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I have no sound of any sort in Ubuntu. Sound works fine in Windows, though. My sound card is a Creative Labs Soundblaster X-Fi, but if I type 'aplay -l' ...
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No sound
I have no sound of any sort in Ubuntu. Sound works fine in Windows, though. My sound card is a Creative Labs Soundblaster X-Fi, but if I type 'aplay -l' it say 'no soundcards found'. I have searched the internet for solutions but none of the one I found worked. Any ideas?
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- 09-14-2009 #3
Ok, I looked around a little more and it looks like support for CL X-Fi cards is currently poor.
[Phoronix] Creative Labs Continues To Shaft Linux
A driver will be included in an upcoming release, but for now you will have to compile the driver yourself.
Here a guide to do that:
Creative X-fi Linux [Update] | Rants from a Scottish geek
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I've tried that, but I don't think the drivers are installing properly. Everything seemed to be fine while I followed the process, but when I type in 'alsamixer' it says 'cannot open mixer: no such file or directory', which I assume means the drivers aren't installed properly.
- 09-14-2009 #5Is this the exact error message you're getting? Because this means it's looking for a program called mixer, which would most likely be a result of typing the command in wrong. You're not using a space between alsa and mixer right? Should be all one wordcannot open mixer: no such file or directoryIf you post the output ofCode:
alsamixer
andCode:lspci -vnn
, we can see if the module is loading.Code:lsmod
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That is the exact error message, and I am typing it as one word. Here's all the output:
Code:robert@Helios:~$ alsamixer cannot open mixer: No such file or directory robert@Helios:~$ lspci -vnn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation C55 Host Bridge [10de:03a1] (rev a2) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03ac] (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03aa] (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03a9] (rev a1) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 00:00.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03ab] (rev a1) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 00:00.5 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03a8] (rev a2) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 00:00.6 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b5] (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:00.7 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b4] (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03ad] (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03ae] (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03af] (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b0] (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b1] (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.5 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b2] (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:01.6 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b3] (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:02.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03b6] (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:02.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03bc] (rev a1) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 00:02.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C55 Memory Controller [10de:03ba] (rev a1) Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation C55 PCI Express bridge [10de:03b7] (rev a1) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: ea000000-edffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp 00:09.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller [10de:0369] (rev a1) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:cb84] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:0a.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge [10de:0360] (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:cb84] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Kernel modules: ck804xrom 00:0a.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus [10de:0368] (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:cb84] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 255 I/O ports at ff00 [size=64] I/O ports at 1c00 [size=64] I/O ports at 1c80 [size=64] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2 00:0a.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller [10de:036a] (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:cb84] Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel 00:0b.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller [10de:036c] (rev a1) (prog-if 10) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:cb84] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 Memory at effff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd 00:0b.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller [10de:036d] (rev a2) (prog-if 20) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:cb84] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 Memory at efffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:0d.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE [10de:036e] (rev a1) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (Wrong ID) Device [f043:cb84] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] I/O ports at fc00 [size=16] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pata_amd 00:0e.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller [10de:037f] (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:cb84] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8] I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4] I/O ports at 0970 [size=8] I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4] I/O ports at f700 [size=16] Memory at efffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: sata_nv 00:0e.1 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller [10de:037f] (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:cb84] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22 I/O ports at 09e0 [size=8] I/O ports at 0be0 [size=4] I/O ports at 0960 [size=8] I/O ports at 0b60 [size=4] I/O ports at f200 [size=16] Memory at efffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: sata_nv 00:0e.2 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller [10de:037f] (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:cb84] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21 I/O ports at f100 [size=8] I/O ports at f000 [size=4] I/O ports at ef00 [size=8] I/O ports at ee00 [size=4] I/O ports at ed00 [size=16] Memory at efffb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: sata_nv 00:0f.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge [10de:0370] (rev a2) (prog-if 01) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff Memory behind bridge: e0000000-e7ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: efe00000-efefffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:11.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet [10de:0373] (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:cb84] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22 Memory at efffa000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] I/O ports at ec00 [size=8] Memory at efff9000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Memory at efff8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: forcedeth Kernel modules: forcedeth 00:12.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet [10de:0373] (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:cb84] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21 Memory at efff7000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] I/O ports at eb00 [size=8] Memory at efff6000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Memory at efff5000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: forcedeth Kernel modules: forcedeth 00:13.