[alsa-devel] Issues w/ Creative Labs [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG

[Takashi Iwai]

At Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:03:50 -0800,
Alnie wrote:
> 
> By default the version of Mint I'm using has 3.13.0-37 loaded. I just 
> tried some previous versions of the kernel (3.13.0-27, 3.13.0-32 & 
> 3.13.0-36) and the same issues came up, although with -36, there was no 
> output in dmesg in regards to probing DKMS, and no driver was 
> associated. I also tried each kernel with the daily drivers removed as 
> well, and the card was recognized but non functional (no driver 
> associated). Also, in case hardware malfunction is considered, this card 
> seems to work fine in windows for me. Thank you.

Then try the older kernels.  At best, build the kernel by yourself and
avoid DKMS.  When you find any working version, you'll be asked for
git bisection or a test patch, so the manual kernel build would be
required in anyway.


Takashi

> 
> On 02/16/2015 08:05 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > At Sun, 15 Feb 2015 13:33:55 -0800,
> > Alnie wrote:
> >> I am having a problem getting this card working in Mint 17.1 (64bit). I
> >> have found reports from others around the net claiming to have this card
> >> working (around 2010/2011 mostly). I also tried xubuntu with the same
> >> results. On a fresh distro when I install the card, it is recognized but
> >> isn't associated with any driver, if I install the 3.16 kernel or the
> >> alsa-daily repo it becomes associated with a driver but I get the
> >> following errors from dmesg...
> >>
> >> [    3.713183] snd_hda_intel 0000:06:00.0: Probing card using HDA DKMS, version 0.201502151246~ubuntu14.04.1
> >> [    3.720010] snd_hda_intel 0000:06:00.0: CORB reset timeout#1, CORBRP = 0
> >> [    4.744035] snd_hda_intel 0000:06:00.0: Codec #1 probe error; disabling it...
> >> [    4.748009] snd_hda_intel 0000:06:00.0: CORB reset timeout#1, CORBRP = 0
> >> [    9.772075] snd_hda_intel 0000:06:00.0: no AFG or MFG node found
> >> [    9.772100] snd_hda_intel 0000:06:00.0: no codecs initialized
> >>
> >> and here is my lspci output...
> >>
> >> 05:00.0 PCI bridge: Creative Labs [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG PCI to PCIe Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
> >>       Physical Slot: 3
> >>       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
> >>       Bus: primary=05, secondary=06, subordinate=0c, sec-latency=36
> >>       Memory behind bridge: f4300000-f43fffff
> >>       Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
> >>       Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/16 Maskable- 64bit+
> >>       Capabilities: [80] Subsystem: Creative Labs Device 0040
> >>       Capabilities: [90] Express PCI-Express to PCI/PCI-X Bridge, MSI 00
> >>       Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
> >>
> >> 06:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG
> >>       Subsystem: Creative Labs SB1040
> >>       Flags: bus master, fast Back2Back, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
> >>       Memory at f4300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> >>       Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 3
> >>       Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
> >>
> >> thank you for any advice & feedback on this.
> > Could you try 3.13 kernel or older once?  I have also another bug
> > report indicating a similar problem (no codec found, but with a
> > totally different system), and the reporter mentioned that the
> > regression happened between 3.13 and 3.14.
> >
> >
> > Takashi
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