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Old Dec 28, 2009, 11:26 PM   #1
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OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

Please post your bug reports on 1.11b0 driver here.

Please do NOT ask why Leopard is not supported. This version is for SnowLeopard ONLY.

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Old Jan 1, 2010, 07:59 PM   #2
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Re: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

01. kX Manager and AC97 NOT working (6 users)
02. "Work Perfectly" (2 users)
03. VMWare Fusion AND VirtualBox does not work with kX (2 users)
04. 1.3b0 not working on 10.5.6 (1 user)

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yes, ok

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There were many feedback of this driver @ IMF (insanely mac forums). I took the headlines (repeated problems) to first post for quick summary.
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Re: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

I've just tried this new one, don't know whether it's just me but the volume sounds increasingly loud compared to the windows emu driver I have to turn the single channels far down in audio midi setup otherwise it just clips my speakers.

I'm pretty sure the last driver wasn't as loud. Anyone else get this?
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Hi, Eugene!

Got 10.6.2, SB Live! 5.1

1. kX Manager and AC97 NOT working, even in 32-bit mode (.app properties)
2. Some flickerings from speakers
3. When using SoundFlower w/AU Lab for multichannel 5.1 audio, sound sometimes crashes, should re-launch SoundFlower.

But anyway, nice work, stay tuned!
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Re: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

doesn't work for me at all =(
mac os 10.6.2
audigy 4
says that no device is found.. tried restarting, fixing permissions.. no luck..
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Re: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

Snow Leopard 1.6.0 (64 Bit)
SB Live! 1024 Player (CT4760 10k1)

Driver works like a charm
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01. kX Manager and AC97 NOT working (6 users)
02. "Work Perfectly" (2 users)
03. VMWare Fusion AND VirtualBox does not work with kX (2 users)
04. 1.3b0 not working on 10.5.6 (1 user)

There were many feedback of this driver @ IMF (insanely mac forums). I took the headlines (repeated problems) to first post for quick summary.
1. he-he. kxmanager does =nothing=. absolutely nothing.
ac97 will only work for people with ac97 codec on their live/audigy
it is quite rare thing these days

4. of course. will only work on 10.6

I doubt I will support 10.5: I don't have it anymore

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Old Jan 17, 2010, 05:45 PM   #8
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1. he-he. kxmanager does =nothing=. absolutely nothing.
ac97 will only work for people with ac97 codec on their live/audigy
it is quite rare thing these days

4. of course. will only work on 10.6

I doubt I will support 10.5: I don't have it anymore

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I don't have 10.6 (i got my system running osx through distros preloaded with drivers). Installing 10.6 will be pain not all my hardware is 10.6 compatible or has drivers like 10.5. Maybe your guide might help me in someway
( Full solution for Zotac IONITX Atom 330 for 10.6.x SL - InsanelyMac Forum )

i thought those kx manager or ac97 must be something like kX mixer (kxWinDrv) assuming others thought the same Anyways, I'm ok with the cool 1.3b0
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Old Feb 9, 2010, 09:48 AM   #9
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Re: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

i was messing up with the system, reinstalled it and played with kexts a bit... at some point kx output showed up in system preferences... maybe it was some kext that blocked it, dunno... now everything works like charm... all 4 speakers... thanks a lot!

ваще не знаю если тут можно на русском, но скажу и так - спасибо, Женя =)
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Re: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

Driver installs and works great initially. I have a SB Audigy 2 ZS with 10.6.2 btw.

After about a good 2 or 3 minutes of use, faint crackles begin to start, then become heavier and eventually overtake the quality of the sound. Shortly after this the card is unable to produce any sound at all. It's almost like a slow death. Works great, then after persistent use, breaks down until you cant hear anything, and stays like that until reboot.

edit: quick workaround is to launch console and kextunload/kextload the driver after failures, saves from having to reboot.

edit2: the workaround seems to last for a while, its been a few since I used the command to reload the driver. Doesn't seem to be a time specific bug, but more random if anything. I'll keep this log updated.

edit3: I should rather say the bug is not random, the sound pretty much fails after about 8 or 10 minutes; then requires a kextload-kextunload to get the sound working again. Sort of annoying, but livable. It'll be awesome when this bug is fixed. I wish I knew more about programming this sort of stuff otherwise I would help!

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Re: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

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I've just tried this new one, don't know whether it's just me but the volume sounds increasingly loud compared to the windows emu driver I have to turn the single channels far down in audio midi setup otherwise it just clips my speakers.

I'm pretty sure the last driver wasn't as loud. Anyone else get this?


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Yes I have reported this before here.
I am now convinced it is a scale issue as with volume on minimum it is way too loud but volume maximum doesn't get much louder. The only workaround for me is to use shift-alt-volume keys to adjust the volume in quarter increments. So 0.25 (out of 16.0) is about all my ears can handle. There may be a register for it somewhere we can chagen with edspctrl but i've yet to find it. (havent really tried to hard though
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Old Mar 15, 2010, 01:08 AM   #12
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Re: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

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Please post your bug reports on 1.11b0 driver here.
E.
Privet Eugene, Hello everybody!

