[PlanetCCRMA] MIDI sequencer init problem (2.6.11-0.3.rdt.rhfc3.ccrma)

[Brad Fuller]

For some reason, after installing the 2.6.11 rdt kernel, midi sequencer 
apps report an error. For instance, Muse says:

MusE failed to initialize the
Alsa midi subsystem, check
your configuration

When doing alsastart, the "Starting sequencer" comes up fine with OK.
(I did "/sbin/chkconfig alsasound on".)

What am I doing wrong? Did I fail to init something?

Maybe this is something:
In Qjackctl, in the MIDI tab of "Connections" shows only the "Midi 
Through". But, I have a Midisport 8x8. I know that it's recognized 
because I physically see the 8x8 initialized during boot.

Here's my modprobe.conf:

alias eth0 3c59x
alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
alias snd-card-0 snd-usb-audio
options snd-usb-audio index=0
alias snd-card-1 snd-ice1712
options snd-card-1 index=1 
install snd-ice1712 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-ice1712 && 
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-ice1712 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; 
/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-ice1712
alias usb-controller uhci-hcd
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394

Relevant lsmod:
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_seq_dummy           4228  0
snd_seq                61456  4 snd_seq_dummy
snd_ice1712            66116  3
snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx      4992  1 snd_ice1712
snd_ak4xxx_adda         6912  2 snd_ice1712,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx
snd_cs8427             11520  1 snd_ice1712
snd_ac97_codec         79736  1 snd_ice1712
snd_i2c                 6144  2 snd_ice1712,snd_cs8427
snd_mpu401_uart         8704  1 snd_ice1712
snd_usb_audio          71488  0
snd_pcm_oss            63648  0
snd_mixer_oss          21632  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm               108424  6 
snd_ice1712,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              28292  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_usb_lib            16640  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            27936  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_usb_lib
snd_seq_device          9612  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd                    69636  22 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq,snd_ice1712,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_cs8427,snd_ac97_codec,snd_i2c,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore               9952  1 snd
realtime                5256  0
commoncap               7040  1 realtime
parport_pc             27972  1
snd_page_alloc         10884  1 snd_pcm
scsi_mod              131272  4 usb_storage,sg,aic7xxx,sd_mod

any help much appreciated.