[PlanetCCRMA] FC3, ALSA and Noteedit; scheduler issue

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 14:27, Nick Metrowsky wrote:
> Thank you for writing. I tried what you suggested and it still does not 
> work. This is a not a big issue, so I can wait until you can resolve the 
> tse3 issue.

That is strange. Check that after you run ./MAKEDEV sequencer you have a
device and that the ownership is fine. It should look like this:

ls -l /dev/sequencer
crw-------  1 nando root 14, 1 May 16 14:02 /dev/sequencer

-- Fernando

> Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 11:18, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > 
> >>On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 10:58, Nick Metrowsky wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi Folks,
> >>>
> >>>I am running FC3 and I installed everything from the FC3 CDs, as well 
> >>>as, Planet CCRMA. I am running the stock FC3 kernel, because my laptop 
> >>>internal wireless requires ndiswrapper, which is not happy with the 
> >>>Planet CCRMA low-level kernel. Under either kernel, I still have the 
> >>>same problem I am about to describe.
> >>>
> >>>When I start up noteedit, and some other applications, I get the 
> >>>following error:
> >>>
> >>>kbuildsycoca running...
> >>>Reusing existing ksycoca
> >>>LilyPond check: found version: 2.4.5
> >>>WITHOUT semicolons.
> >>>WITH wavelines (for trills)
> >>>WITH slures in graces
> >>>NOTE LENGTHs after chords
> >>>"\property" keyword does not exist
> >>>cannot create an ALSA MIDI Scheduler
> >>>cannot create an OSS MIDI Scheduler
> >>>error opening Midi Device --> music cannot be played
> >>>TSE3 Copyright information :(c) Pete Goodliffe, 2000-2002. A Trax 
> >>>Software Product. Version: 0.2.7
> >>>QCheckBox::setProperty( "Checked", value ) failed: property invalid, 
> >>>read-only or does not exist
> >>>
> >>>I have tried changing the noteedit configuration, and whatever I try I 
> >>>still get a message stating that it cannot create a scheduler OSS or ALSA.
> >>
> >>It looks like the alsa sequencer module may not be up and running
> >>(search for it with "/sbin/ldmod|grep snd-seq"). 
> > 
> > 
> > Noteedit is only looking for the OSS sequencer (apparently something is
> > not right with the underlying Tse3 library - I have to look at that at
> > some point) and the device file for it is missing as udev does not
> > create it. 
> > 
> > You could do this (as root) to test:
> >   cd /dev
> >   ./MAKEDEV sequencer
> >   chown sequencer YOUR_ACCOUNT_NAME
> > 
> > After this you should be able to restart noteedit and it will (should?)
> > find the oss sequencer device. 
> > 
> > You could move the device node to /etc/udev/devices so that it will be
> > recreated on reboot:
> >   mv /dev/sequencer /etc/udev/devices/
> > If you reboot the device should be recreated and should have the right
> > permissions after you login (at least that happens in my tests).
> > 
> > -- Fernando
> > 
> > 
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