Bug 718383

Summary: X-Fi XtremeGamer soundcard not working in 5.1 mode
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Steve <kkbbf81jd6>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 17CC: gansalmon, itamar, jforbes, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: alsa first=2.6.38.8 tested=3.4.3
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Description Steve 2011-07-02 07:16:11 UTC 
Description of problem:
subwoofer and centre channel speakers not working.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 15 with all updates loaded.
Name        : kernel
Version     : 2.6.38.8
Release     : 32.fc15
Architecture: x86_64

How reproducible:
Every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. click sound icon on task bar
2. select Sound Settings
3. Hardware TAB, select "SB X-Fi" and select 5.1 output
4. select test speakers
  
Actual results:
No sound from subwoofer and centre channel speakers

Expected results:
Sound plays from subwoofer and centre channel speakers

Additional info:
# lspci -v
04:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB X-Fi
	Subsystem: Creative Labs Device 0031
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
	I/O ports at c000 [size=32]
	Memory at fc000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
	Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Kernel driver in use: SB-XFi
	Kernel modules: snd-ctxfi
Comment 1 Steve 2011-07-02 07:18:38 UTC 
I have tested the sound card and speakers under Windows XP and they work fine, so its not a hardware problem.
Comment 2 Josh Boyer 2012-06-06 15:41:31 UTC 
Is this still hapenning with the 2.6.43/3.3 kernel updates?
Comment 3 Steve 2012-06-26 10:36:10 UTC 
I tested with Fedora 17 with kernel 3.4.3, and the problem is still occuring.
Comment 4 Justin M. Forbes 2012-12-07 16:09:13 UTC 
Is this still happening with 3.6.9 kernels?