[Alsa-user] Help with nForce4 MIDI

[Ray L. <lis...@in...>]

Hi,

I'm having trouble getting MIDI working on my new system (note: I 
primarily need raw midi to do sysex dumps).  I've searched and searched 
and tried dozens of things but nothing seems to work.  I'm hoping 
someone here might have some insight.

I'm running Fedora Core 4 (kernel 2.6.13-1.1532) on an Athlon 64 3500+ 
with Epox 9NPA+ Ultra mobo.

I tried using the default ALSA/OSS drivers first (snd-intel8x0) and 
everything worked great except: no MIDI devices created.

After a quick look at the driver source code I began to suspect that 
MIDI support wasn't implemented in snd-intel8x0.  So I decided to try 
the nVidia drivers.  I installed NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0306.  Again, 
everything seemed to be working okay, except: no MIDI devices.  So I 
returned to using the ALSA/OSS drivers.

Can anyone confirm whether or not snd-intel8x0 has raw MIDI support?

I'm not sure what else to try.  If anyone has any suggestions I'd really 
appreciate them.

Thanks in advance!

~ray

PS: More info:

--- /dev/sndstat:
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.9b emulation code)
Kernel: Linux necromancer 2.6.13-1.1532_FC4 #1 Thu Oct 20 01:30:08 EDT 
2005 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
NVidia CK804 with ALC850 at 0xfe02d000, irq 5

Audio devices:
0: NVidia CK804 (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: Realtek ALC850 rev 0
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(I'm not sure what "NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG" means exactly; I haven't been 
able to find any config to enable it.)

--- lsmod:
Module                  Size  Used by
parport_pc             30469  1
lp                     13129  0
parport                46089  2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4                42309  2
rfcomm                 46429  0
l2cap                  38469  5 rfcomm
bluetooth              63429  4 rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc                197509  1
ipt_REJECT              5953  1
ipt_state               1985  3
ip_conntrack           41849  1 ipt_state
iptable_filter          3137  1
ip_tables              19905  3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
vfat                   14017  5
fat                    58461  1 vfat
dm_mod                 61917  0
video                  16197  0
button                  6737  0
battery                 9541  0
ac                      4933  0
ipv6                  292865  10
usb_storage            74761  1
usblp                  13633  0
ohci1394               47113  0
ieee1394              308537  1 ohci1394
ohci_hcd               31841  0
ehci_hcd               48333  0
i2c_nforce2             7361  0
i2c_core               21697  1 i2c_nforce2
shpchp                 95429  0
snd_intel8x0           37505  3
snd_ac97_codec         80829  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_seq_dummy           3781  0
snd_seq_oss            42945  0
snd_seq_midi_event     10177  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                78033  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          9165  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            53105  1
snd_mixer_oss          18241  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm               112201  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              42437  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    62021  11 
snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              12449  3 snd
snd_page_alloc         10825  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
forcedeth              28993  0
8139too                36289  0
mii                     5569  1 8139too
floppy                 71861  0
ext3                  138569  4
jbd                   111065  1 ext3
sata_nv                10053  9
libata                 49353  1 sata_nv
sd_mod                 22209  13
scsi_mod              160681  3 usb_storage,libata,sd_mod
------------------

--- modprobe.conf:
alias scsi_hostadapter sata_nv
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
alias eth0 8139too
alias eth1 forcedeth

## sound stuff
# nvidia stuff
#alias snd-card-0 nvsound
#alias snd-intel8x0 off
#alias i810_audio off
#install nvsound /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install nvsound ; sleep 1; 
/usr/bin/nvmix-reg -f /etc/nvmixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
#remove nvsound { /usr/bin/nvmix-reg -f /etc/nvmixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 
|| : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove nvsound

# alsa stuff
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-intel8x0 index=0
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; 
}; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
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--- /proc/interrupts:
           CPU0      
  0:     407146          XT-PIC  timer
  1:       4313          XT-PIC  i8042
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  5:     112821          XT-PIC  libata, NVidia CK804, ohci_hcd:usb2, 
ohci1394
  7:          7          XT-PIC  parport0
  8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
  9:          0          XT-PIC  acpi
 11:     228051          XT-PIC  libata, ehci_hcd:usb1, eth1
 12:      96939          XT-PIC  i8042
 14:     106836          XT-PIC  ide0
 15:     106822          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0
ERR:          0
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