I accidently bought an SB Live since I'd grown so used to Linux supporting most common PC hardware. Mistake.
The last I heard (and I can't recall the source, so take this with a large grain of salt...) was that Creative Labs wasn't releasing the device specification right away.
The OSS folks claimed 4Q99 support when I tried to install the eval version of OSS.
Since this was a bit longer than I wanted to wait, I went out and purchased a Sound Blaster PCI128, which works great with the es1370 driver included with the 2.2.1 kernel. I just had to hack the/etc/conf.modules a bit to get it to autoload properly.
Given Creative Labs' spotty history of support for Linux, I'm strongly tempted to abandon my 8-year-old brand loyalty. I'll have to see how the Live support comes.
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Summary: Soundblaster Live does not work in Linux
I accidently bought an SB Live since I'd grown so used to Linux supporting most common PC hardware. Mistake.
The last I heard (and I can't recall the source, so take this with a large grain of salt...) was that Creative Labs wasn't releasing the device specification right away.
The OSS folks claimed 4Q99 support when I tried to install the eval version of OSS.
Since this was a bit longer than I wanted to wait, I went out and purchased a Sound Blaster PCI128, which works great with the es1370 driver included with the 2.2.1 kernel. I just had to hack the /etc/conf.modules a bit to get it to autoload properly.
Given Creative Labs' spotty history of support for Linux, I'm strongly tempted to abandon my 8-year-old brand loyalty. I'll have to see how the Live support comes.