[PlanetCCRMA] snd_seq loaded but no midi

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 07:13, Kenneth wrote:
>         Hi
> 
>     This is odd. A while back I used chkconfig to get alsa to load the
> snd_seq on startup, to get my Radium49 midi keyboard to work. This
> worked and I could use midi. However, this has stopped working for
> some reason. I can see that snd_seq is loaded, but JACK and Pd doesn´t
> see any midi devices available. Checked cable and usb plug. All fine.
> 
> Here´s a listing from lsmod:
> snd_usb_audio          67904  3
> snd_usb_lib            13824  1 snd_usb_audio
> snd_via82xx            30592  0
> snd_ac97_codec         76512  1 snd_via82xx
> snd_pcm_oss            55716  0
> snd_mixer_oss          20224  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm               113544  6
> snd_usb_audio,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer              36100  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> snd_page_alloc         10372  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
> snd_mpu401_uart        10752  1 snd_via82xx
> snd_rawmidi            31008  2 snd_usb_lib,snd_mpu401_uart
> snd_seq_device          9484  2 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
> snd                    59748  16
> snd_seq,snd_usb_audio,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device

It looks like the right kernel module is actually loaded
(snd-usb-audio). Maybe you need to point pd to use the right device?
Check soundcards recognized and devices present by doing:

  cat /proc/asound/cards
  cat /proc/asound/devices

-- Fernando