“Everybody’s heard of this awesome sound card! And now there are
Linux drivers for it to. With this article I’ll explain how to get
the SBLive! working on your Linux distribution.”
“A while ago, I bought myself an SBLive! Value 1024 with
Cambridge Soundworks Four Point Surround. I think this is one of
the better price/quality setups around. Because I have a
multiboot system I installed the drivers and software in Windows.
No problems at all, I changed my settings, my EQ, as to adjust to
my needs. Off course I wanted to get the card working in Linux
also. So I went searching for drivers. I found drivers at the
Creative Open Source Web site here . I downloaded the drivers,
removed my SBLive! from my main box, and installed a Slakware
kernel 2.2.6 on an old Pentium that was laying around….”
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