Re: Playing midi?

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 17:47:56 -0300, Bruno Buys wrote:
> This is debian sarge with marillat multimedia sources. I'm trying to 
> play a midi file, but I get a "Could not open /dev/sequencer to get some 
> info. Probably there's another program using it" error, from kmid. 
> That's the first time I try to open a midi file, so, probably I lack 
> some config. Trying to open Settings > MIDI setup brings me the same window.
> 
> What can I do?

Check if /dev/sequencer exists, and if it has the proper ownership and
permissions settings:

$ ls -l /dev/sequencer
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 1 2006-04-22 14:40 /dev/sequencer

If that is OK check which process is accessing the device:

$ lsof | grep /dev/sequencer

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Regards,
          Florian