Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      02 Aug 2005 09:59:39 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: missing /dev/sequencer and /dev/midi under 5.4
Message-ID:  <44d5owmoc4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <200508011216.34719.ben@spooty.net>
References:  <200508011216.34719.ben@spooty.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm running FreeBSD 5.4 with a custom kernel on a Dell Inspiron 6000 - the 
> Dell website only says "SoundBlaster compatible" for the sound card.
> 
> Normal sound stuff works fine (though I can't hear the cd player, actually, 
> now that I think of it...) but midi doesn't work: kmidi complains 
> that /dev/sequencer is busy, but actually it doesn't exist, and neither 
> does /dev/midi.
> 
> I guess I need to enable midi in the kernel, but what device / options?

I'm not sure that MIDI is supported by the kernel these days.
Does anyone know for sure?

> I'm sure I don't need all this stuff in there, but I haven't got round to 
> experimenting with what I can take out. Could that be my problem?

Nope.  The extra stuff wouldn't hurt.



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?44d5owmoc4.fsf>