[LAU] alsa sequencer port numbering

[Bob van der Poel]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Jeremy Jongepier
>
> 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?
>

Yes, it is always ES1371. Mostly I use aplaymidi and it picks up the
port number from the ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS variable set in my .bashrc.

I suppose I could somehow set this via a script ... but seems a bit awkward?





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