Last Wednesday 15 September 2004 05:07, airplays55@xxxxxxxxx was like: > I'm trying to get a sequencer like rosegarden working > under knoppix 3.4 (a debian flavor linux live CD > distro). I am unable to get a midiport like > /dev/sequencer to work. > > knoppix loads the OSS driver by default, and it > recognizes the soundcard and I'm able to hear audio > waves thru the soundcard, but no midi. I can > alternatively boot with ALSA but then I don't even > hear audio, so it seems that it may be easier with OSS > since I'm halfway there. > > I'd like to get the external mpu401 midiport working, > and also access the onboard FM sounds. I am using an > ALS100 soundcard (and can resort to another ESS1869 if > I need to). > > Here is my system info: > "lsmod" shows uart401, sound, and soundcore > > cat /dev/sndstat displays nothing. > > /etc/modules.conf doesnt seem to have anything > relevant (grep didnt find midi or sound anywhere) > > What is the next step to enable my midiport? I can > promptly post back any requested info. Thanks! Yikes! I think you need to run Rosegarden with ALSA and probably Jack too to get best results. If I were you I wouldn't start from here. AGNULA did release a live knoppix-based CD a while back, which is still available here: http://download.agnula.org/1.1/1.1.1/demudi-live-cd_1.1.1.iso However <BIG DISCLAIMER>This is NO LONGER SUPPORTED</DISCLAIMER> and if that doesn't work, the chances are that you won't find any useful answers to your questions. My realistic recommendation would be to do yourself a favour and install the latest A/DeMuDi onto your HardDrive if you can. It's much easier than what you're currently trying to do. It comes on one CD, which can be found here: http://download.agnula.org/1.2/1.2.0/demudi_1.2.0-rc3_i386.iso This release is very well supported should you run into difficulties. (Much less likely ;) cheers tim hall
