Bug 846816

Summary: Creative Sound Blaster X-FI HD USB does not record audio
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Rudd-O DragonFear <rudd-o>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 17CC: gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
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Description Rudd-O DragonFear 2012-08-08 19:30:42 UTC
Description of problem:

Recording audio is impossible.  The input in pavucontrool is always quiet, no matter what I connect in it.  Alsamixer -V all will not show recording gain levels, only a selector (mic,phono,line) which has no effect whatsoever.  No matter how the card is configured in the Configuration tab, recording just delivers absolute silence.  Not even a hiss.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

~/Projects/Third-party/linux/upstream α:
rpm -q alsa-lib ; uname -r
alsa-lib-1.0.25-3.fc17.x86_64
alsa-lib-1.0.25-3.fc17.i686
3.4.6-2.fc17.x86_64

kernel module in charge: snd_usb_audio

alsa configuration:

~/Projects/Third-party/linux/upstream α:
aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC269VB Digital [ALC269VB Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: HD [USB Sound Blaster HD], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: HD [USB Sound Blaster HD], device 1: USB Audio [USB Audio #1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: HD [USB Sound Blaster HD], device 2: USB Audio [USB Audio #2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

lsusb output:

~/Projects/Third-party/linux/upstream α:
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 041e:30d7 Creative Technology, Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 13d3:5122 IMC Networks 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver

comprehensive alsa report:

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=96dbde40e448c476dd9620c7330247d1862dac7e


How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. connect mic or input to SB X-Fi USB
2. try to get sound recorded with pulseaudio's module-loopback
3. no sound in headphones (regardless of which card the headphones are connected to) nor level meter activity anywhere
  
Actual results:

record silence


Expected results:

record sound

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