Creative X-FI Soundblaster Drivers released v1.18 [HOWTO]

[ghost_zero]

Well: Wouldn't be the first ones... Although these here are still beta...

Anyway: I tried to install it on Ubuntu 7.10 Tribe 5 with the patch supplied by "demik".
However: I have a problem during "make install" I get: "./ctsound: 35: Syntax error: Bad substitution"
And the device won't work too.
I also get some Unknown symbols in dmesg.
Some from ctalsa, emupia, crossrv, ...
I also have the malloc_sizes in it.

[blubbi]

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that opensource folks are fixing closed source drivers?

No, m2

But we did it.... thanks to demik and Thingol79

An updated howot will be supplied in some minutes on
http://olausson.de/x-fi/


Now we have to find a good ebuilder...

Sound works for me

root@freax $ emerge --info
Portage 2.1.3.9 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.22.8 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.22.8 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
Timestamp of tree: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:50:01 +0000
distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r5
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1
sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils: 2.17-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.21
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"


It will not work on 2.6.23-r8

stay tuned...

[aidanjt]

Now we have to find a good ebuilder...

I'll try, but I have a funny feeling that there's going to be a ton of sandbox violations thanks to the shitty build system.

[aidanjt]

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aidan@raptor ~/XFi/XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04/XFiDrv_Linux_US-1.04 $ make
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/xfisrc': Operation not permitted
ln: cannot remove `/tmp/xfisrc': Operation not permitted
Makefile:16: /tmp/xfisrc/Makefile.conf: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `/tmp/xfisrc/Makefile.conf'.  Stop.

That confirms my suspicions, this isn't going to work with portage without a major overhaul of the build system. Ugh, this is going to be a lot of work.

[blubbi]

Okay, here's the howto:

See on the first page for the howto:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-42 ... ml#4278302

[jsn]

Works, with the how-to above! Well it doesnt play very smooth, loops the sounds rapidly.

Thanks everyone.

[MetalAZ]

Anyway: I tried to install it on Ubuntu 7.10 Tribe 5 with the patch supplied by "demik".
However: I have a problem during "make install" I get: "./ctsound: 35: Syntax error: Bad substitution"
And the device won't work too.

I'm having the same exact problem. Same patches, same distro

[blubbi]

Okay, I have sound...

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mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=2 yourfile.mp3

But its very very ugly, it crackls, is noisy.... bah....
(tested with sound out via jacks... gonna see wat optical does)


Same with optical.... (from the frontpannel)

[ghost_zero]

I tried with newest version and I still get the "Bad substitution" problem.
Does anybody know what this could be and how to fix it?

[blubbi]

Now we have to find a good ebuilder...

I'll try, but I have a funny feeling that there's going to be a ton of sandbox violations thanks to the shitty build system.

I Believe in You

Seems as if gentoo will be the first "easy install X-Fi" distribution if you finished the ebuild

thanks for the help!

regards
blubbi

[MetalAZ]

Well, I've now I've updated gutsy and since I know I'm using the 2.6 kernel I removed the if statement and left just the "suffix=.ko". I get a little further, but then run into:

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WARNING: Error inserting ctossrv (/lib/modules/2.6.22-12-generic/kernel/drivers/ssound/ctossrv.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting emupia (/lib/modules/2.6.22-12-generic/kernel/drivers/ssound/emupia.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting ctsfman (/lib/modules/2.6.22-12-generic/kernel/drivers/ssound/ctsfman.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting ct20xut (/lib/modules/2.6.22-12-generic/kernel/drivers/ssound/ct20xut.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting ctexfifx (/lib/modules/2.6.22-12-generic/kernel/drivers/ssound/ctexfifx.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting cthwiut (/lib/modules/2.6.22-12-generic/kernel/drivers/ssound/cthwiut.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting haxfi (/lib/modules/2.6.22-12-generic/kernel/drivers/ssound/haxfi.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting ctalsa (/lib/modules/2.6.22-12-generic/kernel/drivers/ssound/ctalsa.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

dmesg shows:

