[LAU] qsynth: errors / what a waste of time :(

[Rui Nuno Capela]

On Fri, March 7, 2008 12:00, schoappied wrote:
> Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
>> On Thu, March 6, 2008 23:05, schoappied wrote:
>>
>>> Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
>>>
>>>> probably you'll need to select the alsa_raw midi driver, then erase
>>>> the midi device and then put the former back to alsa_seq
>>>>
>>>> byee
>>>>
>>> Yes, did that, but the problem is that it is always back at a new
>>> startup...
>>
>> that's weird.
>>
>> ok. try to find _every_ qsynthrc configuration file on your file-system
>>  and remove any that doesn't belong to your regular user. usually this
>> file is located in ~/.qt/qsynthrc (0.2.x) or
>> ~/.config/rncbc.org/Qsynth.conf
>> (0.3.x). if you have one in /etc/qt3/qsynthrc, get rid of it!
>>
>>
>> if that fails, try removing the configuration file (ie. backup with a
>> different name) and start all over from scratch
>>
> Thanks, that solved it!
>

please, it might be useful to someone else if you say which of the
"solutions" actually solved it

you say you wasted a lot of time with this, as in subject line, but please
don't let anyone else go through the same

grab a chance for your experience be of help to others
-- 
rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc at rncbc.org