[LAU] Bug in Aconnectgui?

[andy baxter]

Crypto wrote:
> Hi,
>
> there is a GUI tool named Aconnectgui. I use it for connecting MIDI ports to 
> and between MIDI applications that connect to the ALSA sound system and MIDI 
> ports.
>
> It seems there is a bug:
>
> Step 1:
> Run Aconnectgui.
>
> Step 2:
> Run fluidsynth -a alsa --midi-channels=48
>
> This will start up fluidsynth and fluidsynth will create three virtual MIDI 
> port (instances) that will show up in the Aconnectgui tool.
>
> Step 3:
> enter "quit" in fluidsynth. The MIDI IN ports of fluidsynth are closed and 
> deleted in Aconnectgui.
>
> Step 4:
> Run fluidsynth again as in step 2. BUG: Aconnectgui will only display the 
> first of the three MIDI IN ports of fluidsynth.
>
> You can now close Aconnectgui and rerun it. It will display three MIDI IN 
> connections for fluidsynth again, which is correct.
>
> Is this truely a bug or am I missing out something? I think it is rather 
> annoying when testing MIDI stuff a lot. Aconnectgui ought to update the 
> connections in a more reliable way.
>   

I have noticed the same bug, so you're not the only one. I use the alsa
midi tab in qjackctl, but I guess this is no help if you're not running
jack.