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mathfeel
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 Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:16 am Post subject: no midi with alsa |
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I just followed this guide here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml
Since my alsa driver is snd_intel8x0, and the card is (from lspci):
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00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01)
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timidiy++ service starts with no error, but I don't see any port:
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$ aplaymidi -l
Port Client name Port name
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I have emerged all necessary packages:
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$ equery list timidity++
[ Searching for package 'timidity++' in all categories among: ]
* installed packages
[I--] [ ] media-sound/timidity++-2.13.2-r2 (0)
$ equery list patches
[ Searching for package 'patches' in all categories among: ]
* installed packages
[I--] [ ] media-sound/timidity-eawpatches-12-r4 (0)
[I--] [ ] media-sound/timidity-shompatches-19960409-r3 (0)
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Any help is appreciated.
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PaulBredbury
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:45 am Post subject: Re: no midi with alsa |
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| mathfeel wrote: | | timidiy++ service starts with no error |
Does ps ax shows that timidity is running? |
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mathfeel
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:42 am Post subject: Re: no midi with alsa |
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| PaulBredbury wrote: | | mathfeel wrote: | | timidiy++ service starts with no error |
Does ps ax shows that timidity is running? |
Good call...it's not running! How to fix?
Edit: I finally found the problem. There is a symb link in /usr/share/timidity that points to /etc/timidity.cfg, whose content is:
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##############################################################################
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# timidity-update core configuration file
#
# Easy process:
#
# 1. Change directory to patch directory
# 2. Source current/timidity.cfg
#
# Current patch set will always be symlinked to current, so make sure that the
# proper timidity.cfg is in there
#
#
# - source /usr/share/timidity
# - source ~/.timidity/current
# - Make ~/.timidity/current point to the current patch set, or to whatever
# the individual user sets
# - If ~/.timidity/current isn't found, it will try
# /usr/share/timidity/current
#
dir /usr/share/timidity
dir ~/.timidity
source current/timidity.cfg
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The last line just loops to the same file. I deleted the symb link and created a new one pointing to the timidity.cfg in the patch set that I want. And wa.la.:
| Code: | $ aplaymidi -l
Port Client name Port name
128:0 TiMidity TiMidity port 0
128:1 TiMidity TiMidity port 1
128:2 TiMidity TiMidity port 2
128:3 TiMidity TiMidity port 3
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PaulBredbury
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:51 am Post subject: |
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| Look at /etc/init.d/timidity - it's that darn "quiet" that's probably hiding an error message at startup. Remove "--quiet" and try it again. |
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