At 10:08 AM 26/07/99 -0400, you wrote: >On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, a wrote: > >> I have Debian 1.2 and compile the kernel for SB16. >[...] > > Your config looks right. In fact, it looks identical to the config I used >to use with my SB16. Is yours a PNP card? > >> Now I can play wav files and CD but can't play midi files using >> playmidi. Only a copyright notice appears. > > Check your mixer settings; you may have the midi volume set low. >Alternatively, you could try using timidity; it does midi in software and >plays like a wav file. It sounds a lot better than the SB16. >
It probably isn't this, but is worth a shot. I had a similar problem once, with WAV's...It came out to be that the normal users didnt have permissions to the MIDI device. look for the midi device (I believe it was /dev/midi, can't be quite sure) and check permissions.