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[ 3430.272536] emupia: Unknown symbol InterlockedIncrement
[ 3430.272564] emupia: Unknown symbol heap_alloc
[ 3430.272593] emupia: Unknown symbol stack_free_page
[ 3430.272645] emupia: Unknown symbol stack_alloc
[ 3430.272703] emupia: Unknown symbol get_ossrv
[ 3430.272727] emupia: Unknown symbol unload_all_plugins
[ 3430.272756] emupia: Unknown symbol stack_alloc_page
[ 3430.272780] emupia: Unknown symbol ioctl_dispatch
[ 3430.272805] emupia: Unknown symbol heap_free
[ 3430.272855] emupia: Unknown symbol InterlockedDecrement
[ 3430.272884] emupia: Unknown symbol stack_free
[ 3430.274955] ctsfman: Unknown symbol heap_alloc
[ 3430.275049] ctsfman: Unknown symbol get_ossrv
[ 3430.275074] ctsfman: Unknown symbol ioctl_dispatch
[ 3430.275099] ctsfman: Unknown symbol heap_free
[ 3430.279311] ct20xut: Unknown symbol InterlockedIncrement
[ 3430.279344] ct20xut: Unknown symbol __stack_chk_fail
[ 3430.279366] ct20xut: Unknown symbol heap_alloc
[ 3430.279393] ct20xut: Unknown symbol unregister_plugin
[ 3430.279427] ct20xut: Unknown symbol heap_free
[ 3430.279462] ct20xut: Unknown symbol register_plugin
[ 3430.279483] ct20xut: Unknown symbol InterlockedDecrement
[ 3430.295213] ctexfifx: Unknown symbol InterlockedDecrement
[ 3430.295248] ctexfifx: Unknown symbol register_plugin
[ 3430.295278] ctexfifx: Unknown symbol unregister_plugin
[ 3430.295307] ctexfifx: Unknown symbol __stack_chk_fail
[ 3430.295347] ctexfifx: Unknown symbol heap_alloc
[ 3430.295381] ctexfifx: Unknown symbol InterlockedIncrement
[ 3430.295406] ctexfifx: Unknown symbol heap_free
[ 3430.298108] cthwiut: Unknown symbol InterlockedIncrement
[ 3430.298141] cthwiut: Unknown symbol __stack_chk_fail
[ 3430.298162] cthwiut: Unknown symbol heap_alloc
[ 3430.298188] cthwiut: Unknown symbol unregister_plugin
[ 3430.298220] cthwiut: Unknown symbol heap_free
[ 3430.298262] cthwiut: Unknown symbol register_plugin
[ 3430.298283] cthwiut: Unknown symbol InterlockedDecrement
[ 3430.319572] haxfi: Unknown symbol InterlockedDecrement
[ 3430.319658] haxfi: Unknown symbol get_ossrv
[ 3430.319757] haxfi: Unknown symbol heap_alloc
[ 3430.319816] haxfi: Unknown symbol InterlockedIncrement
[ 3430.319858] haxfi: Unknown symbol heap_free
[ 3430.323062] ctalsa: Unknown symbol bytes_to_order
[ 3430.323399] ctalsa: Unknown symbol get_ossrv
[ 3430.323546] ctalsa: Unknown symbol __stack_chk_fail
[ 3430.323964] ctalsa: Unknown symbol heap_alloc
[ 3430.324028] ctalsa: Unknown symbol malloc_sizes
[ 3430.324109] ctalsa: Unknown symbol ioctl_dispatch
[ 3430.324382] ctalsa: Unknown symbol heap_free

Anyone have any ideas on this?

[ghost_zero]

I see you got a bit further as did I. Did the same - first I wanted to try was to update and afterwards I looked here.
I get the same as you (well this was probably expected as we use the same system).

EDIT:
I got a bit further again by adding the "-fno-stack-protector" to CFLAGS in the Makefile.conf

Now the only problematic point left in dmesg is this:
[ 893.467928] ctalsa: Unknown symbol malloc_sizes

[ghost_zero]

I think the problem is that the Ubuntu v7.10 kernel is compiled to use SLUB and not SLAB because malloc_sizes is not included in SLUB but in SLAB.

[demik]

I think the problem is that the Ubuntu v7.10 kernel is compiled to use SLUB and not SLAB because malloc_sizes is not included in SLUB but in SLAB.

You are right, current gentoo and debian kernels are compiled to use SLAB, not SLUB, and malloc_sizes is included only in SLAB

[ghost_zero]

Is there a way around this without recompiling the kernel?

EDIT: Seems like NO because this is part of the binary driver if I am correct...

