Re: [aclug-L] xplaymidi and /dev/sequencer

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First thing to do is check if sound is configured at all.  You should
first cat /dev/sndstat and reply with those results.  That will help
with debugging the problem.

John

James Lee <onma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi
> My box is Redhat5.0. and I configured the sound card (sound blaster 16
> ).
> It works fine with command:      cat   filename.au > /dev/audio
> but  when I try runing
>         xplaymidi  filename.mid
> and I get message:
> 
> Playmidi 2.3 Copyright (C) 1994-1996 Nathan I. Laredo
> This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> For details please see the file COPYING.
> open /dev/sequencer: Device not configured
> 
> Please tell me how to configure /dev/sequencer.
> 
> James Lee
> 
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