[LAU] snd-virmidi not working

[Clemens Ladisch]

Crypto wrote:
> I understand that the module snd-virmidi can be loaded via modprobe from the 
> command line. BUT: I cannot get it to work. The module does not pass any data 
> transferred to it.
> 
> What am i doing wrong? I simply connected one MIDI output of things like the 
> vkeybd to the virtual MIDI port and then connected kmidimon to the virtual 
> port to see if something is happening. But nothing.

snd-virmidi is used to make ALSA sequencer ports available as OSS MIDI
ports, i.e., anything sent to the sequencer port can be read from the
corresponding /dev/midi* device, and vice versa.


HTH
Clemens