On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, jude dashiell wrote: > I got timidity built and copied a configuration file > supplied with slackware 9-0 into > /usr/local/share/timidity/timidity.cfg and at about My config file is in /etc (I point to it with an option, or symlink: see below). > line 37 the file errors out since it appears unable > to find its instruments. There is a line in the config which tells timidity where to find it's instruments. > Is there an additional file or files I need to There is an option to timidity (listed with the -h help option) that might help in debugging that issue: -c file Read extra configuration file > download or is something else misconfigured? I gave > it no options on configure command line That could be part of the problem. Do something like timidity -in -c /etc/timidity.cfg /usr/local/media/Audio/Midi/ The -in makes it use the ncurses text menu interface. The last pathname is where I keep my midi files. > and am using os rather than alsa on this system if > that helps any. I use the default OSS drivers too. Red Hat uses a symlink from where timidity expects to find it's config file to the real one in /etc, where it should be according to the file system standards. LCR -- L. C. Robinson reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and instability instead. This is award winning "innovation". Find out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see "CyberSnare" at http://www.netaction.org/msoft/cybersnare.html _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list