16" then it does a chek and i DO hear the sound but its not clear but still , at least i hear it after it tells me that some cond of file already exists and because of this it creates a n ew file called /blabla/blabla.config.bak (sorry forgot the directory name) and then i try to listen to something but i dont hear anything ....
i dont know what to do as mandriva is my first linux OS .... total n00b

i hope you can help me further!

Have you tried disabling the internal sound card in the bios? worked for me.

the board sound is already disabled as i use the same sound card with windows on the same pc ....