On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Penguin wrote:

 |I am using kernel modules for my Creative Ensonique ES1371 sound card.
 |Will go through the documentation in the kernel for my sound card.
OSS/Free drivers are never full feature ones! (they want you to pay for
the commercial ones!!)

 |Is using alsa going to help me, if midi support is not there in kernel
 |sound modules ? Anybody using alsa on ES1371 ?
--snip--
ID: Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES1370,ES1371)
SC: SoundBlaster PCI 64
SC: SoundBlaster PCI 128
IF: MIXER,PCM,MIDI
MA: Jaroslav Kysela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--snip--

So midi does work on alsa!!


 |ps. : I have also got timidity on my machine and it plays midi
 |files fine. No problems. Why than for doom / quake there should a problem
Timidity is a software midi thing... it converts midi files to wav files
and plays them!

 |of midi setup ? Similar error comes if I try to play midi files using
 |kmidi. It gives me can not open device. I presume it is also referring to
 |/dev/sequencer.
kmidi and the doom server expect to play on a real midi device .

Kingsly

                .:: Kingsly John                ICQ 14787510 ::.
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            .:: Linux 2.4.3 #10 Mon Apr 23 22:43:11 IST 2001 i686 ::.
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           `:. Posted to the list on Sat Apr 28 10:34:53 IST 2001 .:'


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