My system:
- kx driver 1.11b0 (also was tested with 1.3b0 driver)
- Snow Leopard Retail 10.6.1 in 32bit mode (boot from Chameleon)
- SB0350 (Audigy 2 ZS)
- EM8960 (EMU 1616)
- EMU\Creative sounds cards used separately

Results:
- "EMU 1616" working: channels 1-2, 2-3, 4-5 and SPDIF sounds audio (tested using Soundflower and AULab). SPDIF supply correct clock and it recognized by external hardware (tested with Lexicon MX300)
- No sound in "Audigy 2 ZS" (tested after physically swapping with EMU1616 PCI card, not simultaneously)

But, when "edspctrl" launched, sound appears from all 8 channels for a moment (1-2 seconds) and then gone leaving noticeable background phone\noise. It can be reproduced on every "edspctrl" launch.

Logs shows that Audigy 2 ZS device recognized:
kXAudioDevice [HAL] --- kX Software Abstraction Level Library init ---
version: 5.10.00.3550 - debug
Copyright °Z Eugene Gavrilov, 2001-2009. All rights reserved.
Library Compiled Oct 22 2009, 16:30:01
kXAudioDevice [HAL] Hw PCI device: dev: 41102 sub: 20051102 rev: 5
PCI: resources: io:cc00 irq:0
Hw PCI location: bus: 6h dev: 2h func: 0h (invalid under 98se)
kXAudioDevice [HAL] card name: 'SB0350 10k2 [cc00]'
kXAudioDevice [HAL] initializing kX HAL...
...
kXAudioDevice [HAL] --- Library init completed ---
How to troubleshoot it?

BTW: stupid question #1: Is SPDIF in EMU1616 linked to channels 1-2?
BTW: stupid question #2: To which physical output channels 7-8 are routed in EMU1616?

Thanks, really cool driver for a cool system!
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Old Mar 22, 2010, 01:52 PM   #13
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Re: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

kX Manager and AC97 are NOT working due to broken permissions in /Application/Utilities/kX.
do chmod & chown to fix them
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Old Mar 29, 2010, 12:10 AM   #14
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Re: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

Installed kxdrivers 1.11b. dmg on mac osx 10.6.2. Have emu 0404 pci card(this is a windows cpu P5KC mac is third osx on front drive for now)all set up in windows. has recognised pci 0404 and in audio and midi settings have speaker settings but no sound on test. I am completely new to mac.I recently installed erthernet card to get broadband up and working in mac works fine and recognises usb no probs just no sound . I am presuming this is a driver problem . I also have Realtek on board hd audio. should i disable this or would it be easyer to installed semi pro card with mac drivers. Any help or advice would be greatfully received.
Dave Lynne
bingo!!!!! type in 'edspctrl' in terminal ,i know have sound and i am receiving sound to my speakers: Edidol MA-15D ,, from the optical output of my EMU 0404 pci card " top job eugene".
Next i dont have a Daw installed yet. and there no kx editor i can see ? or do you use terminal to set this up?
i am not up on programing, but i just read some basic on linux and how to use terminal. I need some Guidance or direction as where to look.
ps i will be donating this has saved me a knew semi pro sound card.

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Old Mar 30, 2010, 03:45 PM   #15
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Re: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

hackintosh (asus commando, c2d e6300 oc'd, 2g of ram)
OS X 10.6.3, 64 bit
SB0100 (detected as SB0102, just like in Windows)
works fine oob

driver sets SBLive as a default sound output device on system load, какбе говоря о том, что поставил драйвер - изволь использовать. that annoys sometimes, but as SBLive sounds much better than ALC1988B, i'll use it right until purchasing something really cool. :3
kX Manager and AC97 doesn't load. [fxd]
another bug found: SIDPLAY plays only in left channel while onboard soundcard plays both.
no mono output?..

кстати, кто-нибудь заметил, что OS X звучит абсолютно по-другому?
проведя анонимный опрос среди знакомых с разными конфигурациями оборудования, я получил единогласный ответ, что в макоси высокие частоты мягче, а мидбасс насыщеннее.
плацебо, не?
никто не был в теме звуковых холиваров. людей, мягко говоря, это не интересовало.

sorry for my russian <33

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Re: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

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kX Manager and AC97 are NOT working due to broken permissions in /Application/Utilities/kX.
do chmod & chown to fix them
well, can you post exact terminal commands for dummies?

EDIT:
chown root:wheel /Applications/Utilities/kX
chmod 755 /Applications/Utilities/kX

and it's done.
thanks.

