I can't find a way to play MIDI music through the built-in "sound card" on my motherboard. Playmidi tries to use /dev/sequencer (and so does Kmid on the rare occasions when it doesn't segfault). /dev/sequencer exists as a device file (device 14, 1), but trying to open it produces the message "No such device". I found the following in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf: class: AUDIO bus: PCI detached: 0 driver: cmpci desc: "C-Media Electronics Inc|CM8738" vendorId: 13f6 deviceId: 0111 subVendorId: 13f6 subDeviceId: 0111 pciType: 1 pcibus: 2 pcidev: 9 pcifn: 0 I currently have Linux 2.4.22-1.2149.nptl, and the cmpci module is loaded. Assuming that the kernel is configured as specified in /usr/src/linux-2.4.22-1.2149.nptl/configs/kernel-2.4.22-i686.config, the cmpci module should have MIDI support. There is a line "CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI_MIDI=y". If I load the v_midi module /dev/sequencer can be opened, but then Playmidi says "No playback device found.". Maybe v_midi is for some other hardware? /dev/midi00 seems to exist (device 14, 2). Should I link /dev/sequencer to /dev/midi00? In that other OS I can play MIDI files just fine, so I know the hardware is OK. Thanks in advance for any help. Björn Persson
