Need midi help "Was: Re: [ale] I thought linux . . ."

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Wow two "he's trollin' messages" and no support yet.
It will be interesting to see if he gets help - or if this thread turns into a 
flamewar. There hasn't been much fire in about 60 days, and hopefully it will 
stay that way.

I can see that he posted this question before and got 0 replies.
(Check your "email trash" for Wednesday.)

I have trying Googling to come up with an answer, but have not found a 
solution to the error that he is talking about. (But my box has only stayed 
up for 39 days (my record :( ) so I am not at the "I can answer this one" 
level).

I can offer this:
Geoffrey is the resident Suse 8.2 expert.
I know that Aaron knows volumes about midi.
And last but not least Calvin is a heavy hitter when it comes to AV.

One of those guys should be able to help you. I had problems with Rosegarden 
as well, so it will be good to see if I can get sequencing going on Suse.
-- 
Wishing you Happiness, Joy and Laughter,
Drew Brown
http://www.ChangingLINKS.com



On Friday 01 August 2003 13:58, GENE WILLIAMS wrote:
> I am trying to finally leave the "World of Windows" but Windows seems to
> have Linux beat in the Universe of midi. When I try to install Rosegarden
> or other programs that use midi I get this error:
>
> "/dev/midi: "device not found"
>
> Ironically, my soundcard is configured and I can play midi (and other
> sound) files, just cannot receive midi signals. I know the joystick/midi
> port on the card works. I tested it with a joystick.
>
> Questions:
> 1. Can someone tell me what's missing?
> 2. How do I configure the midi device from the command-line?
> 3. If I approach a new system, how could I determine if this system has the
> same shortcoming?
>
> Here are some details of the system I am on now:
>
> ##################
> lsmod shows:
> snd-rawmidi            15584   0  [snd-mpu401-uart]
> snd-seq-device          4512   0  [snd-rawmidi]
> snd                    40900   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0
> snd-pc
> m snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
> ##################
> /dev/sndstat does sho the line:
> Midi devices:  NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
> ##################
>
> Does anyone on this list know ( Suse 8.2 || linux + midi )  well enough to
> point me in the right direction . . . . or is Linux just too inferior in
> the midi Universe to compete with the World of WIndows.
>
> Gene


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