Hey! I've been having constant trouble getting my sound card to work under linux. This used to work https://forum.teksyndicate.com/t/soundcard-sound-blaster-z-not-working-on-linux/77710, but now it doesn't. I upgraded my kernel to 4.0.2-040002-generic, so the sound blaster z(ca0132) should be supported. The device shows up in the ubuntu 15.04 sound settings, but for some reason the S/PDIF does not work (haven't tested the analog either). I tried this tutorial ( https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DigitalAC-3Pulseaudio ), because as of my understanding, the ac-3 codec is essentially dolby digital. So I figured my headphones were not working because the headphones(astro a50s) require a dolby digital signal to decode. Anyways, long story short, when I finished installing the a52 also plugin library, I got sound to come out of my headphones, however It was just a really loud static noise, so I did something wrong. Also i'm pretty sure pulse audio server is not recognising the 5.1 surround sound setup, like it should according to the tutorial.
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nvm, figured it out. Don't know what I did....
nevermind, Its not working. I don't know why... The S/PDIF Light isn't even on now..... so bump
Suprised it worked as long as it did.
Had a quick look at the changelog for patch_ca0132. It seems a lot has changed since 4.1.5 stable as mainline has been updated to resolve some 64bit errors and support for Alienware 15 Creative Sound Core3D-EX.
Maybe try the patch and see if you have any luck.
I upgraded, but it still does not seem to be working. However, I did notice an error message that pops up when booting.
[ 41.826115] ca0132 DOWNLOAD FAILED!!! DSP IS NOT RUNNING.Also when I type in this command,
sudo kill `ps uax |grep pulseaudio | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'` ; sudo rmmod snd-hda-intel; sleep 3; sudo modprobe snd-hda-intelthe S/PDIF light flashes for a second, then turns off. Also the soundblaster is removed from my audio devices list.
However I did also type in
dmesg | grep -i ca0132and I got this in response:
[ 38.968710] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: autoconfig for CA0132: line_outs=1 (0xd/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
[ 38.968713] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 38.968714] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: hp_outs=1 (0x10/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 38.968715] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 38.968716] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-out=0xc/0x0
[ 38.968717] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: inputs:
[ 38.968718] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: Mic=0x12
[ 38.968719] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-in=0xe
[ 41.826115] ca0132 DOWNLOAD FAILED!!! DSP IS NOT RUNNING.
[ 444.855818] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: autoconfig for CA0132: line_outs=1 (0xb/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
[ 444.855822] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 444.855824] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: hp_outs=1 (0x10/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 444.855826] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 444.855828] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-out=0xc/0xd
[ 444.855830] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: inputs:
[ 444.855832] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: Mic=0x12
[ 444.855834] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: Line=0x11
[ 444.855835] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-in=0xe
[ 445.438995] ca0132 DOWNLOAD OK :-) DSP IS RUNNING.
[ 446.278601] ca0132 DOWNLOAD OK :-) DSP IS RUNNING.
[ 453.146889] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: autoconfig for CA0132: line_outs=1 (0xb/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
[ 453.146893] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 453.146894] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: hp_outs=1 (0x10/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 453.146896] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 453.146897] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-out=0xc/0xd
[ 453.146899] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: inputs:
[ 453.146901] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: Mic=0x12
[ 453.146902] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: Line=0x11
[ 453.146904] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-in=0xe
[ 453.710327] ca0132 DOWNLOAD OK :-) DSP IS RUNNING.
[ 454.521846] ca0132 DOWNLOAD OK :-) DSP IS RUNNING.
[ 466.227382] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: autoconfig for CA0132: line_outs=1 (0xb/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
[ 466.227385] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 466.227386] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: hp_outs=1 (0x10/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 466.227387] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 466.227389] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-out=0xc/0xd
[ 466.227390] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: inputs:
[ 466.227391] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: Mic=0x12
[ 466.227392] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: Line=0x11
[ 466.227393] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-in=0xe
[ 466.778762] ca0132 DOWNLOAD OK :-) DSP IS RUNNING.
[ 467.618270] ca0132 DOWNLOAD OK :-) DSP IS RUNNING.
[ 474.854456] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: autoconfig for CA0132: line_outs=1 (0xb/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
[ 474.854459] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 474.854460] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: hp_outs=1 (0x10/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 474.854461] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 474.854462] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-out=0xc/0xd
[ 474.854463] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: inputs:
[ 474.854465] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: Mic=0x12
[ 474.854466] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: Line=0x11
[ 474.854467] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-in=0xe
[ 475.409985] ca0132 DOWNLOAD OK :-) DSP IS RUNNING.
[ 476.245261] ca0132 DOWNLOAD OK :-) DSP IS RUNNING.
[ 489.909607] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: autoconfig for CA0132: line_outs=1 (0xb/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
[ 489.909609] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 489.909611] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: hp_outs=1 (0x10/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 489.909612] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 489.909613] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-out=0xc/0xd
[ 489.909613] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: inputs:
[ 489.909615] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: Mic=0x12
[ 489.909616] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: Line=0x11
[ 489.909617] snd_hda_codec_ca0132 hdaudioC2D1: dig-in=0xe
[ 490.464989] ca0132 DOWNLOAD OK :-) DSP IS RUNNING.
[ 491.276521] ca0132 DOWNLOAD OK :-) DSP IS RUNNING.What's the putput of;
grep CONFIG_SND_HDA_ /usr/src/linux/.config | grep -v '^#'It said that that /usr/src/linux/.config wasn't a valid directory, so I replaced that directory with /usr/src/linux-headers-4.1.5-040105-generic/.config and the output was
CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_DSP_LOADER=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_PREALLOC_SIZE=64
CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_RECONFIG=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP_MODE=0
CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_JACK=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_PATCH_LOADER=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ANALOG=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SIGMATEL=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_VIA=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_HDMI=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_I915=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CIRRUS=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CONEXANT=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CA0110=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CA0132=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CA0132_DSP=y
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CMEDIA=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SI3054=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_GENERIC=m
CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT=0
CONFIG_SND_HDA_CORE=mSo is sound working at all - have you tested all your inputs??
I'll assume you upgraded to kernel 4.1.5 and didn't add the patchset to 4.0.2 - which would be bad lol.
Your kernel modules seem to be all loaded correctly, although you could try removing/reloading the CA0132 module.
It'd be worth trying hdajacksensetest -c 1 -a to see what imputs/pins are set and lspci |grep audio to make sure your soundcard is using the right codec.
Then doublecheck and disable onboard audio in pulse or alsa and if that doesn't help I would then probably start disabling onboard sound, and blacklisting other soundcard modules/codecs.
If finally, that doesn't work - and shy of rewriting the driver yourself - I would write abusive emails to Creative.
Both the Analog and Digital aren't working.
I did. I had no idea that was bad. I know this is off topic, but why is it bad?
I don't have that command on my system, even though I installed the alsa-tools package on my system.
this comes up
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK106 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)
02:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs SB Recon3D (rev 01)Already on it!
Also Thank you for helping me :D
Just to make sure you've exhausted all avenues, did you grab the CA0132.c patch from kernel 4.2-rc7 patchset? This was the one I was referring to;