Hey all,

For a long time I regretted getting my X-fi after the on board audio card randomly died. Why? Cause it wouldn't work in Ubuntu (my business/work OS), though worked and sounded simply amazing in Windows. Well, many hours later I came to a solution, but never wrote it down ... until today.

I wrote up a working tutorial, step by step, on my main blog: http://www.piotrkrzyzek.com/creative...und-on-ubuntu/

The main action item is to install the Audio Dev PPA's and the latest linux-alsa-driver-modules specific to your kernal. And most newer cards should work.

To get the digital 5.1 working, it needs a little bit more work, it's all in there.

Enjoy.