Audigy sound card CA0106

Hello

Some users are experiencing problems with audigy:

Refer

https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/27743

https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/32605

Secondly,

You can have a look at the ALSA website. http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page
Many sound cards are supported by ALSA and Linux, and so, by Ubuntu, but the Creative X-Fi is an exception.

Creative has released some code of their X-Fi cards I think.
http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8624

Regards

Hi,

I recommend following the suggestion here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=912207&highlight=CA0106
and here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=878084&highlight=CA0106

Also make sure to increase volume on all sound output channels using alsamixer AND aumix

If you still do not get sound working, please send output of following commands:

sudo lshw -C multimedia
cat /proc/asound/cards

Make sure the file /etc/pulse/default.pa only contains this:

#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
#
# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.

.nofail

### Load something into the sample cache
#load-sample-lazy x11-bell /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/activate.wav
load-sample-lazy pulse-hotplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav
#load-sample-lazy pulse-access /usr/share/sounds/generic.wav

.fail

### Load audio drivers statically (it's probably better to not load
### these drivers manually, but instead use module-hal-detect --
### see below -- for doing this automatically)
#load-module module-alsa-sink
load-module module-alsa-sink device="surround51" channels=6 sink_name=sur51
#load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0
#load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output source_name=input
#load-module module-null-sink
#load-module module-pipe-sink

### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
#.ifexists module-hal-detect.so
#load-module module-hal-detect
#.else
### Alternatively use the static hardware detection module (for systems that
### lack HAL support)
#load-module module-detect
#.endif

### Load several protocols
.ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
.endif
load-module module-native-protocol-unix

### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented
### here if you plan to use paprefs)
#load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-native-protocol-tcp
#load-module module-zeroconf-publish

### Load the RTP reciever module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-rtp-recv

### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
#load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2 rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink"
#load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor

### Automatically restore the volume of playback streams
load-module module-volume-restore

### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user during runtime
load-module module-default-device-restore

### Automatically move streams to the default sink if the sink they are
### connected to dies, similar for sources
load-module module-rescue-streams

### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
load-module module-suspend-on-idle

### Load X11 bell module
#load-module module-x11-bell sample=x11-bell

### Register ourselves in the X11 session manager
# Deactivated by default, to avoid deadlock when PA is started as esd from gnome-session
# Instead we load this via /etc/xdg/autostart/ and "pactl load-module" now
# load-module module-x11-xsmp

### Load additional modules from GConf settings. This can be configured with the paprefs tool.
### Please keep in mind that the modules configured by paprefs might conflict with manually
### loaded modules.
.ifexists module-gconf.so
.nofail
load-module module-gconf
.fail
.endif

### Publish connection data in the X11 root window
.ifexists module-x11-publish.so
.nofail
load-module module-x11-publish
.fail
.endif

### Make some devices default
#set-default-sink output
#set-default-source input

Hope it helps,

Regards,

Mark

Hi Mark

For whatever reason CA0106 is not showing now.

here is the output

  sudo lshw -C multimedia

*-multimedia

description: Audio device

product: IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller

vendor: ATI Technologies Inc

physical id: 14.2

bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2

version: 01

width: 64 bits

clock: 33MHz

capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list

configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64 module=snd_hda_intel

*-multimedia:0 UNCLAIMED

description: Multimedia audio controller

product: SB Audigy LS

vendor: Creative Labs

physical id: c

bus info: pci@0000:02:0c.0

version: 00

width: 32 bits

clock: 33MHz

capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list

configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=20 mingnt=2

*-multimedia:1

description: Multimedia controller

product: SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder

vendor: Philips Semiconductors

physical id: d

bus info: pci@0000:02:0d.0

version: d1

width: 32 bits

clock: 33MHz

capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list

configuration: driver=saa7134 latency=64 module=saa7134

chris@chris-desktop:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards

0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB

HDA ATI SB at 0xfebf8000 irq 17

1 [SAA7134 ]: SAA7134 - SAA7134

saa7133[0] at 0xfe9ff800 irq 18

Hope this will help.

