Getting the Soundblaster X-fi Surround 5.1 to Work

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Re: Getting the Soundblaster X-fi Surround 5.1 to Work

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While not an exact answer to your problem, I read over the past few days that the SoundBlaster drivers are now being included in the newest Linux kernels. You may wish to research this news further. It appears to be just the fix for everyone having to use workarounds with SoundBlaster.

In the meantime, if you search this forum or the Ubuntu forum for "SoundBlaster," you will find plenty of threads. I know I saw a thread over at Ubuntu where a step-by-step for enabling 5.1 sound was posted, but I do not know if it was specifically for SoundBlaster or not.
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Creative X-Fi - howto install drivers

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see if there is anything in this OpenSuse post that might be of help to you: a user reports getting an X-Fi card running in Gnome, and seems pleased

http://forums.opensuse.org/hardware/414 ... -11-a.html

and he refers folks on to this

http://forums.opensuse.org/hardware/400 ... ost1908843

for how to tweak;
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