Creative Recon3D + Sound Blaster Z (CA0132) Still Unsupported / Not Working (Ubuntu 13.10)

[Michael Murphy]

I've been trying to get this sound card (Creative Recon3D) to function in Linux since the day support for it was formally added for it in the Linux kernel back in 3.5. I've been trying to get sound from this card with every single kernel since then with every release of Ubuntu. This is now Ubuntu 13.10 and I still don't have sound with kernel 3.9 and latest firmware. No, there is absolutely no sound from ALSA playback at all. Yes, it is detected by Linux, and I see the modules for CA0132 get loaded, but there is absolutely no sound at all.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-2.6-generic 3.9.2
Uname: Linux 3.9.0-2-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.10.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 21 23:49:26 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-07 (44 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130402.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:Creative failed
Symptom_Card: HD Webcam C910 - USB Device 0x46d:0x821
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [HDA-Intel - HDA Creative, playback] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-05-15 (6 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/12/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1102
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: SABERTOOTH 990FX
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1102:bd03/12/2012:svnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnSABERTOOTH990FX:rvrRev1.xx:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To be filled by O.E.M.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Michael Murphy (mmstick)]

Created a thread in the Creative forums.

http://forums.creative.com/showthread.php?t=699670

[sungin (sungin)]

i hope creative change there mind on Linux cause this is not cool at all .....

[Marc Bourgoin (jagged-jimmy-j)]

Heyyo,

Now on the latest versions of the Linux Kernel? All of the Sound Blaster Recon 3D sound cards all work perfectly fine in 32bit. I believe it was kernel 3.9 that added a compatible driver... sadly though the kernel's built in driver doesn't seem to work in 64bit. :(

Tested with Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Fedora, Linux Mint. All the same results. 32bit works perfect but 64bit doesn't work properly if at all. It's definitely the kernel that makes the differenc