[blubbi]

try to use a vanilla source... to avoid interfering patches...
http://omploader.org/vNHFu (2.6.22.8.tar.bz2)

extrackt in /
it will extrackt to /usr/local/portage/sys-kernel/vanilla-sources/vanilla-sources-2.6.22.8.ebuild

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cd /

download an extrackt it

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wget -O 2.6.22.8.tar.bz2 http://omploader.org/vNHFu && tar -xvjf 2.6.22.8.tar.bz2

than run

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ebuild /usr/local/portage/sys-kernel/vanilla-sources/vanilla-sources-2.6.22.8.ebuild digest

then emerge latest vanilla build:

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emerge =sys-kernel/vanilla-sources-2.6.22.8

enshure you have the following in your make.conf

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PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"

my kernelconfig:
http://rafb.net/p/xO8LnK94.html

[thode]

I do not have problems building the driver, but apparently something goes wrong when loading the module.
I've tested the following with kernels 2.6.22.8, 2.6.22.9, 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 and 2.6.22-gentoo-r7. 2.6.22.8 was tested with the .config provided by blubbi (slightly modified in regards to filesystems, UTF8 and network drivers), the rest was configured with the configuration I normally use.

"make install" seems to install the drivers fine, but exits with a killed signal in regards to some modprobing (dmesg posted below). Hereafter /etc/init.d/ctsound does nothing, and it is impossible to unload ctossrv, even forced.

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Modules linked in: ctossrv(P) snd_seq_midi_emul snd_seq snd_seq_device fuse snd_hda_intel snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc nvidia(P) sky2 scsi_wait_scan(F)
Pid: 8623, comm: modprobe Tainted: PF      2.6.22.8 #2
RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000000>]  [<0000000000000000>]
RSP: 0000:ffff8100667efbe0  EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffffff80518f80 RBX: ffff81006db4b200 RCX: ffffffff00000004
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff81006db4b200
RBP: ffff8100667efc38 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: ffffffff80283761
R10: ffffffff8028cb0c R11: ffff81007ada5016 R12: ffff8100667efc14
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS:  00002b5c721bbae0(0000) GS:ffff810001179dc0(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000066018000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
Process modprobe (pid: 8623, threadinfo ffff8100667ee000, task ffff810072abe040)
Stack:  ffffffff8876f469 ffff810066751cc0 ffff8100667efc38 0000000000000000
 ffffffff887721eb ffffffff887921a4 ffffffff887921a4 ffff81006d736000
 ffffffff88792178 0000000000000028 ffffffff887921a4 ffff8100667efc48
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8876f469>] :ctossrv:sysGetFileSize+0x3e/0x71
 [<ffffffff887721eb>] :ctossrv:_ZN5OSSrv8SeekFileEPvi13CTFILEIO_SEEK+0x3d/0x76
 [<ffffffff8877485d>] :ctossrv:_ZN7Porting14SetFilePointerEPviPij+0x13/0x1a
 [<ffffffff887753ad>] :ctossrv:_ZN7VBDFile4SeekEjj+0x39/0x9c
 [<ffffffff887759ef>] :ctossrv:_ZN7VBDFile4ReadEPvjj+0x51/0x10e
 [<ffffffff887752ab>] :ctossrv:_ZN7VBDFile4OpenEPKc10AccessMode+0x243/0x30c
 [<ffffffff8877c041>] :ctossrv:_ZN9CRegistry14GetCreativeHdrEPKcP17CreativeHeaderTag+0x33/0x6e
 [<ffffffff8877e0e5>] :ctossrv:_ZN9CRegistry4InitEPKcP17CreativeHeaderTag+0x1b7/0x31e
 [<ffffffff887746be>] :ctossrv:_ZN6DevReg10InitDevRegEPKcP17CreativeHeaderTag+0x15a/0x1dc
 [<ffffffff88770c28>] :ctossrv:OSSrv_InitDriver+0x100/0x13a
 [<ffffffff8879400e>] :ctossrv:ctossrv_init+0xe/0x1a
 [<ffffffff802536da>] sys_init_module+0x169c/0x17fc
 [<ffffffff804f68ed>] trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x35/0x37
 [<ffffffff802093fe>] system_call+0x7e/0x83

Code:  Bad RIP value.
RIP  [<0000000000000000>]
 RSP <ffff8100667efbe0>
CR2: 0000000000000000

I'm running a system with intel core 2 2.4 ghz. pw5 dh deluxe, 2 gb corssair ram, a geforce 7900 gtx - and an intel software raid 0 on the mobo controller with dmraid.

