Re: [PLUG] /dev/sequencer

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

Gregson Helledy wrote:

>I would like to play a .mid (MIDI) file and when I click on it in
>Konqueror, an app called "KMid" is loaded but returns an error:
>could not open /dev/sequencer
>probably there is another program using it
>
>In /dev, there is the following:
>crw-rw----  1 root audio    14,   1 Mar 24  2002 sequencer
>
>My user is a member of group "audio".
>I am using what is essentially Debian Sarge (upgraded from Libranet of
>years ago) and the Sarge version of KDE (3.3.2).  I am using the Debian
>stock kernel image 2.4.27-2-k7.
>Other audio apps work fine with other types of files (but probably don't
>use /dev/sequencer).  XMMS and noatun just die when I try to get them to
>play the .mid file.  When I try to look at KMid's configuration (Settings
>| MIDI Setup) it just repeats the above error and doesn't let me go further.
>
>Thanks in advance for any ideas.
>  
>

Have you tried restarting artsd?  That seems to solve a lot of KDE sound
problems.  You might want to try

killall sequencer

first.

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