[PlanetCCRMA] Last good midi kernel?

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 00:24 -0700, Carl Bauer wrote:
> 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.

Good to know! It was kernel options indeed...
Glad to hear it is working...
-- Fernando


> 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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