How-To: Creative X-Fi

[Psychopsia]

hey something mysteriously happened few minutes ago, I restarted and then the x-fi lost the configuration so no sound and Alsa error.

I reinstalled using the first post info and everything is working good again.

Listening Pink Floyd again hehe

[NullHead]

hey something mysteriously happened few minutes ago, I restarted and then the x-fi lost the configuration so no sound and Alsa error.

I reinstalled using the first post info and everything is working good again.

Listening Pink Floyd again hehe

It could have been to a kernel update. Did you install any updates before you restarted?

[borlosky]

It could have been to a kernel update. Did you install any updates before you restarted?

i had same problem. installed kernel update, and no sound. but just followed steps on first post again, rebooted, and was working fine again.

[Alan G. Archer]

i had same problem. installed kernel update, and no sound. but just followed steps on first post again, rebooted, and was working fine again.

I also lost sound after the last kernel update. And like you, regained sound by reinstalling the driver.

[NullHead]

That would be because of a directory change in the kernel headers. When the driver is linking to an old version, then you boot into a new version, you're essentially not loading the drivers at all.

Re-installing will fix your problem. I'm glad all of you have figured that out already

[Psychopsia]

It could have been to a kernel update. Did you install any updates before you restarted?

That's right, when xfi installed first time the kernel was Kernel 2.6.27-7 and yesterday upgraded to 2.6.27-9

So, on every kernel upgrade the xfi will be "uninstalled", right?

[NullHead]

That's right, when xfi installed first time the kernel was Kernel 2.6.27-7 and yesterday upgraded to 2.6.27-9

So, on every kernel upgrade the xfi will be "uninstalled", right?

That's essentially what's happening, yes. You just need to watch for those kernel updates in the update manager instead of updating the system with out knowing what's being updated.

[seenxu]

confirm.
this driver won't work on 8.04
after dist-update 8.04 to 8.10, works like a charm.

thx.

[rapha]

Just prevent Ubuntu from updating your kernel until this driver mess is fixed. In Synaptic look for linux-generic, linux-image-generic and linux-headers generic. Mark each of the packages and in the menu click Package and Lock Version. Now you should be able to install all updates again without checking first if they include a new kernel or not.

[scot.mcpherson]

Oh heavens, I wish I had checked this thread when I "noticed" some time last week that my sound wasn't working. I often work with my speakers shut off, and only turn them on when I specifically want to listen to something. Well last week my sound stopped working and I was getting ready to assume my hardware failed. After reading this, I am going to check to see if I simply need to reinstall the xfi drivers.

Thanks all who figured out this problem before I asked.

I don't suppose anyone is working on developing an ubuntu supported deb file are they? I'd volunteer....