i just installed mandrake and it wasn't able to locate my soundcard how do i ad one manually??

Please post the output of the following commands from a terminal.

/sbin/lspci -v

lsmod

good luck.

maybe i should ad that i am runnung linux on a microsoft virtual pc which emulates a "ISA soundblaster 16" which i have configured according to microsoft article "KB824513 - How to instal a Linux Virtual PC"... i have no trouble playing audio CD's but as far as midi and MP3 goes.... there is NOGO

Same problem, only i'm in Fedora Core 2. Here ya go.

[thom@localhost thom]$ /sbin/lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0000
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 8
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: dde00000-dfefffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: cdd00000-ddcfffff
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a)
Subsystem: Creative Labs SBLive! 5.1 Digital Model SB0220
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e800
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:05.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 0a)
Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at ec00
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet 100/10 MBit (rev 31)
Subsystem: ARCHTEK TELECOM Corp: Unknown device 0008
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
I/O ports at e400 [size=dff80000]
Memory at dfffff00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Expansion ROM at 00040000 [disabled]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94306 802.11g (rev 02)
Subsystem: Linksys: Unknown device 0013
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12
Memory at dfffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)

00:0a.0 Class 8024: Tseng Labs Inc: Unknown device 8024 (rev 08) (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: Unknown device 002c:0000
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 60
Memory at <ignored> (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
Memory at <ignored> (32-bit, prefetchable) [disabled]
Memory at <ignored> (64-bit, prefetchable) [disabled]
Memory at <invalid-64bit-slot> (64-bit, prefetchable) [disabled]

00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 5900
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e000
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
I/O ports at dc00 [size=32]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12
Memory at dffffe00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0000
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 255
I/O ports at fc00 [size=16]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP 8x] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: CardExpert Technology: Unknown device 0404
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=dfee0000]
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at 00020000 [disabled]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

If your playing cd's then your sound is working. You'll need to look into midi support and mp3 support. Although I cannot think of a reason either of these don't work w/mandrake, unless you don't have the proper programs installed.
good luck.

Hi, you should probably start your own thread with your problem, and any pertinent info. On another note, I see that you have two sound cards, both try to share the same irq, which could be the problem.
good luck.