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AW: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

Audigy 2 ZS, sound "works" i use the digital output, but i dont get any digital signal, i have sound, but its not digital(z-5500 encoder say that)
next problem i cant open the kx Manger...nothing happen when i double click it
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Old Jun 6, 2010, 04:47 AM   #18
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well, can you post exact terminal commands for dummies?

EDIT:
chown root:wheel /Applications/Utilities/kX
chmod 755 /Applications/Utilities/kX

and it's done.
thanks.
should be: chown -R root:wheel /Applications/Utilities/kX
chmod -R 755 /Applications/Utilities/kX
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eugene, sorry . my english is so pool .

my system: 10.6.4 64bit , Audigy 2 zs

1. kX Manager and AC97 NOT working
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Driver installs and works great initially. I have a SB Audigy 2 ZS with 10.6.2 btw.

After about a good 2 or 3 minutes of use, faint crackles begin to start, then become heavier and eventually overtake the quality of the sound. Shortly after this the card is unable to produce any sound at all. It's almost like a slow death. Works great, then after persistent use, breaks down until you cant hear anything, and stays like that until reboot.

edit: quick workaround is to launch console and kextunload/kextload the driver after failures, saves from having to reboot.

edit2: the workaround seems to last for a while, its been a few since I used the command to reload the driver. Doesn't seem to be a time specific bug, but more random if anything. I'll keep this log updated.

edit3: I should rather say the bug is not random, the sound pretty much fails after about 8 or 10 minutes; then requires a kextload-kextunload to get the sound working again. Sort of annoying, but livable. It'll be awesome when this bug is fixed. I wish I knew more about programming this sort of stuff otherwise I would help!
-------------
me too, SB Audigy 2 ZS.
But i got the same problem when i used the lion.
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Thanks Eugene Gavrilov!

But there is critical problem with kxAudio Driver 1.11b0 on Show Leopard and Lion:

1. Skype crashes after 3 seconds after start. Can't use at all.
2. There is no any microphone in Sounds settings window.

Please fix the issue with Skype and no microphone. When you will do it or we need to buy another sound card? Thanks!
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I have a sb0350 and I have success in recognising the card in the system preferences as a kx sb0350 10k2 [d000] but i don`t have any sound at all! Here are my other specs: ga-g31m-es2l; Q8300; asus 9800gt; sb0350 and running 10.6.8. I have disabled my onboard audio and removed all old kext such as Voodoo...
This is what shows when i type edspctrl in terminal

Code:
==== E-mu E-DSP initialization
 ==== FPGA is not programmed, upload FPGA firmware...
 Warning: your E-DSP card is not recognized
 Error: FPGA could not be programmed [fffffff5]
 ==== E-DSP Parameters were reset to defaults
 ==== Dock is connected, but appears offline, upload dock firmware...
 Found AudioDock in OFFLINE state, upload FPGA firmware now...
 Warning: your Dock seems to be AudioDock, but it is not recognized
 Error: FPGA could not be programmed [fffffff5]
 FPGA Version: Hana: 11.11, Dock: 11.11, Board: 11
 ==== E-DSP Parameters were reset to defaults
 ==== Current E-DSP status
 Card: 'SB0350 10k2 [d000]'
 Options: b - Hamoa Sync  Dock_offline
 Hana ID: b
 Versions: 11.11, 11.11, 11
 Dock is Powered-On. [0xb]
 WClock: 3 [HANA ADAT-In]
 Def clock: -1
 HANA is Unknown!
 HANA IRQs: b
 SPDIF mode [b]:
     Out: Professional; Copy-protected
     In: Consumer; Copy-protected
 Optical Type: [b] -- Input: ADAT, Output: ADAT
 MIDI In: dock2 , 0202 [b]
 MIDI Out: b
 LEDs: b b b
 ADC pads: b - Dock_1 Dock_2 0202_1 
 DAC pads: b - Dock_1 Dock_2 Dock_4 
 Dock misc: [b] DAC mute: 1101 headphones: 0
 ADAT Unlocked
 SPDIF Locked : 67516
 BNC Locked : 67516
 SPDIF Locked : 67516
 reg 14-1f:[b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] 
 reg 30-3f:[b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b] [b][/QUOTE]
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Re: OS X 1.11b0 (BETA) Bug Reports

lion 10.7.3
i installed kXAudioDriver-1.11b0.dmg on sounds i can see my soundcard emu 0404 but with no audio,also i can't open kX AC97.app and kX Manager.app.Any help?
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I have a sb0350 and I have success in recognising the card in the system preferences as a kx sb0350 10k2 [d000] but i don`t have any sound at all! Here are my other specs: ga-g31m-es2l; Q8300; asus 9800gt; sb0350 and running 10.6.8. I have disabled my onboard audio and removed all old kext such as Voodoo...
This is what shows when i type edspctrl in terminal
Your card is NOT E-DSP, you don't need to run edspctrl.
Verify 'swap front and rear' option: it is off on macs by default and on on Windows.
(You need to use kxctrl for changing the option).

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