[linux-audio-user] Solfege on gentoo?

[Dave Phillips]

Iain Duncan wrote:

> Just wondering if anyone has gotten solfege to work with either 
> external midi ports, virmidi, or a soft synth using alsa and not oss. 
> I have been struggling with getting it to play to my midi port or to 
> virmidi, and have no clue how to select the device properly. There is 
> little explanation as to what the options in the set up area mean. I'm 
> on gentoo.

Hi Iain:

  I just took a look at the audio preferences for 2.0.2, there's no 
provision for anything ALSA. :(

  The other options offered were /dev/sequencer, /dev/sequencer2, 
/dev/music, and none. Selecting /dev/sequencer2 and /dev/music gave me 
error messages, /dev/sequencer was selected without error but I got no 
sound from the test. No MIDI activity appeared on my patchbay.

  The Solfege Web site includes instructions for wedding timidity to 
/dev/music. Didn't work for me though, I still received the error for 
/dev/music.

Best,

dp