I've applied the patch, and got rid of errors in dmesg, and alsamixer does not crash even without ignore_ctl_error=1 option.
Still, no luck with Pulseaudio and S/PDIF. See Bug #1498676 for the full set of files collected by ubuntu-bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1498129 Title: Asus Xonar U7 S/PDIF output not recognized by pulseaudio To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1498129/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs