I've been trying for months to get my midi input (using OSS/free) on a knoppix liveCD so that I can record midi in the included rosegarden2.1, and here is where I am now: I found a very short program that all it does is simply print out the bytes recieved at the midi input - its at http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~craig/articles/linuxmidi/input/section1.html My /dev/sequencer is working fine for output (verified with playmidi -e) however this program does not display any midi input. Actually what happens is BEFORE running the program, I verify that my Roland sound module (connected to the midi output of the midi cable plugged into the soundcard) DOES recieve input from the midi keyboard plugged into the midi input, BUT then when I run the program, the midi input is no longer passed through to the midi output. I've verified that the test program displays no midi input using /dev/sequencer, or /dev/midi, /dev/midi00 (I changed the device in the code) Here are the only steps I followed which succeeded in getting the ESS1868 midi output working. modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 # OR dma16=-1 modprobe -v mpu401 io=0x330 irq=7 modprobe -v opl3 io=0x388 I guess that if I just get this sample program to display midi input, then I will be able to start using rosegarden2.1 to record midi? But why would the test program use /dev/sequencer for input (I thought /dev/midi was the input?) Why would my midi output (/dev/sequencer) but my midi input wouldn't work? here is the relevant output of sndstat: Synth devices: 0: Yamaha OPL3 MIDI devices: 0: MPU-401 0.0 Midi interface #1 Any advice would be VERY appreciated! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com