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Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

Scott Mckown — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:39:55 -0000

Forgot to mention something really important: I'm running Ubuntu 9.10

Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

Scott Mckown — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:37:47 -0000

I don't know if I'm too late to post here or should be redirected to another thread, but I'm having issues trying to get all components in my Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi card (SB0460) and interface working and would much appreciate help.
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This is what happens when I follow the steps in your how-to:

scott@Snuffleupagus:~$ cd Desktop
scott@Snuffleupagus:~/Desktop$ cd XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00
scott@Snuffleupagus:~/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00$ make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31-22-generic/build M=/home/scott/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-22-generic'
CC [M] /home/scott/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/xfi.o
/home/scott/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/xfi.c:14:26: error: sound/driver.h: No such file or directory
/home/scott/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/xfi.c: In function ‘ct_card_probe’:
/home/scott/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/xfi.c:55: error: implicit declaration of function ‘snd_card_new’
/home/scott/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/xfi.c:55: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
make[2]: *** [/home/scott/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/xfi.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/scott/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-22-generic'
make: *** [all] Error 2
scott@Snuffleupagus:~/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00$

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This also might help:

scott@Snuffleupagus:~$ wget -O alsa-info.sh http://alsa-project.org/als... && bash ./alsa-info.sh
--2010-08-16 02:07:08-- http://alsa-project.org/als...
Resolving alsa-project.org... 212.20.107.51
Connecting to alsa-project.org|212.20.107.51|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://git.alsa-project.org... [following]
--2010-08-16 02:07:09-- http://git.alsa-project.org...
Resolving git.alsa-project.org... 212.20.107.51
Reusing existing connection to alsa-project.org:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/plain]
Saving to: `alsa-info.sh'

[ <=> ] 27,026 42.4K/s in 0.6s

2010-08-16 02:07:09 (42.4 KB/s) - `alsa-info.sh' saved [27026]

ALSA Information Script v 0.4.59
--------------------------------

This script visits the following commands/files to collect diagnostic
information about your ALSA installation and sound related hardware.

dmesg
lspci
lsmod
aplay
amixer
alsactl
/proc/asound/
/sys/class/sound/
~/.asoundrc (etc.)

See './alsa-info.sh --help' for command line options.

Automatically upload ALSA information to www.alsa-project.org? [y/N] : y
Uploading information to www.alsa-project.org ... Done!

Your ALSA information is located at http://www.alsa-project.org...

Please inform the person helping you

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This might also help. These are the only two audio-related entries that show up under the command [ lspci -v | less ]
...
00:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB X-Fi
Subsystem: Creative Labs Device 0021
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
Memory at ee000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
Memory at e8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: <access denied="">
Kernel driver in use: SB-XFi
Kernel modules: snd-ctxfi
...
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7340
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 22
I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied="">
Kernel driver in use: VIA 82xx Audio
Kernel modules: snd-via82xx
...

Any and all help appreciated. Thank you.

Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

ajay — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 04:36:51 -0000

hi_

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Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

Craig Huffstetler — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:02:55 -0000

Make sure you have the latest ALSA drivers installed (from Synaptic). Also:

It's:
make
sudo make install

If you continue to have problems please e-mail me using the contact form or better yet:
https://answers.launchpad.n...

They will be able to assist you further. It helps to know what version of Linux you are running, what distro., what you've done thus far etc. So far not much is known.

Thanks!

Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

Raixx — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:56:33 -0000

hello! i have this sound card, and i tried to install drivers as zou told here.
everything worked well untill i went to step vere ih had to type make install. it says this..
rajko@rajko:~$ cd /home/rajko/desktop/
bash: cd: /home/rajko/desktop/: No such file or directory
rajko@rajko:~$ cd /home/rajko/Desktop
rajko@rajko:~/Desktop$ cd XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00
rajko@rajko:~/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00$ sudo make
[sudo] password for rajko:
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.28-15-generic/build M=/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-15-generic'
LD /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/built-in.o
CC [M] /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/xfi.o
In file included from /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/xfi.c:14:
include/sound/driver.h:1:2: warning: #warning "This file is deprecated"
In file included from /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctatc.h:25,
from /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/xfi.c:17:
include/sound/driver.h:1:2: warning: #warning "This file is deprecated"
CC [M] /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctatc.o
In file included from /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctatc.h:25,
from /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctatc.c:18:
include/sound/driver.h:1:2: warning: #warning "This file is deprecated"
CC [M] /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctvmem.o
CC [M] /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctpcm.o
In file included from /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctatc.h:25,
from /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctpcm.h:21,
from /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctpcm.c:18:
include/sound/driver.h:1:2: warning: #warning "This file is deprecated"
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctpcm.c: In function ‘ct_alsa_pcm_create’:
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctpcm.c:462: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘snd_pcm_new’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type
CC [M] /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctmixer.o
In file included from /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctatc.h:25,
from /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctmixer.h:21,
from /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctmixer.c:19:
include/sound/driver.h:1:2: warning: #warning "This file is deprecated"
CC [M] /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctresource.o
CC [M] /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.o
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c: In function ‘put_src_rsc’:
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c:569: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c:576: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c: In function ‘put_srcimp_rsc’:
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c:883: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c:887: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c: In function ‘srcimp_imap_add’:
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c:916: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c:922: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c: In function ‘srcimp_imap_delete’:
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c:936: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c:942: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c: In function ‘srcimp_mgr_destroy’:
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c:1004: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctsrc.c:1006: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
CC [M] /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctamixer.o
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctamixer.c: In function ‘put_amixer_rsc’:
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctamixer.c:329: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctamixer.c:333: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctamixer.c: In function ‘put_sum_rsc’:
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctamixer.c:494: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctamixer.c:498: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
CC [M] /home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctdaio.o
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctdaio.c: In function ‘put_daio_rsc’:
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctdaio.c:537: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctdaio.c:539: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/rajko/Desktop/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00/ctdaio.c: In function ‘daio_imap

What should I do?

Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

Craig Huffstetler — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:04:04 -0000

Luke is correct. That will fix the issue you are having.

I fixed the above guide/post.

Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

Luke — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:16:06 -0000

I believe he meant to do:
$ make
$ sudo make install

He may have gotten it backwards. make should require no root privileges unless root unpacked the original file. make install however requires root privs to copy the new binaries into their rightful places.

Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

Ahmer — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:35:35 -0000

when i enter the command make install it says

Copy module files...
mkdir: cannot create directory `/lib/modules/2.6.28-15-generic/kernel/drivers/ssound': Permission denied
make: *** [install] Error 1

plzz help

Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

Craig Huffstetler — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:17:58 -0000

No problem...

Anyway, the drivers and all of your soundcards (X-Fi) will work out of the box in the next release (Karmic) of Ubuntu. So, that is good news. Mine is already working as of Alpha 3. And it's working great as of Alpha 4 & 5.

Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

just — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:16:02 -0000

yeah, thank you. This has saved a lot of time for me. I have smoked some weed and wanted to listen for some music, you know.

Ačiū

Re: Ubuntu Linux Sound Problems? Have a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi card? How about another card? Try this…

iank1 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:05:50 -0000

Brilliant. As you say, it just works (and works perfectly) with my ATI IXP (AC97 and MC97) soundcards (Ubuntu 9.04). The default Sound Card gives me three options - "IXP", "Modem" and "PulseAudio". The first two work fine but PulseAudio does not work for me. Thank you

Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

Sean — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:55:52 -0000

Hi Craig, I've stepped through your instructions and this hasn't worked for me. I'm on a Dell XPS m1530 (laptop), using an X-Fi "notebook". After make-installing, the driver/hardware doesn't appear anywhere in the admin screens you mention. Any tips?

Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

Craig Huffstetler — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:47:36 -0000

Yep, I've tested it while it was in the early stages of beta. I'll check it out. I know they have one still that is in beta (later stages), but I'll check it out and see if it was more stable than I tested. If it is I'll post another how-to. While they are in beta they do require compiling (like the above). It's a manual process.

This is mainly why Ubuntu waits until it is "stable" when they deploy it into their repositories and make it available to their users, among other reasons (such as stability). You don't want to be crashing all the time :)

Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

caca — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:22:52 -0000

new alsa has a xfi driver in git.. Still looking a howto.

Re: Ubuntu Linux Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Driver Installation How To

Wells — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:09:31 -0000

Thanks a whole heck of a lot. This was just the kind of step-by-step instructions I was looking
for, one which leaves nothing to the imagination. God Bless You

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