[sound] ALSA - X-Fi Titanium - emu20k2 - not recognized by alsa

Question

Hi,
I can't get my X-Fi working, neither with oss nor with alsa ! I tried several things with no success, searched a lot among forums but couldn't find anything that worked.
Here are some details :
Recognized as a pci card :
[noar@arch-noar rc.d]$ lspci | grep -i creative
03:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium series [EMU20k2] (rev 03)
modules loaded (incuding ctxfi) :
[noar@arch-noar rc.d]$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_ctxfi 95682 0
snd_seq_dummy 1479 0
snd_seq_oss 29240 0
snd_seq_midi_event 5516 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 50562 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 5281 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 39509 0
snd_mixer_oss 17730 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_bt87x 9657 0
snd_pcm 72321 3 snd_ctxfi,snd_pcm_oss,snd_bt87x
snd_timer 19537 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 58906 9 snd_ctxfi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_bt87x,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 6161 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7361 3 snd_ctxfi,snd_bt87x,snd_pcm
but not recognized in alsa :
[noar@arch-noar rc.d]$ cat /proc/asound/modules
1 snd_bt87x
[noar@arch-noar rc.d]$ cat /proc/asound/cards
1 [Bt878 ]: Bt87x - Brooktree Bt878
Brooktree Bt878 at 0xdfffd000, irq 17
here is my rc.conf :
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# DAEMON_LOCALE: Set the locale during daemon startup and during the boot
#   process. If set to 'no', the C locale will be used.
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
#   in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="fr_FR.utf8"
DAEMON_LOCALE="no"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Paris"
KEYMAP="fr-latin9"
CONSOLEFONT="lat9w-16"
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(!snd_pcsp)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
HOSTNAME="arch-noar"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#Static IP example
eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
#eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(gateway)
# Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown.
# This is required if your root device is on NFS.
NETWORK_PERSIST="no"
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
# This now requires the netcfg package
#NETWORKS=(main)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng @network netfs crond dbus)
...my modprobe.conf :
# /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf (for v2.6 kernels)
option snd-pcsp index=2
options snd-ctxfi index=0
...my sound.conf :
# /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf
alias snd-card-0 snd-ctxfi
alias sound-slot-0 snd-ctxfi
...and of course I can't run any mixer as my soundcard doesn't show up.
I'm stuck with this problem for a week now...I ran Ubuntu Lucid Lynx LTS with no sound problems before that .
Any ideas ? any help would be highly appreciated !
(please forgive me if i made mistakes, I'm french so english isn't my native language, I tried my best ! )
Noar

Answer 1

I almost forgot :
I'm running kernel 2.6.37 - 64bit
[noar@arch-noar ~]$ uname -a
Linux arch-noar 2.6.37-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Mar 25 15:10:00 CET 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux