On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 15:35 +0100, Matthew Munro wrote: > For a long time last evening, I was unable to get any > signals from my MIDI keyboard to Qsynth via my second > MIDI port. Eventually, I rebooted into Windows 2000, > to check that the physical link was okay. Everything > checked out. When I rebooted into FC5, everything > checked out there too. > > I then went into `happy (dumb) bunny' mode, and played > a load of tunes. > > This morning, I booted my system from cold, and I was > back to square one. I have since performed a number > of reboots, and have concluded that Windows is > responsible for making my MIDI port work. ("What... > the...") Hey, we gotta place for people like you, expecting MIDI to work with linux and all.... <chuckles> and it's at: http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/planetccrma.html These guys have forgotten more than any of those $%^^&* MS bums ever will know! I hope they can help you. If you can make it to Stanford, you ought to know something. <grin> Ric