[linux-audio-user] sfxload: No AWE synth device is found (was: Playing MIDI)

[Til Schubbe]

* On 16.03. Emiliano Grilli (emillo at libero.it) muttered:

> Have you tried timidity?
> Using freepats should be quite integrated in debian.

Yes, I can play a .mid file with timidity and aplaymidi now.  It
sounds like a piano.  Thanks!


But I still can't load a soundfont:

til at debian:~ - sfxload /etc/midi/Fender2.sf2 
No AWE synth device is found

I loaded snd_emu10k1_synth but it did't help.  Now I have the
following modules installed:

til at debian:~ - lsmod |egrep snd
snd_emu10k1_synth       7552  0 
snd_emu10k1           100868  1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_emux_synth         38656  1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi         6144  1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul       7040  1 snd_emux_synth
snd_util_mem            3840  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_emux_synth
snd_hwdep               7712  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_oss            33408  0 
snd_seq_midi            7712  0 
snd_rawmidi            21408  3
snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6272  3
snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                55184  9
snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          7308  7
snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd_intel8x0           29376  0 
snd_ac97_codec         76536  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss            56992  0 
snd_mixer_oss          19328  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                92808  4
snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              23044  3 snd_emu10k1,snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    55044  19
snd_emu10k1,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_util_mem,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               7648  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          8324  3 snd_emu10k1,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

What else can I do to get a soundfont installed?

Regards
Til