Hi, Sorry to flood all this into lau. Maybe it's not the right list? Anyway crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 40 Dec 31 1969 midiC1D0 I'm using a capabilities patched kernel and running as a regular user but my user is a listed member or audio group: audio::18:parker,studio Well, that was just a hunch that doesn't seem to be going anywhere. I'll sort that out later, got some other work to do. ron --- R Parker <rtp405@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Clemens, > > Just some added information. We connected a Kurzweil > K2000R to the 8x8 port 7 and are able to control > information going to that device. So the routing > aspects are working. It's just the /dev/snd/midiC1D0 > file that's not happening. > > ron > > --- Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > R Parker wrote: > > > I still don't understand where the usb-midi i/o > > device is. > > > ... > > > There's no messages passing through > > /dev/snd/midiC1D0 > > > > This file handles all nine ports. The ALSA library > > uses a magic IOCTL to > > select the desired port; when you access the file > > directly, you get the > > first port only. > > > > If possible, you should use a program that can > > access MIDI ports via the > > ALSA library (the 8x8's ports would be named > > "hw:1,x", x = 0..8). > > > > If you want to access other MIDI ports than the > > first with a device file, > > you have to load the snd-virmidi driver, which > will > > give you some virtual > > MIDI ports, and to connect these ports to the > 8x8's > > ports with aconnect. > > > > > > HTH > > Clemens > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
