Public bug reported: hw not working: CREATIVE X-Fi Surround 5.1 USB driver for device: snd_usb_audio
what should work: 1clear sound, 2 infrared remote control and hardware volume control button, 3 no volume control 4. device works with full speed, which is according specification USB 1.0 speed, it should be high speed USB 2.0. what's the problem: 1sound has pops and cracks few times per second. also reported here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6830864&postcount=8 2 remote control in this sound card is not implemented in driver, so no HID device is found, I tried it with lirc and driver usbaudio, but it didn't work. 3. no mixer 4. USB 1.0 speed prevents special features like surround and crystalizer to work lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 9.04 Release: 9.04 uname -r 2.6.28-13-generic cat /proc/asound/version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.20. Compiled on Jul 9 2009 for kernel 2.6.28-13-generic (SMP). cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDA Intel at 0xd0440000 irq 22 1 [S51 ]: USB-Audio - SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 Creative Technology SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 at usb-0000:00:1d.2-1, full speed some info I found: http://mndar.phpnet.us/usbxfi/ this was built from latest unstable source(tried also stable). x-fi provided some Open source drivers, but only for PCI x-fi cards. ** Affects: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- CREATIVE X-Fi Surround 5.1 USB bad sound, no remote control https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398531 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs