Bug 2019855

Summary:	Firmware file 'ctefx.bin' missing from /lib/firmware, stopping audio from working
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	true.robot.ross
Component:	alsa-firmware	Assignee:	Jaroslav Kysela <jkysela>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	35	CC:	andreas.bierfert, awilliam, jcall, jkysela, rpm
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Description true.robot.ross 2021-11-03 13:44:04 UTC

Description of problem:

Firmware file 'ctefx.bin' missing from /lib/firmware, stopping audio working.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Creative sound cards which use the CA0132 firmware will not produce audio unless the 'ctefx.bin' file is present in /lib/firmware

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install fresh copy of Fedora 35
2. Try to play audio. (nothing happens)

Actual results:
No sound is played, despite output being configured correctly via Settings and Alsamixer

Expected results:
Audio should play as expected.

Additional info:
ctefx.bin is part of the alsa-firmware package.

This should probably shipped with the base Fedora install (if possible) or the user is given the option to install it upon first boot.

Comment 1 Adam Williamson 2021-11-03 16:51:13 UTC

We have alsa-sof-firmware in the hardware-support comps group (for x86_64), but alsa-firmware is only in the 'audio' group which no default package set includes. I'm not sure what the reasoning behind this split is, but if real-world consumer hardware doesn't work without something that's in a package we don't install by default, that seems like a problem.

Comment 2 Jaroslav Kysela 2021-11-03 16:58:16 UTC

The Creative hardware is not used by major count of users now. I propose to keep things ASIS (it may be documented, of course). We already install a bunch of firmware files.

Comment 3 Ben Cotton 2022-11-29 17:13:33 UTC

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Comment 4 Adam Williamson 2022-11-30 18:40:45 UTC

Per #c2 above, I guess this is WONTFIX.