Hi, I think it may be related to the fact that amsynth blocks on snd_seq_event_input instead of using some form of polling mechanism, as show in e.g.: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/MIDI-HOWTO-9.html .
Right now it tries to interrupt it with pthread_kill, but I'm not so sure this actually works correctly in alsa. The following discussion is related to this: http://www.music.columbia.edu/pipermail/linux-audio-dev/2005-May/012149.html Thoughts? If you agree I'm willing to write a patch for this. Joost -- The planet Andete is famous for it's killer edible poets. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]