Best regards

Chris

2008/10/7 Mark Rijckenberg <email address hidden>

> Your question #47354 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/47354
>
> Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
> Hi,
>
> I recommend following the suggestion here:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=912207&highlight=CA0106
> and here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=878084&highlight=CA0106
>
> Also make sure to increase volume on all sound output channels using
> alsamixer AND aumix
>
> If you still do not get sound working, please send output of following
> commands:
>
> sudo lshw -C multimedia
> cat /proc/asound/cards
>
> Make sure the file /etc/pulse/default.pa only contains this:
>
> #!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
> #
> # This file is part of PulseAudio.
> #
> # PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> # under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
> # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> # (at your option) any later version.
> #
> # PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
> # General Public License for more details.
> #
> # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
> # along with PulseAudio; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
> # Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
>
> .nofail
>
> ### Load something into the sample cache
> #load-sample-lazy x11-bell /usr/share/sounds/gtk-events/activate.wav
> load-sample-lazy pulse-hotplug /usr/share/sounds/startup3.wav
> #load-sample-lazy pulse-access /usr/share/sounds/generic.wav
>
> .fail
>
> ### Load audio drivers statically (it's probably better to not load
> ### these drivers manually, but instead use module-hal-detect --
> ### see below -- for doing this automatically)
> #load-module module-alsa-sink
> load-module module-alsa-sink device="surround51" channels=6 sink_name=sur51
> #load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0
> #load-module module-oss device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output
> source_name=input
> #load-module module-oss-mmap device="/dev/dsp" sink_name=output
> source_name=input
> #load-module module-null-sink
> #load-module module-pipe-sink
>
> ### Automatically load driver modules depending on the hardware available
> #.ifexists module-hal-detect.so
> #load-module module-hal-detect
> #.else
> ### Alternatively use the static hardware detection module (for systems
> that
> ### lack HAL support)
> #load-module module-detect
> #.endif
>
> ### Load several protocols
> .ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
> load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
> .endif
> load-module module-native-protocol-unix
>
> ### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented
> ### here if you plan to use paprefs)
> #load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp
> #load-module module-native-protocol-tcp
> #load-module module-zeroconf-publish
>
> ### Load the RTP reciever module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
> #load-module module-rtp-recv
>
> ### Load the RTP sender module (also configured via paprefs, see above)
> #load-module module-null-sink sink_name=rtp format=s16be channels=2
> rate=44100 description="RTP Multicast Sink"
> #load-module module-rtp-send source=rtp.monitor
>
> ### Automatically restore the volume of playback streams
> load-module module-volume-restore
>
> ### Automatically restore the default sink/source when changed by the user
> during runtime
> load-module module-default-device-restore
>
> ### Automatically move streams to the default sink if the sink they are
> ### connected to dies, similar for sources
> load-module module-rescue-streams
>
> ### Automatically suspend sinks/sources that become idle for too long
> load-module module-suspend-on-idle
>
> ### Load X11 bell module
> #load-module module-x11-bell sample=x11-bell
>
> ### Register ourselves in the X11 session manager
> # Deactivated by default, to avoid deadlock when PA is started as esd from
> gnome-session
> # Instead we load this via /etc/xdg/autostart/ and "pactl load-module" now
> # load-module module-x11-xsmp
>
> ### Load additional modules from GConf settings. This can be configured
> with the paprefs tool.
> ### Please keep in mind that the modules configured by paprefs might
> conflict with manually
> ### loaded modules.
> .ifexists module-gconf.so
> .nofail
> load-module module-gconf
> .fail
> .endif
>
> ### Publish connection data in the X11 root window
> .ifexists module-x11-publish.so
> .nofail
> load-module module-x11-publish
> .fail
> .endif
>
> ### Make some devices default
> #set-default-sink output
> #set-default-source input
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
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Hi,

Please try the following:

1. take the Audigy card out of your computer
2. then follow these instructions to enable your on-board soundcard (IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller):

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5148501

3. make sure to increase volume on all sound output channels using alsamixer AND aumix
4. don't forget to connect the speaker audio cables to your motherboard's soundcard (instead of the Audigy)

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Mark

Hi,

If sound does not work using the on-board soundcard (see previous procedure), you can also try this, but I think using the Audigy has a lower chance of success than using the on-board sound:

1. Insert the Audigy soundcard into the motherboard
2. Enter the BIOS and disable the on-board soundchip
3. Follow these instructions to recompile and reinstall the newest alsa-driver package:

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Module-ca0106
http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Download

Regards,

Mark

Hi,

Another useful link that can help get the HDA ATI SB soundcard working is here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3796486&postcount=1

Regards,

Mark

Hi Mark

Thanks for you help - I now have sound working through the ear phones which
I've never had before but I still have no sound through the speakers. My
computer is a Sony Vaio VA1 which I think has an Asus motherboard if this
helps.

Cheers

Chris

2008/10/8 Mark Rijckenberg <email address hidden>

> Your question #47354 on alsa-driver in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+question/47354
>
> Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
> Hi,
>
> Another useful link that can help get the HDA ATI SB soundcard working
> is here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3796486&postcount=1
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
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