[linux-audio-user] Midi Woes

[Clemens Ladisch]

Chip VanDan wrote:
> > Using a gameport-MIDI interface with a gameport on the motherboard
> > should work automatically if the MIDI port is enabled in the BIOS setup
> > and if ACPI is enabled.  Without ACPI, you have to specify port address
> > and interrupt manually, as in:
> >
> > modprobe snd-mpu401 port=0x330 irq=10
> >
> > (however, look up the actual values in the BIOS setup)
> 
> I went to the BIOS and found the actual values, however I don't
> understand what I am looking at exactly.  There is only one serial
> port on my computer, but in the BIOS there were two different
> addresses listed, A and B.  One was listed at 3F8H/IRQ4 and the other
> was at 2F8H/IRQ3.

The serial ports have nothing to do with MIDI.
The MIDI port should be listed under "gameport" or "MIDI" or "MPU-401".


HTH
Clemens