Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Bob van der Poel wrote: >> I've just installed Mandriva 2007. It is using alsa 1.0.12 with my >> audiophile 2496 card. Oh, this is on linux kernel 2.6.17-5mdv. >> >> There appears to be a problem with midi output. A few times now my >> entire computer has locked while playing a midi file using aplaymidi. > > This looks like the RTC bug. Try adding the following line to > /etc/modprobe.conf: > > options seq seq_default_timer_device=0 > Thanks for the suggestion. I have added the line and restarted alsa. I'll try to play some more midi's later and see what happens. Funny, last night after sending the message I played about an hour's worth of midi and no problems at all (this is before adding the line). How can I confirm that the line has actually "taken" effect? I see no differences in the /proc/asound files I checked. Thanks. -- Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user