[SB-XFi - Creative X-Fi, playback] sound on login screeen but goes away after scren flicker

[René E. Gutiérrez Vega]

sound on login screeen but goes away after screen flicker, verified sound is not muted and alsamixer shows no mute

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-28.32~16.04.2-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: rene 1564 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: rene 1564 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: rene 1564 F...m pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: rene 1564 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun Jan 7 16:27:25 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-01-07 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:XFi failed
Symptom_Card: HDA NVidia - HDA NVidia
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [SB-XFi - Creative X-Fi, playback] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/22/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.30
dmi.board.name: Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
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.:bvrP1.30:bd11/22/2011:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnZ68Extreme3Gen3:rvr: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.