[LAU] alsa sequencer port numbering

[Jeremy Jongepier]

On 11/19/2010 07:57 PM, Bob van der Poel wrote:
> I've recently updated my system from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.10. One
> unresolved problem I have now is the sequencer port number assignment.
>
> On a boot, sometimes it comes up as 20:0 ... other times as 16:0.
>
> I do have 2 audio cards on the system, but only one has a seq.
>
> bob$ aplaymidi -l
>   Port    Client name                      Port name
>   14:0    Midi Through                     Midi Through Port-0
>   20:0    Ensoniq AudioPCI                 ES1371
>

Hello Bob,

But it always has port name ES1371. You can use that too instead of the 
port number. In what context are you facing this issue? A script? 
Session management?

Best,

Jeremy