[linux-audio-user] NoteEdit - TSE3 library only works under root

[Brett McCoy]

Brett McCoy wrote:

> I'm trying to get NoteEdit (2.7.4, installed via Demudi) to work 
> correctly under Debian Sid and I can't get the MIDI sequencer (via the 
> TSE3 library) to work unless I start noteedit as root.  This is just a 
> (more or less) vanilla 2.4.22 kernel, no low-latency patches and not 
> running jack or anything.  tse3play also only works when run as root, so
> 
> All other MIDI-based apps work correctly on the machine in question 
> (Rosegarden, timidity, vkeybd), so I am pretty sure the problem is in 
> the tse3 library.
> 
> Any one run into this and know a workaround?

Eh. never mind, it was trying to use /dev/sequencer which didn't have 
the right permissions set.  I though this library used ALSA?  Isn't 
/dev/sequencer for OSS?

*shrug*