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge [10de:0376] (rev a2) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff Memory behind bridge: efd00000-efdfffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000efc00000-00000000efcfffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp 00:14.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge [10de:0374] (rev a2) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff Memory behind bridge: efb00000-efbfffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000efa00000-00000000efafffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp 00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge [10de:0374] (rev a2) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff Memory behind bridge: ef900000-ef9fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000ef800000-00000000ef8fffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp 00:16.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge [10de:0378] (rev a2) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff Memory behind bridge: ef700000-ef7fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000ef600000-00000000ef6fffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp 00:17.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge [10de:0375] (rev a2) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00007000-00007fff Memory behind bridge: ef500000-ef5fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000ef400000-00000000ef4fffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp 00:18.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge [10de:0377] (rev a2) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=08, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00006000-00006fff Memory behind bridge: ef300000-ef3fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000ef200000-00000000ef2fffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver Kernel modules: shpchp 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G80 [GeForce 8800 GTX] [10de:0191] (rev a2) Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:039c] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at ea000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M] I/O ports at df00 [size=128] [virtual] Expansion ROM at edfe0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia, nvidiafb 02:07.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Creative Labs SB X-Fi [1102:0005] Subsystem: Creative Labs Device [1102:0021] Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 I/O ports at cf00 [size=32] Memory at e7c00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M] Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: <access denied> 02:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller [1106:3044] (rev c0) (prog-if 10) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:81fe] Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19 Memory at e7fff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] I/O ports at ce00 [size=128] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ohci1394 Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394 robert@Helios:~$ lsmod Module Size Used by isofs 39844 0 udf 87716 0 crc_itu_t 10112 1 udf xt_limit 10116 6 xt_tcpudp 11008 9 ipt_LOG 13700 8 ipt_MASQUERADE 10752 0 xt_DSCP 11264 0 ipt_REJECT 11136 1 nf_conntrack_irc 13220 0 nf_conntrack_ftp 15652 0 xt_state 10112 6 binfmt_misc 16776 1 ppdev 15620 0 bridge 56212 0 stp 10500 1 bridge bnep 20224 2 input_polldev 11912 0 video 25360 0 output 11008 1 video lp 17156 0 parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp iptable_nat 13700 0 nf_nat 25876 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 21388 9 iptable_nat,nf_nat nf_conntrack 72008 7 ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_conntrack_ftp,xt_state,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 9984 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4 iptable_mangle 10880 0 iptable_filter 10752 1 ip_tables 19600 3 iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter x_tables 23044 9 xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,ipt_LOG,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_DSCP,ipt_REJECT,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables psmouse 61972 0 jedec_probe 20352 0 cfi_probe 11520 0 gen_probe 11264 2 jedec_probe,cfi_probe cfi_util 13696 1 cfi_probe mtd 23048 0 chipreg 11012 2 jedec_probe,cfi_probe nvidia 7233756 26 i2c_nforce2 14980 0 serio_raw 13444 0 map_funcs 9984 0 pcspkr 10496 0 usblp 20224 0 agpgart 42696 1 nvidia usbhid 42336 0 ohci1394 38576 0 ieee1394 94660 1 ohci1394 forcedeth 61712 0 fbcon 46112 0 tileblit 10752 1 fbcon font 16384 1 fbcon bitblit 13824 1 fbcon softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
- 09-14-2009 #7
Hmm, did you uninstall alsa at any point in trying to get this working?
Doesgive any output?Code:dpkg -l | grep -i alsa
Install the alsa packages with the followingThe module is for you card isn't loading. TryCode:sudo apt-get install alsa-base alsa-tools alsa-utils
You can also try compiling the newer alsa with this guide:Code:sudo modprobe snd_ctxfi sudo depmod -a
Upgrade Alsa (1.0.21) on Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 | To a free world
Replace this line
with this lineCode:sudo ./configure --with-cards=hda-intel --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Code:sudo ./configure --with-cards=ctfxi --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)
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I don't remember uninstalling alsa at any point, but I did try a few guides that involved updating the alsa drivers so I guess it is possible that I ended up removing them as part of one of those.
Trying 'sudo modprobe snd_ctxfi' results in an error saying 'FATAL: Module snd_ctxfi not found.'Code:robert@Helios:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i alsa ii alsa-base 1.0.18.dfsg-1ubuntu8 ALSA driver configuration files ii alsa-oss 1.0.17-1 ALSA wrapper for OSS applications ii alsa-utils 1.0.18-1ubuntu11 ALSA utilities rc alsamixergui 0.9.0rc2-1-9 graphical soundcard mixer for ALSA soundcard ii asoundconf-gtk 1.6-0ubuntu1 Applet to select the default ALSA sound card ii bluez-alsa 4.32-0ubuntu4.1 Bluetooth audio support ii gnome-alsamixer 0.9.7~cvs.20060916.ds.1-2 ALSA sound mixer for GNOME ii gstreamer0.10-alsa 0.10.22-5 GStreamer plugin for ALSA ii libasound2 1.0.18-1ubuntu9 shared library for ALSA applications ii libasound2-plugins 1.0.18-1ubuntu4 ALSA library additional plugins ii libesd-alsa0 0.2.40-0ubuntu3 Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - Shared lib ii libpt2.6.1-plugins-alsa 2.6.1-0ubuntu4 PTLib audio plugin for the ALSA Interface rc libsdl1.2debian-alsa 1.2.13-4ubuntu3 Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11 and ALSA ii linux-sound-base 1.0.18.dfsg-1ubuntu8 base package for ALSA and OSS sound systems
I tried following that guide but alsa still doesn't appear to be installed.
- 09-14-2009 #9
You have alsa installed. I guess it may be that because no sound modules loading, alsamixer doesn't load? Never run into that before, but I've never had sound troubles either.

The module isn't available, so it doesn't seem to have compiled or installed correctly. Did you get any errors during the process with either of the guides?
If you feel adventurous, you can always try Arch. It's a hard distro to learn, but the driver is available in the Arch User Repo.
AUR (en) - ctxfi
Arch Linux Forums / Compile alsa-driver for XFI
I'm being somewhat tongue in cheek, since Arch really isn't easy for new people. But I'm at a bit of a loss.


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