X-fi xtreme audio support problem

[Forestwalker]

I bought this card some time ago and was first very dissapointed that it had no support under linux, but with ALSA 1.0.15rc2 (which I compiled and installed) sound finally came out from my speakers :)There was no 5.1 or Line-in but I did not care because sound was great and I am not using Line-in and have a 2.1 system. But then, after a major glitch I upgraded to Ubuntu Gutsy from Feisty and there was no sound at all. I installed the drivers again, but still no use... :(

I wiped the system and installed feisty again but the same problem occured ... And since then I am not able to get ANY sound from the card using alsa...

The OSS driver works, but sound is buggy and distorted.....

 

Does anyone know how to solve this problem? o_O

 

P.S. I am very sorry for posting in the wrong thread. Can someone from the moderator group transfer it to hardware?

[anyweb]

hmm are you absolutely sure that the sound ouput is not muted in anyway ?

 

type

Code:

alsamixer

in a command prompt (terminal) and scroll to the right, use the 'm' key to mute/unmute each channel

 

does that help ?

[Forestwalker]

I did it. The alsamixer warты about muting the channels after installation. The first time when everything worked I just needed to raise the bar of Iec825 (or something similar). But now there is no bar on this channel only a small square. When I unmute it it just shows two zeros. :( I tried raising every channel I could to the max but nothing worked(. The card is working normal under windows so it is functioning properly. I tried OSS Alsa-oss and the LSD (Linux Sound Daemon)

and nothing works exept oss. But as I said earlier the sound is buggy and does not work in Flash with mozilla firefox or konqueror.

 

Now I understand that I made a bad choice when I bought this soundcard. The internal sound is no option because the sound quality is poor to say the least.

So either I solve this problem, or wait till I scrape up some money on a terratec card which is supported.

[anyweb]

who manufactures this X-fi xtreme audio card ?

[Forestwalker]

Ooops forgot to write the vendor. It is Creative (Creative Labs). Alsa-project says that my card is just a SoundBlaster Audigy SE that is modified a bit....

[anyweb]

there IS a 64 bit driver available here on creatives website

 

[/url][url=http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/down...p;x=28&y=15]http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/down...p;x=28&y=15

 

if you have a 64 bit capable machine, and a 64 bit os then you could try that

 

Downloads 

! You have selected X-Fi XtremeMusic and Linux.

To receive support for a different product, click here.

 

 

 

BETA Drivers

 

Title Date

 

1. Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Series Linux 64-bit Beta Driver (8.37 MB) 24 Sep 07 Download Now Download Now

 

This download is a beta driver providing Linux

[Forestwalker]

These drivers do not work with my card. It does not have an x-fi chip((( The drivers are handling all the effects... They are completely different from other x-fi but similar to the Audigy SE....

[anyweb]

ok then, what is the EXACT model of your card, otherwise I cannot advise.

 

cheers

anyweb

[Forestwalker]

My exact model of the card is Creative X-fi Extreme Audio.

It has the CA0106 chipset.

 

The same is used in:

Sound Blaster Audigy SE

Sound Blaster Audigy Value.

 

The X-fi effects in this card are driver-enabled so that is why the new 64bit driver is not supporting it.

Creative made that move because it is making the card A LOT cheaper...

And it is apparently giving a headache to the Linux-users....

[anyweb]

it seems you arent alone., sorry

 

[/url][url=https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/l...6.15/+bug/46233]https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/l...6.15/+bug/46233