[LAU] yoshimi --alsa-midi autoconnect?

[Will Godfrey]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:41:13 +0100
James Mckernon <jmckernon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Yoshimi seems be able to autoconnect to a MIDI input device (e.g. a
> keyboard) using its --alsa-midi (short form -a) option. But I can't seem to
> get it to work. I'm not sure what string I should pass to identify
> 
> For example, running:
> 
> yoshimi --alsa-midi="microKONTROL MIDI 1"
> 
> (i.e. using the name which aconnect -o gives for the device) gives the
> error:
> 
> ALSA lib seq.c:935:(snd_seq_open_noupdate) Unknown SEQ microKONTROL MIDI 1
> Error, failed to open alsa midi device: microKONTROL MIDI 1
> 
> Any ideas how I should identify my keyboard? (OR does this feature simply
> not work at the moment?)
> 
> Thanks!
> J

You've found a bug :(

I've always used qjackctl so hadn't noticed it. It seems the actual error is
being generated by ALSA itself, but I don't know if it's getting a badly formed
call or what.

I'll try and investigate ASAP.

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