[PlanetCCRMA] Re: No Midi

[David Slimp]

Thanks Fernando !

I was able to do quite a bit more testing on my own and thought
I'd post my findings here.

Actually, I've not solved all my problems yet, but I think I've done
enough that we can rule out some things.

First, I removed my usb webcam, and Brooktree capture cards to
take them out of the loop  (less audio devices the better - while testing)

Next, I plugged in my usb M-Audio Uno 1x1 device to my Yamaha
keyboard so I would have another midi device available (besides
the built in soundcard?)

I then uncommented out the lines in /etc/modules.conf which were
put there by the alsaconf tool, and I had commented out earlier, so
my /etc/modules.conf now looks like this:
=============
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias char-major-81 bttv
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394

# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.9rc1 ---
alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 soundcore
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
options snd-intel8x0 index=0
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 &&
      /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ;
};          /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio
options snd-usb-audio index=1
========================

I could not get the usb 1x1 device to work until I found and installed
the ezusbmidi RPM for RH9 (even though I am using FC3):
       rpm -Uvh
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/redhat/linux/planetccrma/9/en/os/noarch/ezusbmidi-2002_11_17-1.noarch.rpm

... Perhaps this should be in the PlanetCCRMA documents somewhere?
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/usbmidi.html
Talks about it some, but it was not obvious to be that the RH9 package
would work for me on FC3, and I did not need the hotplug RPM at all.
-- For any PlanetCCRMA doc people out there.. at least a mention that
the RH9 packages is for FC3 as well. Would have saved me 2 hours :)
And maybe a link to that page from the quick install pages for those
with these devices.

I also rebooted to the .ll kernel rather than the .rdt kernel, just to
be as safe as possible.

After killing the artsd process I was in business. -- kinda

timidity works with the -Os option.

seq24 works, but I have to set output bus to "Midisport 1x1", even
though I have an option for "[0] 62:0 (Midi Through Port-0)" I don't
hear any output on this.  If THAT is indeed the internal sound card
then this is one thing I DO want to see working!!

hydrogen was not working at first, but I found the problem to be was that
the alsa device was automatically set to "hw:0" and I needed to change
it to just "hw" as was reported "somewhere", but I can't seem to find out
where I saw it as I write this email.

muse just bombs and says it can't find the Jack audio server.
How should this be configured for auto setup/install?