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Date:      Sun, 11 Apr 1999 23:58:11 -0400
From:      "Donald J. Maddox" <dmaddox@conterra.com>
To:        Spidey <beaupran@jsp.umontreal.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Problems (duh!) with sequencer
Message-ID:  <37116F53.CD59A700@conterra.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990411120409.3497B-100000@freed.libdns.qc.ca>

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The pcm device does not support MIDI in any way, shape, form, or
fashion.  If you want to use MIDI you will have to recompile your
kernel to use the VoxWare driver, or write MIDI support for pcm.

Sorry...

Spidey wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I tried to install 'playmidi' to listen to some wonderful masterpieces of
> mine.. :) What I had was:
> 
> root@freed [12:09pm] spidey# playmidi beast.mid
> Playmidi 2.3 Copyright (C) 1994-1996 Nathan I. Laredo
> This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> For details please see the file COPYING.
> open /dev/sequencer: Device not configured
> root@freed [12:09pm] spidey#
> 
> This is sndstat...
> 
> spidey@freed [12:04pm] spidey$ cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (981002) Apr 11 1999 04:11:53
> Installed devices:
> pcm1: <SoundBlaster 16 4.13> at 0x220 irq 9 dma 7:3
> sequencer1: <???> at 0x388 (not functional)
> spidey@freed [12:04pm] spidey$
> 
> What does it mean 'not functional'? Wrong port? hum... This is my kernel
> config:
> 
> controller      pnp0
> device          pcm0
> 
> and my bootup config:
> 
> pnp 2 0 os enable port0 0x220 irq0 9 drq0 3 drq1 7 port1 0x300 port2 0x388
> 
> also...
> 
> spidey@freed [12:11pm] spidey$ ls -l `find /dev -type l`
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   6 Mar 17 14:23 /dev/audio@ -> audio1
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   5 Mar 13 18:46 /dev/cdrom@ -> acd0c
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   8 Apr 11 11:41 /dev/dmdsp0@ -> /dev/dsp
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   9 Apr 11 11:41 /dev/dmmidi0@ -> /dev/midi
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   4 Mar 17 14:22 /dev/dsp@ -> dsp1
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   5 Mar 17 14:22 /dev/dspW@ -> dspW1
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   4 Apr 11 12:06 /dev/dspdefault@ -> dsp1
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  12 Feb 24 15:05 /dev/log@ -> /var/run/log
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   5 Apr 11 12:08 /dev/midi@ -> midi1
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   6 Mar 17 14:23 /dev/mixer@ -> mixer1
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   5 Feb 24 15:37 /dev/modem@ -> cuaa2
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  13 Feb 24 08:01 /dev/mouse@ -> /dev/sysmouse
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   4 Mar 17 14:22 /dev/pss@ -> pss1
> lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel   6 Apr 11 03:44 /dev/rwcd0a@ -> racd0a
> lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel   6 Apr 11 03:44 /dev/rwcd0c@ -> racd0c
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  15 Feb 24 08:55 /dev/scgx@ -> /dev/rworm0.ctl
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  10 Apr 11 12:08 /dev/sequencer@ -> sequencer1
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  10 Apr 11 11:51 /dev/vga@ -> /dev/ttyv0
> lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel   5 Apr 11 03:44 /dev/wcd0a@ -> acd0a
> lrwxrwxr-x  1 root  wheel   5 Apr 11 03:44 /dev/wcd0c@ -> acd0c
> 
> As far as I remember, I only could play midi files through timidity, in
> the ports...
> 
> Anyone else wanna try? :)
> 
> Si l'image donne l'illusion de savoir
> C'est que l'adage pretend que pour croire,
> L'important ne serait que de voir
> 
> Lofofora
> 
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