[PlanetCCRMA] Last good midi kernel?

[Carl Bauer]

Yeah! Midi in working (and working well!) with latest rt kernel. This was
the trick:

put in /etc/modprobe.conf:
options snd-emu10k1 extin=0x3fcf extout=0x1fcf enable_ir=1

Found this gem of information on an Audigy setup guide for FC4. Not sure
which part of that line did it (will investigate tomorrow). The setup guide
was focused on getting the infrared sensor to work. I guess it's tied to the
midi input somehow. Weird.

Thanks for the ideas guys. Time to make some music. sleep...
-Carl

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <
nando at ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 16:12 -0700, Carl Bauer wrote:
> > Hi Tracey,
> >
> > I have tried all versions between the last 2.6.24rt f9 kernel and
> > 2.6.26.8-1.rt13.4.fc9.ccrma.i686.rt (Will try the new one not 5 min
> > after getting home :)
> >
> > With each, I have tried as many ways of seeing a raw midi signal as I
> > can think short of writing my own program (kmidimon, arecordmidi,
> > etc.). This is probably the wrong path (at work right now), but doing:
> > cat /dev/asound/Audigy2/MIDI#### shows received packets at zero
> > always.
> >
> > My card is Audigy 2 ZS Pro (the one with the cd-drive bay I/O panel,
> > which is how I interface midi). What confuses me most is how I can
> > send midi signals to my keyboard flawlessly, just not the other way.
> > (I highly doubt my keyboard is not sending midi signals, but that's
> > another worst case scenario i'd rather not consider now).
>
> Hmmm, at this point I would start thinking about posting your problem to
> the alsa-devel list, it might be a known problem with your particular
> hardware. What is your card kernel driver?
>
You could also do
> a /usr/sbin/modinfo snd-xxx where xxx is your card driver to see if
> there are any "interesting" load time options. Some hardware can't be
> completely auto-detected and needs you to tell the kernel what you have
> exactly (just an idea).


> Does the card have more than one midi i/o port?
>
> Does it work on a regular non-rt kernel?
>
> > Was midi working well in the f8 kernels?
>
> I think so, but it all depends on the hardware you have.
>
> -- Fernando
>
>
> > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
> > <nando at ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
> >         On Sun, 2009-02-01 at 20:37 -0800, Tracey Hytry wrote:
> >         > Carl Bauer posted:
> >         >
> >         > > I am still having problems with midi input from an
> >         external keyboard, even
> >         > > with the latest rt kernels for F9. Since everything else
> >         about my soundcard
> >         > > just works (even midi out), I'm thinking possible hardware
> >         failure.
> >         >
> >         > What kernel(s) are you using?
> >         >
> >         > The latest/greatest is 2.6.26.8-1.rt13.4.fc9.ccrma.x86_64.rt
> >         >
> >         > If you're using the above kernel already please post what
> >         you've found so
> >         > we can try to find if that kernel still has problems, if it
> >         has problems
> >         > with your hardware, or if(gulp) something may be wrong
> >         hardware-side.
> >
> >
> >         As of a few minutes ago the latest is 2.6.26.8-1.rt15.1 :-)
> >         (in planetcore-testing for fc9, in planetcore for fc10)
> >
> >         See the announcement here:
> >          http://lwn.net/Articles/317491/
> >         (with some "coming soon" news as well for 2.6.28.x...)
> >
> >         -- Fernando
> >
> >
> >
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