On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:00:39 -0700 "Daniel B. Thurman" <dant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Folks, > > Is it me or does Fedora have a real problem when > it has to deal with Sound cards? > > I cannot for the LIFE OF ME figure out WHY is FEDORA > IMPOSSIBLE getting sound to work!?!?!? I can get > my CDROM to play music -- and wave files, etc but... > MIDI is one of those simple things that *should* > be working but alas -- no -- it is not simple... > it is said not to work very well.... > > I have tried a cheap Yamaha YMF-724F (DS-1) and a not-so-cheap > Creative Labs, SoundBlaster LIVE card and there is no way in > h$ll I can get midi to work for either cards!?!?!? I cannot > even figure out how to disable the KDE arts server since it > was removed from the KControl and so -- kindly -- how can I > disable it -- just in case it is preventing midi from working > right? > > Yes, I scouraged goggle, AskJeves, etc. and it seems people > got these cards to work just fine on debian, Mandrake, Suze > but heck -- NOT ON FEDORA!?!? I tried this on FC-2 and FC-3. > > Please, please, please, tell me -- how can I get MIDI to work? > > I was told that for YMF-724F the following line should > be added in the /etc/modprobe.conf file: > > options snd-ymfpci index=0 mpu_port=0x330 > > but -- nope! Does not work > > As for the SB-Live card - no information how in what > to add to the modprobe.conf file.... > > Any help is GREATLY APPRECIATED! > > Humbled.... > ~Dan > Have you tried timidity? I have played midi files using that. The current timidity is in this rpm: timidity++-2.13.0-3 If you don't have it you can get it using yum. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. USA registered linux user 46097
