x-fi notebook pci express refused by alsa/mixer [SOLVED]

greenfish · 2010-01-11 20:50:14

I have the x-fi notebook one (pci express) and sure enough it's loaded alright (dmesg output) but alas it's NOT showing up on alsamixer.

usb 8-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 8-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: Creative Technology Ltd SB X-Fi Notebook as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb8/8-2/8-2:1.3/input/input11
generic-usb 0003:041E:30D2.0004: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.11 Device [Creative Technology Ltd SB X-Fi Notebook] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input3
input: Creative Technology Ltd SB X-Fi Notebook as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb8/8-2/8-2:1.4/input/input12

I've tried blacklisting my onboard realtek one !snd_hda_intel, running alsamixer gives me "no soundcards found".

Using:

cat /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf 
options snd_hda_intel=0
options snd_ctxfi index=1

Doesn't work for me

0 = Card: HDA Intel
Chip: Realtek AL662 rev1

alsamixer -c 1
invalid card index: 1
try `alsamixer --help' for more information

ls -l /sys/module/snd/holders
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_ctxfi -> ../../snd_ctxfi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_hda_codec -> ../../snd_hda_codec
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_hda_codec_realtek -> ../../snd_hda_codec_realtek
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_hda_codec_si3054 -> ../../snd_hda_codec_si3054
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_hda_intel -> ../../snd_hda_intel
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_hwdep -> ../../snd_hwdep
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_mixer_oss -> ../../snd_mixer_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_pcm -> ../../snd_pcm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_pcm_oss -> ../../snd_pcm_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_rawmidi -> ../../snd_rawmidi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_seq -> ../../snd_seq
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_seq_device -> ../../snd_seq_device
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_seq_oss -> ../../snd_seq_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_timer -> ../../snd_timer
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 11 22:46 snd_usb_audio -> ../../snd_usb_audio

lsmod|grep '^snd' | column -t
snd_usb_audio          73210   0
snd_usb_lib            16183   1   snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            18676   1   snd_usb_lib
snd_hda_codec_si3054   3862    1
snd_seq_dummy          1439    0
snd_hda_codec_realtek  250244  1
snd_seq_oss            29023   0
snd_seq_midi_event     5316    1   snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                50558   5   snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         5181    4   snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_intel          21586   0
snd_hda_codec          63659   3   snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              6340    2   snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            39011   0
snd_mixer_oss          17299   1   snd_pcm_oss
snd_ctxfi              90683   0
snd_pcm                70318   6   snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_ctxfi
snd_timer              18799   2   snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    57408   15  snd_usb_audio,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ctxfi,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc         7033    2   snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

As you can see the module snd_ctxfi is loaded properly and the pci express is detected by the kernel (dmesg output) but why isn't it showing up on alsamixer?

Last edited by greenfish (2010-06-28 11:45:46)

greenfish · 2010-01-19 22:07:36

As of 2.6.34 and alsa-lib 1.0.23-1, alsa-utils 1.0.23-2, xfi notebook is finally working for me!!!

Last edited by greenfish (2010-06-28 11:45:24)

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#1 2010-01-11 20:50:14

x-fi notebook pci express refused by alsa/mixer [SOLVED]

#2 2010-01-19 22:07:36

Re: x-fi notebook pci express refused by alsa/mixer [SOLVED]

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