Creative X Fi Drivers Ubuntu

I'm trying out Linux. I am totally new to Linux and decided to go with Ubuntu as most suggest that as a starting point. I installed it on a USB pen drive [version 10.04] using the method given on their site. And I'm currently running off the USB. I have Creative X-Fi Surround 5.1 USB sound card and have no clue on how to get it working. Could someone please guide me to get this working.

Would love to switch to linux but hesitant to install onto the HDD if I cant get drivers to work correctly. Edit Here's a link to the product on. Since I'm currently running from the USB drive, the settings will not be saved. I did however try it while on USB and got an error at step 3 $ sudo gpasswd -a YOURUSERNAME pulse-rt it says that the group 'pulse-rt'does not exist.

And since a restart is required to complete this process, it didn't work cause it's a live CD running from USB. I'll have to find another drive or some space on my current HDD and install it and try these out. Will keep you posted on my progress. Once again thanks for providing help. Truly appreciate it. Lebanon Cars Directory Ipa.

Hey, I have it working using PulseAudio. I used to have distortions and errors with ALSA and OSS, but with PA it runs perfectly so far.

I have my sound system connected through the optical out though, can't give any information about surround sound with analogue speakers. If you have mutliple soundcards and fear PulseAudios configuration files, there are small configuration tools (paconfig for example, I found it somewhere in the forums) that do the job for you. A restart seems to be required, though. Use PulseAudio to get the USB sound card to play suround sound. 1) Go to this post (to set up your PulseAudio sound server properly. 2) Go to this post (to set up surround sound.

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I did the 'Easy Way.' If you don't hear anything when you play something (e.g., a YouTube video), that means the default sound server (usually ALSA) is playing the stream, not PulseAudio (which is what your USB sound card uses). To fix this, go into PulseAudio Volume Control and simply redirect the stream to the X-Fi Surround USB. 1) Look through the tabs until you see the active sound server--you can tell what it is because the sound bars will be moving left to right.

2) Click the down arrow in that section, which is off to the right. 3) Select 'redirect stream' or something like that (I don't have it in front of me) and pick the X-Fi Surround USB. You'll have to do this only once for each sound source that picks the wrong (i.e., non-X-Fi). Hello everyone! My first port at Ubuntuforums. I do have discovered that the Creative X-Fi USB 5.1 soundcard is supported in Ubuntu 9.10 (or well, at least the stereo-output) out-of-the-box! I got surprised by this when I was using Slackware 12.2, because there I had to get into the blacklist at the /etc/init.d/-folder and blacklist my original onboard soundcard in order to make the USB-soundcard work.

But in Karmic, all I needed to do was to get into System->Preferences->Sound (and in there it found the soundcard by itself), disable the onboard card, and then the X-Fi card just popped in automatically. Also, I can adjust the volume in Ubuntu (or well, I can use the volume up, down and mute-button on my keyboard) and it works! I hope that I've provided some information that may come in handy for someone else //ODECiF. Hello everyone! My first port at Ubuntuforums. I do have discovered that the Creative X-Fi USB 5.1 soundcard is supported in Ubuntu 9.10 (or well, at least the stereo-output) out-of-the-box!

I got surprised by this when I was using Slackware 12.2, because there I had to get into the blacklist at the /etc/init.d/-folder and blacklist my original onboard soundcard in order to make the USB-soundcard work. But in Karmic, all I needed to do was to get into System->Preferences->Sound (and in there it found the soundcard by itself), disable the onboard card, and then the X-Fi card just popped in automatically. Also, I can adjust the volume in Ubuntu (or well, I can use the volume up, down and mute-button on my keyboard) and it works! I hope that I've provided some information that may come in handy for someone else //ODECiF Yeah stereo does work fine, but what's the point of having a surround sound card if it doesn't work. I have to watch my movies on zindowz. Moreover the crystalizer feature doesn't work either, and it really makes a world of difference. Can somebody confirm it the six channel audio works in fine in 10.04?

I am planning to buy one 5.1 usb soundcard for my laptop. Or if somebody else can suggest someother 5.1 usb sound card where 6 channel audio would work flawlessly that would be also of great help.