[PlanetCCRMA] Re: [Long posting!] Re: [PlanetCCRMA] Self-configuring system Was:*Solved* Midisport8x8/s Was:Chasing my tail with ALSA

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

> <Really BIG snip> :-)
> 
> >Do you have hotplug enabled? chkconfig --show or whatever that command
> >is...
>
> As far as I can tell, I don't. How/where do you enable hotplug?

You don't have to enable hotplug, it runs all the time. 

It would seem from your messages that the midisport is not supported by
alsa directly. That is, the usb subsystem does not know what to do with
it. It apparently needs a firmware download. 

See this:
  http://usb-midi-fw.sourceforge.net/
I think that is what you need. 
-- Fernando