I don't know a lot about this outside of my normal kernel configuration - but I was wondering whether the alsa use flag (which drags in alsa-lib from portage) in my make.conf, or my boot sequence with a ram partition created with genkernel might have an influence on the module problems I have?

I'll post further information in regards to system, such as my .config, if needed.

Regards
Christian

[ghost_zero]

OK. I now compiled my own kernel (but doing it my way - using make-dpkg).
I download 2.6.22.9 vanilla kernel and used my configuration except that I changed from SLUB to SLAB.
AND voilla the driver now works just fine.
BUT: It doesn't load correctly all the time. It happens that it hangs up my whole system during loading (of course as it is in bootup, it hangs up system during boot up) BUT otherwise it works fine. Well: That's probably why it is a Beta version

Furthermore: It can happen that the sound becomes strange for some time or even permanently (some strange repeating sound - don't know how to explain it better in English)... That is really annoying...

[demik]

Grats

If you mean the sound loop like a scratched gramophone record, I've that too sometimes.

[ghost_zero]

Could be, although I believe my problem was/is that the video player hang up during playback and was still active even after the window was closed (used kill or killall to end it completely) but might not always...

Although I am not sure if it is the driver or the video player that caused it to be like this....

EDIT:
One question I have though: How do I enable 5.1 playback with the X-Fi driver (with 5.1 files)?
Furthermore: Is hardware upmixing already included too in this release (means stereo to 5.1)?

EDIT2:
I just noticed something strange. It seems that some players seem to have extreme problems with the playback and this driver it always ends up in looping a second or something like this a few times before going on to the next part... Especially music players - haven't had this problem yet (one the same files) with a video player (although with some of them I have changing position problem or that the hang up on re-positioning or that the hang-up on closing them...

[blubbi]

I do not have problems building the driver, but apparently something goes wrong when loading the module.
I've tested the following with kernels 2.6.22.8, 2.6.22.9, 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 and 2.6.22-gentoo-r7. 2.6.22.8 was tested with the .config provided by blubbi (slightly modified in regards to filesystems, UTF8 and network drivers), the rest was configured with the configuration I normally use.


I'm running a system with intel core 2 2.4 ghz. pw5 dh deluxe, 2 gb corssair ram, a geforce 7900 gtx - and an intel software raid 0 on the mobo controller with dmraid.

Regards
Christian

I have the same setup

C2D E6600, 2GB RAM, Asus EN7600 GT, and Asus P5W-DH Delux (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-53 ... ight-.html)

Compare your emerge --info with mine (in the first post below the X-Fi howto)

[thode]

allright, I didn't bother to check, since I'm running the stable arch, and updated a few hours ago.

I'll have a look see later tonight!

[blubbi]

Please post your emerge --info and lshw --short and lspci....

Thats gonna be interesting!

[thode]

emerge --info:

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Portage 2.1.3.9 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.22.8 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.22.8 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
Timestamp of tree: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:50:01 +0000
distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled]
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p17
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r5
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r7
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.17-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.24
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.21
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="ccache distcc distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.uni-c.dk/pub/gentoo/ "
MAKEOPTS="-j11"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X acl acpi alsa amd64 bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd dvdr fortran gdbm gpm gtk hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog jpeg midi mmx mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openal opengl openmp pam pcre perl pppd python readline reflection session spl sse sse2 ssl tcpd truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="emu10k1" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

lshw --short:

