Recent alsa midi problem
After a recent dist-upgrade on my "sid" system midi has stopped working. Both
soundfonts loaded with sfxload and timidity started as a soft synth
(timidity -iA -Os -B2,8 &) have stopped functioning. Starting noteedit and
attempting to config a synth says that no sequencer is available. Sound other
than midi is working fine.
lsmod gives the following output:
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Module Size Used by
snd_seq_midi 6464 0
snd_seq_oss 33761 1
snd_emu10k1_synth 6720 0
snd_emux_synth 36640 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 5760 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_event 6112 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_virmidi
snd_seq_midi_emul 7008 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq 52784 6
snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi_emul
snd_emu10k1 66756 2 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_rawmidi 20608 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1
snd_pcm_oss 49604 0
snd_mixer_oss 17696 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 88928 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 22176 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_seq_device 6404 7
snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec 60868 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_page_alloc 9412 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 3200 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 7392 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd 47204 18
snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_util_mem,snd_hwdep
nvidia 4812960 12
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Which leads me to believe that snd-emu10k1 and snd-emu10k1-synth have been
loaded correctly.
Below is the relevent portion of my modules.conf file
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### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/alsa
### DEBCONF MAGIC
# This file was automatically generated by alsa-base's debconf stuff
alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 soundcore
options snd major=116 cards_limit=4
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/dsp* snd-pcm-oss
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
alias snd-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-slot-0
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/alsa
### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/alsa-base
above snd-pcm snd-pcm-oss
### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/alsa-base
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The output of cat /dev/sndstat gives
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config options: 0
Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation
Card config:
Sound Blaster Live! (rev.7) at 0xe800, irq 9
Audio devices:
0: EMU10K1 (DUPLEX)
Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
Midi devices:
0: EMU10K1 MPU-401 (UART)
Timers:
7: system timer
Mixers:
0: SigmaTel STAC9708/11
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Here we see that the synth devices are not configured anymore :(
Where and how do I enable synth devices in config??
Thanks in advance
RJP
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