[ale] I thought linux was supposed to NOT SUCK!

[ctcrreho at opm.gov (Hogg, Russell E)]

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From: GENE WILLIAMS
[mailto:GENE.WILLIAMS at tlc.state.tx.us] 
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 2:59
PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] I thought linux was
supposed to NOT SUCK!

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<span
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leave the "World of Windows" but Windows seems to have Linux 
beat in the Universe of midi. When I try to install Rosegarden or other 
programs that use midi I get this error:





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"device not found"
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Ironically, my soundcard is configured and I can play midi (and other sound) 
files, just cannot receive midi signals. I know the joystick/midi port on the 
card works. I tested it with a joystick.





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<span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Questions:
1. Can someone tell me what's missing??? 
2. How do I configure the midi device from the command-line?
3. If I approach a new system, how could I determine if this system has the 
same shortcoming?
??
Here are some details of the system I am on now:
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lsmod shows:
snd-rawmidi??????????????????????
15584???? 0?? [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device?????????????????? 4512????
0?? [snd-rawmidi]
snd??????????????????????????????????????
40900???? 0?? [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 
snd-pc
m snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
##################
/dev/sndstat does sho the line:
Midi devices:?? NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
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<span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>Does anyone on this list
know ( Suse 8.2 || linux + midi )?? well enough to 
point me in the right direction . . . . or is Linux just too inferior in the 
midi Universe to compete with the World of WIndows.
??
Gene



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