Installation Instructions for Soundblaster Live! Linux drivers (v0.2 beta)
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Kernel Versions
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Modularized drivers are available for:
- Kernel 2.0.36-0.7 (non-SMP) (Redhat 5.2)
- Kernel 2.2.5 (non-SMP)

The drivers have been tested on these versions of the Linux kernel and will 
probably not work with other kernel versions.  If you are using the
2.2.5 version with kernels other than 2.2.5, try "insmod -f sblive.o"


Requirements
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- The kernel must be compiled with soundcard support as a module
  (CONFIG_SOUND_MODULE = 1)
- There must be no soundcard drivers compiled into the kernel


Automated Installation
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1. If you are using a non-Redhat distribution, proceed to Manual Installation
2. Run ./install_sblive
3. If the program reports that the driver is installed, you are done.
4. If there are any error messages, proceed to Manual Installation.


Manual Installation
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1. Determine your kernel sound modules installation location
     (usually /lib/modules/2.x.y/misc)
2. Copy the appropriate driver to that location as sblive.o
     (eg. /lib/modules/2.x.y/misc/sblive.o)
3. Unload all existing soundcard drivers, including soundcore
4. Remove all old soundcard references from /etc/conf.modules
5. Add a new reference to the SBLive driver in /etc/conf.modules:
     (eg. "alias sound sblive" or "alias char-major-14 sblive")
6. If your kernel is compiled with version information, add the following 
   lines to /etc/conf.modules after the previous statement:
     pre-install sblive insmod soundcore
     post-remove sblive rmmod soundcore
7. Load the SBLive driver: "modprobe sblive"
     
