i ..i have a problem with my sound card end ethernet card...my sound card is sound bluster live 5.1 and i have ckeck on kernel a support...after that i select from elsa this part:
config _snd=m
config_snd_sequencer=m
config_snd_ossemul=y
config_snd_mixer_oss=m
config_snd_sequencer_oss=Y


In oss part i have select this:

config_sounf_prime=m
config_sound_emu10k1=m

When i write in shell lspci i read the correct sound blaster name but when a open xmms the shell write:
warningss-open():fald to open audio device (dev/dsp):no such device.

The ethernet card problem:

The card is 3com 3c905b [cyclon] and working good but i work with mii-tool for setting a speed shell write operation not supported..This is very problem because my 3com work only 100Hd and my transfert from other PC is very sloo

thanks for eventual aid and excused for my English

did you do lsmod to see if your sound card is loaded and have you run alsaconf

ok now the Sk working good but the ethernet card no...

as far as configureing your 3com card im not sure what the comand is for that