Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:53:27 +0200 From: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> Cc: conrads@cox.net, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Robert Backhaus <robbak@gmail.com> Subject: Re: /dev/midi and /dev/sequencer Message-ID: <20050824105327.GA1849@epia2.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <200508241102.05062.ben@spooty.net> References: <200508231659.39672.ben@spooty.net> <d44995805082320277cf1c35f@mail.gmail.com> <200508241102.05062.ben@spooty.net>
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On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 11:02:04AM +0100, Ben Paley wrote: > On Wednesday 24 August 2005 04:27, Robert Backhaus wrote: > > On 8/24/05, Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm running 5.4-STABLE, cvsupped and everything rebuilt Mon Aug 22. > > > > > > Does anyone know what's happening with MIDI? I've got no /dev/midi > > > or /dev/sequencer and don't know if it's even possible to turn them on in > > > the kernel at the moment. > > > > > > I've also managed to compile and run Rosegarden-4 - it claims to work > > > with arts instead of ALSA but I'm not having any luck starting it with > > > sequencer or midi... any ideas? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ben > > > > There is slow work being done by one developer to reestablish midi. A > > set of patches was posted here for 5.4, and they aparently worked. I > > couldn't get them to compile on CURRENT, though. I was not able to > > locate a site on it, and the patch was posted to this list on Apr 26 > > by conrads(a)cox.net . He may be able to find you a later patch set > > from "Mat". Perhaps running some linux distro under qemu which supports MIDI could temporarily help? Anyone tried this? Regards, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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