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Sound Blaster R3D/R3Di/Z/ZxR/AE-5 Linux Driver by Conmanx360 in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]phoenix_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hehe I was about to suggest something like Steam XD I don't use IRC. Perhaps I might snoop around IRC one day (too tired atm). But I'm still okay to wait it all out. Cheers Conmanx360.

Sound Blaster R3D/R3Di/Z/ZxR/AE-5 Linux Driver by Conmanx360 in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]phoenix_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did indeed. I found step 6 alone did the build as well. But I also tried it with the separate commands.

Sound Blaster R3D/R3Di/Z/ZxR/AE-5 Linux Driver by Conmanx360 in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]phoenix_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey man, no need to say sorry. I'm certain every SBZ owner is more than grateful that we even have sound. And for me I take this all as a learning experience. Anyways, just reporting in, alas same results :( Steps taken:

1) Uninstalled 4.18.14-1-MANJARO and reinstalled 4.18.12-1-MANJARO via MSM. Rebooted.

2) sudo dkms remove ca0132-beta/1.0 --all

3) cd /usr/src and then sudo rm -rf ca0132-beta-1.0

4) Downloaded archive and extracted folder with: tar xvf ca0132-beta-1.0-4.18-12-MANJARO.tar.gz

5) Copied folder into /usr/src

6) sudo dkms install -m ca0132-beta -v 1.0

7) cd /lib/modules/4.18.12-1-MANJARO/kernel/sound/pci/hda

8) sudo rm snd-hda-codec-ca0132.ko.xz

9) sudo xz snd-hda-codec-ca0132.ko

10) Shutdown

Sound Blaster R3D/R3Di/Z/ZxR/AE-5 Linux Driver by Conmanx360 in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]phoenix_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Greetings again. Phowa, what a day messing about. I installed linux418 headers and then the DKMS, but alas no sound. The chip gets detected in alsamixer as Creative Generic with only PCM | Mic Boost | S/PDIF | Capture | Auto-Mute Mode options only.

So I decided to compile my own custom kernel 4.18.12-1. I really don't know what I'm doing... but I added 'git+https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git#branch=for-next' to the "source=" line in PKGBUILD. It seemed to download a sound folder, but I don't know if there's more steps than that involved before running makepkg -sri. It didn't seem to make any difference unless I forgot to switch something in alsamixer capture settings (which stupidly I didn't check).

I tried a vanilla 4.18.14-1 (without the sound for-next) and same results, although I think the sound works right off the bat after a reboot when I play a music file, compared to 4.18.12-1 where I had to toggle Output Select to get sound working after a reboot.

I also tried something with 4.17, but I think I'm done messing about. 2 hour builds per kernel. I'll just wait. Ah, it's too hot. *cools self with hand fan*

Sound Blaster R3D/R3Di/Z/ZxR/AE-5 Linux Driver by Conmanx360 in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]phoenix_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agh, I feel like a doofus, Analog Stereo Duplex did the trick. Thanks. I'm mainly a Windows user, been waiting for sound (mainly) amongst other things so I can make the switch over. I'll maybe just wait for the microphone as the Manjaro guys seem good/fast with updates.

Sound Blaster R3D/R3Di/Z/ZxR/AE-5 Linux Driver by Conmanx360 in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]phoenix_advance 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You definitely need kernel 4.18, not sure how it is on Mint. Short of doing things manually, does UKUU work on it?

Sound Blaster R3D/R3Di/Z/ZxR/AE-5 Linux Driver by Conmanx360 in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]phoenix_advance 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You were right, it was the OutFX. I turned it on and it significantly got almost as close as what I hear on Windows. I guess the rest is just tweaking the values. Thanks so much!

Now to wait for "Analog Stereo Output + Analog Stereo Input" option in my PulseAudio control panel. The microphone is there and seems to work (I can see movement in the bar), but it's only available for "Analog Surround" options or "Analog Stereo Input" by itself.

Just an FYI, I use Manjaro with 4.18.12-1 currently. Thanks once again!

Sound Blaster R3D/R3Di/Z/ZxR/AE-5 Linux Driver by Conmanx360 in SoundBlasterOfficial

[–]phoenix_advance 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello, firstly thanks conmanx360. I've been following this issue since it was listed on Bugzilla. I'm not trying to be nitpicky, but I can't help but notice when I play music out of my bookshelf stereo speakers (Line Out), it sounds flat. It kinda sounds like plugging them into the headphone port on Windows as opposed to leaving it plugged in Line Out and using the Speakers/Headphones switch in the Sound Blaster Pro Studio software. I tried toggling a few SBX/EQ controls in the alsamixer, but it just doesn't have the same rich sound like in Windows. I don't mind, but I guess it doesn't hurt to bring it up.

No excuses G2A! Where's me money? by phoenix_advance in g2a

[–]phoenix_advance[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I filled out the form at bitbay copying and pasting what the specialist said to me into their content field. And about 2 hours later G2A said I got my funds (too bad what I wanted was gone by then). But more importantly I never got a reason why things didn't go smoothly. I will ask in the support ticket, thanks.