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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: A JOSEPH KOSHY <koshy@india.hp.com>
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Subject: Re: External MIDI out for the Opti MAD16 chipset.
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On Sun, 10 Nov 1996, A JOSEPH KOSHY wrote:

> I have a sound card that using the Opti MAD16 chipset (I borrowed it from
> a friend to try out under FreeBSD; I don't have the manufacturer name).
> 
> This card can be setup by its DOS software to run in SB compatibility
> and in Windows Sound System (WSS) mode.
> 
> Under FreeBSD-current, I'm able to get the basic SB and WSS modes recognized.
> I.e I can get the kernel to recognize `sb0' or `wss0'.  
> 
> However, in neither mode am I able to get MIDI to work properly.  
> Running `playmidi' results in a kernel error message: 
> 
> 	``Soundcard: Sequencer not initialized''.

Did you do 

cd /dev
./MAKEDEV snd0

??

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major