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H/W path           Device      Class       Description
======================================================
                               system      P5W DH Deluxe
/0                             bus         P5W DH Deluxe
/0/0                           memory      64KB BIOS
/0/4                           processor   Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6600
/0/4/5                         memory      32KB L1 cache
/0/4/6                         memory      4MB L2 cache
/0/4/7                         memory      L3 cache
/0/3c                          memory      2GB System Memory
/0/3c/0                        memory      1GB DIMM SDRAM Synchronous
/0/3c/1                        memory      DIMM [empty]
/0/3c/2                        memory      1GB DIMM SDRAM Synchronous
/0/3c/3                        memory      DIMM [empty]
/0/100                         bridge      975X Express Memory Controller Hub
/0/100/1                       bridge      975X Express PCI Express Root Port
/0/100/1/0                     display     GeForce 7900 GTX
/0/100/1b                      multimedia  82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition
/0/100/1c                      bridge      82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.3                    bridge      82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.3/0      eth0        network     88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Contro
/0/100/1c.4                    bridge      82801GR/GH/GHM (ICH7 Family) PCI Expr
/0/100/1c.4/0      eth1        network     88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Contro
/0/100/1d                      bus         82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1
/0/100/1d/1        usb2        bus         UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d/1/2                  generic     USB Gaming Mouse
/0/100/1d.1                    bus         82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2
/0/100/1d.1/1      usb3        bus         UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.2                    bus         82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3
/0/100/1d.2/1      usb4        bus         UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.3                    bus         82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4
/0/100/1d.3/1      usb5        bus         UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.7                    bus         82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Contro
/0/100/1d.7/1      usb1        bus         EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.7/1/7                bus         USB2.0 Hub
/0/100/1d.7/1/7/3              generic     RTL8187_Wireless
/0/100/1e                      bridge      82801 PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/1                    multimedia  SB X-Fi
/0/100/1f                      bridge      82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interfac
/0/100/1f.1        scsi4       storage     82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.1/0.0.0  /dev/cdrom  disk        DVDR   PX-760A
/0/100/1f.2        scsi0       storage     82801GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA S
/0/100/1f.2/0      /dev/sda    disk        232GB ST3250824AS
/0/100/1f.2/0/1    /dev/sda1   volume      235MB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/2    /dev/sda2   volume      48GB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/3    /dev/sda3   volume      48GB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/1      /dev/sdb    disk        320KB Config  Disk
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0  /dev/sdc    disk        232GB ST3250824AS
/0/100/1f.3                    bus         82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller
/1                 irlan0      network     Ethernet interface

lspci:

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 975X Express Memory Controller Hub (rev c0)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 975X Express PCI Express Root Port (rev c0)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH/GHM (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller RAID (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs Unknown device 0005
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 20)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 20)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7900 GTX (rev a1)

[mauorrizze]

First of all: great work! Perhaps Creative should have hired some of you guys

I do not have problems building the driver, but apparently something goes wrong when loading the module.
I've tested the following with kernels 2.6.22.8, 2.6.22.9, 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 and 2.6.22-gentoo-r7. 2.6.22.8 was tested with the .config provided by blubbi (slightly modified in regards to filesystems, UTF8 and network drivers), the rest was configured with the configuration I normally use.

"make install" seems to install the drivers fine, but exits with a killed signal in regards to some modprobing (dmesg posted below). Hereafter /etc/init.d/ctsound does nothing, and it is impossible to unload ctossrv, even forced.

Exactly the same problem here. I've used a 2.6.22-gentoo-r6 kernel, furthermore compiled the 2.6.22.6-vanilla-sources, both with my own config and finally the 2.6.22.8 with blubbi's .config, only slightly modified (most important perhaps: changed to utf-8 as default nls). My hardware is similar: E6420, P5B deluxe, 2gb ram, ATI 1950pro, X-Fi Platinum.
The dmesg output is nearly the same when loading the ctossrv module:

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Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000 RIP: 
 [<0000000000000000>]
PGD 31e06067 PUD 311df067 PMD 0 
Oops: 0010 [1] SMP 
CPU 1 
Modules linked in: ctossrv(P) snd_seq_midi_emul snd_seq coretemp w83627ehf i2c_isa fuse snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc snd_hwdep snd fglrx(P) i2c_i801 i2c_core
Pid: 8608, comm: modprobe Tainted: P       2.6.22-gentoo-r6 #6
RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000000>]  [<0000000000000000>]
RSP: 0000:ffff8100311c7be0  EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffffff8056f060 RBX: ffff810059c350c0 RCX: ffff810059c350c0
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff810059c350c0
RBP: ffff8100311c7c38 R08: 0000000000000000 ...
...
and so on...

emerge --info: (again on my gentoo-kernel, but vanilla 2.6.22.8 makes no difference at all)

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Portage 2.1.3.9 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r4, 2.6.22-gentoo-r6 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.22-gentoo-r6 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6420 @ 2.13GHz
Timestamp of tree: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:20:01 +0000
distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p17
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r5
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r7
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.17-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.24
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.21
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"

So, apparently no real differences between blubbi's, thode's and mine.

lshw -short:

