[LAU] QJackCtl starts up with message window displaying this message

[Rui Nuno Capela]

On 03/18/2015 07:54 AM, david wrote:
>
> When QJackCtl starts up now, it always displays the message window with
> this showing in it:
>
> 21:30:58.980 Patchbay deactivated.
> 21:30:58.999 Statistics reset.
> 21:30:59.007 Could not open ALSA sequencer as a client. ALSA MIDI
> patchbay will be not available.
> ALSA lib seq_hw.c:457:(snd_seq_hw_open) open /dev/snd/seq failed: No
> such file or directory
> Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
> Cannot connect to server request channel
> jack server is not running or cannot be started
>
> Happens whether I've got it set to use RAW or SEQ midi.
>
> I don't have QJackCtl set to start JACK on startup, I start it manually.
>
> When I start it manually, it starts up and everything audio works fine.
> But if I set it to use SEQ, there are no entries in MIDI or ALSA tab. If
> I set it to use RAW, it finds my E-MU XMidiX1 and adds 1 in and 1 out
> port. That puts only 1 midi_capture_1 port on the MIDI tab, though. It
> apparently no longer finds it as an outport (I can tell because the OUT
> port light on my interface doesn't come on.
>

you don't seem to have ALSA sequencer kernel module loaded 
(snd_seq_midi)--you need that for the jackd "seq" midi driver to 
function properly and/or to get rid of that qjackctl startup message as 
well or you can disable ALSA sequencer support on qjackctl/Setup/Misc 
and try again.

hth.
cheers
-- 
rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela