[PlanetCCRMA] Re: qjackctl and ardour problems

[Mike Jewell]

Thanks Fernando.  That fixed it.
Mike


>From: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
>To: Mike Jewell <msjmsj49@hotmail.com>
>CC: planetccrma@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
>Subject: Re: [PlanetCCRMA] qjackctl and ardour problems
>Date: 15 Jun 2005 17:45:17 -0700
>
>On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 12:26, Mike Jewell wrote:
> > Fedora Core 3
> > Planet CCRMA kernel, etc.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just started trying to use qjackctl to control jack and manage the
> > connections.
> >
> > When I start qjackctl,  I get:
> >     Warning: no locale found: /usr/share/locale/qjackctl_en_US.UTF-8.qm
> >
> > And then in the Messages window:
> >     Could not open ALSA sequencer as a client. MIDI patchbay will be not
> > available.
> >     ALSA lib seq_hw.c:451:(snd_seq_hw_open) open /dev/snd/seq failed: No
> > such file or directory
> >
> >
> > And when I start Ardour:
> >     ardour: [ERROR]: MIDI: no such port device
> >     ardour: [ERROR]: MIDI: no such port device
> >     ALSA lib seq_hw.c:451:(snd_seq_hw_open) open /dev/snd/seq failed: No
> > such file or directory
> >     ardour: [WARNING]: No MMC control (MIDI port "seq" not available)
> >
> > And Ardour does not show up in the qjackctl "connections" window.
> >
> > Are these error messages related and is the lack of the "ALSA sequencer"
> > (What is that anyway?) keeping Ardour from connecting with jack?
> >
> > I'm not using MIDI so do I need the sequencer anyway?
>
>The "ALSA sequencer" is the sequencer (ie: high level) interface to MIDI
>interfaces, either real external ports or ports offered by software
>packages.
>
>On FC3 that particular kernel module is not autoloaded, the workaround
>is to enable the alsasound startup script:
>   /sbin/chkconfig alsasound on
>
>A reboot should load the ALSA sequencer kernel module and qjackctl
>should not complain anymore.
>
>-- Fernando
>
>
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