Yeah, unfortunately I stumbled upon the Midi configuration issue while poking around in the newer ALSA and Kernel sources.
I noticed that there is full support for the Midi Synth in the later kernels, but that Mandrake did not seem to configure things properly by default. After much trial and error I first saw the midi devices appear in KDE, then I tried to start cleanly and get back to where I saw them again. This led to the terse doc I put up. Anyway my /etc/modules.conf file looks like this --SNIP--- alias char-major-15 joydev alias char-major-116 snd alias char-major-14 soundcore alias snd-card-0 snd-card-emu10k1 alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss # above input joydev analog gameport # options analog js=gameport alias char-major-13 input # options joystick=1 above input joydev emu10k1-gp analog gameport #options analog js=gameport /etc/rc.d/init.d/sound uses the auxmix settings in /etc/.auxmixrc created by saving the AUXMIX mixer settings. You might want to also look at this file so you can spot where initialization is taking place... Also look at /etc/sysconfig/alsa and /etc/sysconfig/sound. -JMS |-----Original Message----- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mike Leone |Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 1:55 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [expert] SB Live Synth? | | |I don't use Mdk's kernel; I compile my own, since I need |Win4Lin kernel patches, and Mdk doesn't come with those kernel |patches. And there are no RPMs for the latest version of ALA |that I could find - only for the older 0.5 version, so you |have to compile the latest ALSA yourself. Also, I believe ALSA |itself is working, else I'd hear no sound from any app, since |ALSA is what is providing the sound card drivers, correct? | |Had the same problem using Mdk's 2.4.13 kernel - no MIDI. It's |not that big a deal, since I hardly ever use that feature. |Just thought it weird that all the other parts seem to work, |but not the MIDI. | |----- Original Message ----- |From: "Jose M. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 5:09 AM |Subject: RE: [expert] SB Live Synth? | | |> Before you started this, did you make sure that you had ALL of the |> ALSA RPM's installed from the CDs? Not ones you compiled yourself? |> |> I.E. all bets are off if you are not using a clean CD installation... |> |> -JMS | | | |
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