From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 24 10:51:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDF7016A41F for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:51:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59D2943D48 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:51:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from epia2.farid-hajji.net (epia-2 [192.168.254.11]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 041144C22E; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:51:27 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:53:27 +0200 From: cpghost To: Ben Paley Message-ID: <20050824105327.GA1849@epia2.farid-hajji.net> References: <200508231659.39672.ben@spooty.net> <200508241102.05062.ben@spooty.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200508241102.05062.ben@spooty.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: conrads@cox.net, FreeBSD Stable , Robert Backhaus Subject: Re: /dev/midi and /dev/sequencer X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:51:54 -0000 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 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/