ALSA midi SBLive - sfxload?
In order to get MIDI going I upgraded to sid, updated kernel 2.4.19 to
2.4.24 and switched form the kernel sound driver to ALSA. Everything still
works (xmms can play mp3 to ALSA output, for example), but still no MIDI
sound.
lsmod shows all the modules as shown below. Playing a midi file goes
through the motions (no errors) but no sound. I unmuted and turned up the
volume on every device in alsamixer.
Searching the web and Debian site uncovered that I may need to load "sound
fonts" with sfxload, but it's not clear to me if this is still required or
not. Also, the awesfx package no longer exists.
What do I need to do next?
rickm@timshel:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
snd-pcm-oss 39172 0
snd-seq-midi 4032 0 (autoclean)
snd-seq-oss 29600 0 (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss 13392 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-emu10k1-synth 4636 0
snd-emu10k1 74532 7 [snd-emu10k1-synth]
snd-pcm 60068 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1]
snd-hwdep 5280 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-page-alloc 6452 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 47532 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-emux-synth 28156 0 [snd-emu10k1-synth]
snd-util-mem 1264 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-emux-synth]
snd-seq-midi-emul 5008 0 [snd-emux-synth]
snd-seq-virmidi 3288 0 [snd-emux-synth]
snd-seq-midi-event 3264 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-virmidi]
snd-seq 36784 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-emux-synth
snd-se
q-midi-emul snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-timer 14724 0 [snd-pcm snd-seq]
snd-rawmidi 13504 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-emu10k1 snd-seq-virmidi]
snd-seq-device 4304 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss
snd-emu10k1-synth snd
-emu10k1 snd-emux-synth snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd 32004 7 [snd-pcm-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss
snd-mixer
-oss snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm snd-hwdep snd-ac97-codec snd-emux-synth
snd-util-mem sn
d-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-timer snd-rawmidi
snd-seq-device]
nvidia 1962496 6 (autoclean)
...RickM...
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