[LAU] qsynth: errors

[Rui Nuno Capela]

schoappied wrote:
> Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
>> Joe Hartley wrote:
>>   
>>> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:26:54 +0100
>>> schoappied <schoappied at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>> When I want to open qsynth on Ubuntu while jackctl is already running 
>>>> I'll get these messages:
>>>>       
>>> Turn off the setting in Qsynth that starts jack when Qsynth starts.
>>>
>>>     
>> i'm sorry but this setting is not available on qsynth(fluidsynth)
>>
>> however it's something of the sort on qjackctl
>>
>> sure, you must have jack running _before_ you start qsynth.
>>   
> 
> The error about connecting with jack is gone.
> 
> But the one about not connecting to alsa_seq, no midi device stands 
> still....
> 
> : Failed to create the MIDI driver (alsa_seq). No MIDI input will be 
> available.
> 

do you have the alsa sequencer module loaded?

try as root:

  modprobe snd-seq-midi

and to make it permanent on every boot (on ubuntu):

  echo snd-seq-midi > /etc/modules

byee
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