[ale] midi in

[GENE WILLIAMS]

My goal is to receive raw midi through the midi port of a 
soundcard.
On some systems, I get the error:
"/dev/midi: "device not found"
 
My soundcard is configured; I can play midi files, just cannot receive 
midi signals.
Questions:
1. What's missing?  
2. Is there a way to configure midi 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:
 
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lsmod shows:
snd-rawmidi            
15584Â Â  0Â  
[snd-mpu401-uart]snd-seq-device          
4512Â Â  0Â  
[snd-rawmidi]snd                    
40900Â Â  0Â  [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 
snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi 
snd-seq-device]##################
/dev/sndstat does sho the line:
Midi devices: Â NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
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Thanks, 
Gene
 
 
 
 
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