[ale] I thought linux was supposed to NOT SUCK!

[Dow Hurst]

You need to post on the suse-multimedia-e listserv after joining.  Go to 
the suse.com and look for the listserv signup links.  Also, looking for 
the answer in the SuSE help database online is always a good idea.  I 
haven't setup MIDI on a linux box.  I know that it is used by those who 
have worked thru the installation from reading some of the posts on the 
listserv I've mentioned.  Please check out the links that were posted 
about Linux Sound since there is quite a bit of info about using Linux 
for just what your wanting to do.  Sorry I can't help more and if I get 
a chance to look at MIDI/SuSE docs, I'll post back what I find.  You may 
need to modprobe -r the joystick module and then add a module for doing 
midi.  I just don't know enough to say.

Definitely read this page:
http://www.plus24.com/midi-howto/index.html

Dow


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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