[PlanetCCRMA] Re: evolution mk-249c USB MIDI controller help

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 19:35, Paul Coccoli wrote:
> Problem solved.  I had some mistakes in my modules.conf, and I need to
> add the OSS "audio" and "usb-midi" modules to /etc/hotplug/blacklist.

Glad to know it is working now...

> FYI, the guide linked in my previous message seems to be out of date. 
> Instead of snd-usb-midi (which doesn't exist on my box), I had to use
> snd-usb-audio.  Otherwise, the sample modules.conf they give is a good
> start.
> 
> How the hell is anybody supposed to figure this stuff out?  I've been
> running Red Hat since 1997 and it took me months.  I plan a more
> thorough write-up, but it's late...

Yes, sometimes it is frustrating. If you do a write-up of what you
needed to do please post it or send it to me. It could help me make the
install instructions more complete and/or accurate. 

-- Fernando

> Oh, and the problem was hard to debug due to a bad USB cable.  With a
> good cable, I at least got some error messages I could work with.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:04:03 -0400, Paul Coccoli <pcoccoli@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm stumped.  I'll admit it.  I don't know what all those ALSA snd-seq
> > modules do.  I don't know if I need to add snd-usb-audio to my
> > /etc/modules.conf.  Here's what I do know: USB is working on my box
> > (Red Hat 9 + planet), because I can plug in my USB qwerty keyboard and
> > I see activity in /var/log/messages (and I'm typing this message using
> > it).  When I plug in the mk-249c, nothing shows up in
> > /var/log/messages (or qsynth).
> > 
> > This page was no help:
> > http://www.djcj.org/LAU/guide/evolution-usb-midi.php, despite a
> > promising title.
> > 
> > My box is a Shuttle XPC, model number sk41g.  I have a M-audio Delta
> > 66 set up and working fine (thanks to Planet CCRMA).  There's built-in
> > sound too, but I don't use it (disabled in BIOS).
> > 
> > [paul@localhost paul]$ cat /proc/asound/cards
> > 0 [M66            ]: ICE1712 - M Audio Delta 66
> >                      M Audio Delta 66 at 0xc000, irq 17
> > 
> > What should modules.conf look like?  Do I need to have an asoundrc file?
> > 
> > [paul@localhost paul]$ uname -a
> > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.26-1.ll.rh90.ccrma #1 Fri Apr 16
> > 21:56:56 PDT 2004 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
> > 
> > Would anything else be helpful?  Has anyone gotten this keyboard
> > working with USB?  It worked on another machine using the game port on
> > an SBLive!.
> > 
> > Any help would be appreciated,
> > paul
> >
> 
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