Am Mi, den 25.02.2004 schrieb BjÃrn Persson um 18:52: > Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > Am So, den 22.02.2004 schrieb BjÃrn Persson um 20:01: > > > >>My sound device is integrated on the motherboard. Sounds can be played > >>just fine but MIDI doesn't work. Playmidi tries to access the MIDI > >>device through /dev/sequencer and gets the error "No such device". The > >>sound driver seems to be cmpci, but apparently it doesn't handle > >>/dev/sequencer. What module do I need to load? > >> > >>Kudzu (or something) has identified the device as "C-Media Electronics > >>Inc|CM8738". I'm currently running Linux 2.4.22-1.2174.nptl. > > > > Install ALSA from fedora.us or freshrpms.net. I think the soundchip is > > supported by the module named cmipci. See the ALSA project page for > > details (like modules.conf entries). > > I installed alsa-driver, alsa-firmware, alsa-lib, alsa-oss, alsa-tools > and alsa-utils from fedora.us, and was really confused for a while > before I found the driver modules at FreshRPMs. Now I have the same > situation with ALSA as I had before with OSS. PCM sound plays just fine > but there is still no /dev/sequencer. > > Is /dev/sequencer even the right device file to use with ALSA? If not, > is there a MIDI player that works with ALSA? > > According to the SOUNDCARDS file there is support for "MIXER,PCM,MIDI" > with CMI8738, and "MIDI" is explained as "external MIDI port". Does that > mean the driver can control an external synth through the MIDI port, but > not the built-in synth? Would I need one of the cards labeled with > "SYNTH_MIDI" to play MIDI with the card? > > BjÃrn Persson I do not know your soundchip, but from http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=C-Media&card=CMI8738&chip=CMI8738&module=cmipci midi should work: options snd-cmipci id="first" enable_midi="1" Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 1 (Yarrow) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.4.22-1.2174.nptl Sirendipity 21:08:16 up 5 days, 22:42, load average: 0.22, 0.07, 0.09 [ ÎÎÏÎÎ Ï'ÎÏÏÎÎ - gnothi seauton ]
