Hello experts,
I have tried to get rid of M$ and installed Mandriva this sunday.
Everything works well except my sound card (SB Vibra16c) that is not known by Harddrake. Surprisingly, it worked with Knoppix V3.6. I tried sndconfig (RedHat) and OSS but without sucess. The latter puzzeled my sound config and sndconfig refuses now to start (soundcore.o not found). What can I do? I paste some diagnostic below. Thanks.

[root@localhost /]# dmesg
Linux version 2.6.12-12mdk (apatard@n1.mandriva.com) (gcc version 4.0.1 (4.0.1-5mdk for Mandriva Linux release 2006.0)) #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005
.../...
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
pnp: SB audio device quirk - increasing port range
isapnp: Card 'Creative ViBRA16C PnP'
isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total


[root@localhost /]# pnpdump
# $Id: pnpdump_main.c,v 1.27 2001/04/30 21:54:53 fox Exp $
# Release isapnptools-1.26
.../...
# Card 1: (serial identifier e5 ff ff ff ff 70 00 8c 0e)
# Vendor Id CTL0070, No Serial Number (-1), checksum 0xE5.
# Version 1.0, Vendor version 1.0
# ANSI string -->Creative ViBRA16C PnP<--
#

# Start dependent functions: priority preferred
# IRQ 5.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
# First DMA channel 1.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed in compatible mode
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
# Next DMA channel 5.
# 16 bit DMA only

i'm not sure if that card is compatible with lin.

try running alsaconf

I have tried to launch Knoppix from CD and it detects my sound card. It seems it uses OSS library. Does sby know how to capture Knoppix setup and use it with Mandriva? It would be useful not only for sound but also for TV card that is not detected either by Mandriva.

you did not try alsaconf yet? it is a good program for detecting sound cards and setting them up.

when we fix that.. then maybe your tv card will work too..

if not.. you will need to find the drivers either from the tv cards site or mandy's.

keep us tuned in...