Atte André Jensen wrote: > I can't produce a working .asoundrc myself. Currently, there isn't much to be configured for MIDI device plugins, so you don't need an .asoundrc for your keyboard. > I run debian/unstable so there's no such thing as > /etc/modules.conf. It's was /etc/modutils/alsa, but now I moved it > out of the way. Instead I figured I'd start with ~/.asoundrc, > since I believe they should be the same. modules.conf has nothing to do with the ~/.asoundrc file. The former tells modprobe how to load modules and where to find them, the latter tells ALSA about user-defined plugins. > But I cannot make *any* program recieve midi from the Evolution > USB keyboard. > > Here's what shows up in /var/log/messages when I plug in the Evolution: > ... > Aug 13 23:37:05 aarhus kernel: usb-midi: Found MIDISTREAMING on dev 0a4d:008e, iface 1 > ... > [atte@aarhus atte]$ cat /proc/asound/cards > ... > 1 [keyboard ]: USB-Audio - MK-249C USB MIDI keyboard > Evolution Electronics Ltd. MK-249C USB MIDI keyboard at usb-0000:00:03.1-2 The log messages are from the OSS usb-midi driver. /proc/asound/cards shows that ALSA's snd-usb-audio is loaded. You now have two drivers trying to access the same device. Please add the following lines to the /etc/hotplug/blacklist file to prevent the OSS drivers from loading: audio usb-midi HTH Clemens