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H/W path                 Device       Class       Description
=============================================================
                                      system      System Product Name
/0                                    bus         P5B-Deluxe
/0/0                                  memory      64KB BIOS
/0/4                                  processor   Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6420  @ 2.13GHz
/0/4/5                                memory      32KB L1 cache
/0/4/6                                memory      4MB L2 cache
/0/4/7                                memory      L3 cache
/0/43                                 memory      2GB System Memory
/0/43/0                               memory      1GB DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
/0/43/1                               memory      DIMM [empty]
/0/43/2                               memory      1GB DIMM SDRAM Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
/0/43/3                               memory      DIMM [empty]
/0/100                                bridge      Memory Controller Hub
/0/100/1                              bridge      PCI Express Root Port
/0/100/1/0                            display     ATI Technologies Inc
/0/100/1/0.1                          display     ATI Technologies Inc
/0/100/1a                             bus         USB UHCI Controller #4
/0/100/1a/1              usb3         bus         UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1a.1                           bus         USB UHCI Controller #5
/0/100/1a.1/1            usb4         bus         UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1a.7                           bus         USB2 EHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1a.7/1            usb1         bus         EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1a.7/1/1          scsi8        generic     USB Reader
/0/100/1a.7/1/1/0.0.0    /dev/sdc     disk        STORAGE DEVICE
/0/100/1a.7/1/1/0.0.0/0  /dev/sdc     disk        
/0/100/1a.7/1/1/0.0.1    /dev/sdd     disk        STORAGE DEVICE
/0/100/1a.7/1/1/0.0.1/0  /dev/sdd     disk        
/0/100/1b                             multimedia  HD Audio Controller
/0/100/1c                             bridge      PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c.4                           bridge      PCI Express Port 5
/0/100/1c.4/0                         storage     JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller
/0/100/1c.4/0.1          scsi6        storage     JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller
/0/100/1c.4/0.1/0.0.0    /dev/cdrom2  disk        DVD-ROM SH-D162C
/0/100/1c.5                           bridge      PCI Express Port 6
/0/100/1c.5/0            eth0         network     Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
/0/100/1d                             bus         USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d/1              usb5         bus         UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d/1/2                         generic     USB RECEIVER
/0/100/1d.1                           bus         USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.1/1            usb6         bus         UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.2                           bus         USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.2/1            usb7         bus         UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.2/1/1                       generic     Cymotion Master Linux Keyboard
/0/100/1d.7                           bus         USB2 EHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.7/1            usb2         bus         EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1e                             bridge      82801 PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/2                           multimedia  SB X-Fi
/0/100/1e/3                           bus         TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
/0/100/1f                             bridge      LPC Interface Controller
/0/100/1f.2              scsi2        storage     SATA Controller 1 IDE
/0/100/1f.2/0            /dev/sda     disk        232GB SAMSUNG SP2504C
/0/100/1f.2/0/1          /dev/sda1    volume      100GB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/2          /dev/sda2    volume      101MB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/3          /dev/sda3    volume      78GB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4          /dev/sda4    volume      50GB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/5        /dev/sda5    volume      2000MB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/6        /dev/sda6    volume      48GB Linux raid autodetect partition
/0/100/1f.2/1            /dev/sdb     disk        232GB SAMSUNG SP2504C
/0/100/1f.2/1/1          /dev/sdb1    volume      101MB Linux raid autodetect partition
/0/100/1f.2/1/2          /dev/sdb2    volume      50GB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/1/2/5        /dev/sdb5    volume      2000MB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/1f.2/1/2/6        /dev/sdb6    volume      48GB Linux raid autodetect partition
/0/100/1f.2/1/3          /dev/sdb3    volume      182GB HPFS/NTFS partition
/0/100/1f.3                           bus         SMBus Controller
/0/100/1f.5              scsi4        storage     SATA Controller 2 IDE
/0/100/1f.5/0.0.0        /dev/cdrom1  disk        CD/DVDW SH-S183L

And again: search the differences

lspci:

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation PCI Express Port 6 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation SATA Controller 1 IDE (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation SATA Controller 2 IDE (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 7280 (rev 9a)
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 72a0 (rev 9a)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 4364 (rev 12)
03:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02)
03:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controller (rev 02)
05:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs Unknown device 0005
05:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)

I'm wondering why the X-fi is listet as "Creative Labs Unknown device 0005" in thode's and my lspci output whereas in blubbi's and some other's it's recognized as "Creative Labs SB X-Fi"...

Hope this bunch of outputs can help you.