[PlanetCCRMA] virmidi and pd

[Andres Cabrera]

Hi all,
I can't manage to use virmidi with pd (CCRMA packages all) in FC2. I've 
looked around, but can't find solutions, I hope some of you can help.
virmidi doesn't show up as an option in pd, and trying -mididev (or 
-midiindev) with 2,3 or 4, doesn't work. No device is available on the 
Media>MIDI Setting... dialog.
virmidi appears not to be working. I tried connecting vkeybd to
Virtual Raw MIDI 3-0, and Virtual Raw MIDI 3-0 to Hydrogen. There is no 
MIDI received, while if I connect vkeybd directly, Hydrogen responds. 
(Maybe I'm using virmidi wrong...)

Here's some information:
$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [I82801CAICH3   ]: ICH - Intel 82801CA-ICH3
                      Intel 82801CA-ICH3 with CS4205 at 0xd800, irq 11
3 [VirMIDI        ]: VirMIDI - VirMIDI
                      Virtual MIDI Card 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------
$ cat /proc/asound/devices
  25: [0- 1]: digital audio capture
  16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback
  24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture
   0: [0- 0]: ctl
   1:       : sequencer
  33:       : timer
107: [3- 3]: raw midi
106: [3- 2]: raw midi
105: [3- 1]: raw midi
104: [3- 0]: raw midi
  96: [3- 0]: ctl

$ cat /proc/asound/oss/devices
  61: [3-13]: raw midi
  50: [3- 2]: raw midi
-----------------------------------------------------------------
$ cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.8 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.10-2.1.ll.rhfc2.ccrma #1 Thu Dec 
30 06:24:24 EST 2004 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
Intel 82801CA-ICH3 with CS4205 at 0xd800, irq 11
Virtual MIDI Card 1

Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices:
3: Virtual Raw MIDI

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

----------------------------------------------------------------
modules.conf
# -- ALSA configuration


  alias char-major-116 snd
  alias char-major-14 soundcore
options snd major=116 cards_limit=4 device_mode=0666 device_gid=0 
device_uid=0
  alias snd-card-0 snd-usb-audio
  alias snd-card-1 snd-mona
  alias snd-card-2 snd-intel8x0
  alias snd-card-3 snd-virmidi

#-- OSS compatibility 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

  sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
  alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
  alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
  alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
  sound-slot-2 snd-card-2
  alias sound-service-2-0 snd-mixer-oss
  alias sound-service-2-3 snd-pcm-oss
  alias sound-service-2-12 snd-pcm-oss
  sound-slot-3 snd-card-3
  alias sound-service-3-0 snd-mixer-oss
  alias sound-service-3-3 snd-pcm-oss
  alias sound-service-3-12 snd-pcm-oss
#-- Options

options snd-usb-audio index=0
options snd-mona index=1
options snd-intel8x0 index=2
options snd-virmidi index=3

#-- Keep modules from being autocleaned
  add options -k snd-card-0
  add options -k snd-card-1
  add options -k snd-card-2
  add options -k snd-card-3
#-- ALSA configuration END
----------------------------------------------------------
# aconnect -lo
client 88: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 3-0' [type=kernel]
     0 'VirMIDI 3-0     '
         Connected From: 129:0
client 89: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 3-1' [type=kernel]
     0 'VirMIDI 3-1     '
client 90: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 3-2' [type=kernel]
     0 'VirMIDI 3-2     '
client 91: 'Virtual Raw MIDI 3-3' [type=kernel]
     0 'VirMIDI 3-3

(I don't have my Mona or Midisport hardware with me right now, but the 
problem persists if they are there as well...)
Something I find suspicious is the order in which modules are loaded 
when I do:
# /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
Shutting down sound driver                                 [  OK  ]
Starting sound driver snd-intel8x0                         [  OK  ]
Starting sound driver snd-mona                             [  OK  ]
Starting sound driver snd-usb-audio                        [  OK  ]
Starting sound driver snd-virmidi                          [  OK  ]
Starting sequencer                                         [  OK  ]
Restoring sound driver settings                            [  OK  ]


Shouldn't the modules be loaded in the order they are in modules.conf?

Sorry for the long post, I hope someone can help me out.

Cheers,
Andres