[Cbe-oss-dev] PCM device not found

[Geoff Levand]

Michael.Schoeller at inhouse.wko.at wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> A new day, a new problem.
> But first thanks for the help with the xserver problem. Without your
> help it would not be solved right now.
>  
> The kernel build with the config generated with make ps3_defconfig has
> ps3 sound support enabled. However after booting with that kernel the
> PCM device is not found

What was the exact message you saw?


> and no sound is playing.
> I already tried activating all options found in the kernel config
> submenu "Device Drivers>Sound" and it's submenus but that did not solve
> the problem.
> I came to the conclusion that there must be an other option in the
> kernelconfig that has to be activated or there is a bug in the current
> kernel sources.

ps3_defconfig should work.  I guess it is something in your distro's config.
What distro are you using?

As root try 'speaker-test -c2'.

Search this list's archives, others have had similar problems.

-Geoff