[PD] Help with MIDI i/o Linux Pd

[Steve Briggs]

You could re-create them at startup by putting them in /etc/rc.local
rc.local gets run at startup after all other system scripts.
Your links are disapearing because you are using devfs or udev right?
so the whole /dev/ directory tree is dynamicaly created in the same way 
/proc/ is.

The /dev/midiX devices are OSS specific btw not TCL specific I believe.


...steve...

Jamie Bullock wrote:

>I am getting a bit closer to sorting the problem. It seems
>that /dev/midiX devices are unique to the TclMIDI implementation, and
>nothing to do with Alsa or OSS per se. Hence, the problem being unique
>to PD and not other apps.
>
>The problem is that on my system the all sound hardware is presented
>under /dev/snd. This wouldn't be a problem because, to make midi work
>under PD (for example), all I would have to do is make a symbolic link
>from /dev/midi1 to /dev/snd/midi1 etc. The problem is that whenever I
>reboot, the symbolic link gets destroyed.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Jamie
>
>The problem that I have is that 
>
>On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 11:56 -0600, Steve Briggs wrote:
>  
>
>>I don't have a um1 but I have a pcr keyboard which I think are similar 
>>in there USB MIDI implementation.
>>I vaguely remember having to symbolically link to the D1 device and not D0.
>>Sorry I can't verify this I don't have my gear with me.
>>
>>...steve...
>>
>>Jamie Bullock wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Hmm.. well I have the same problem as you. Yesterday the fix below
>>>worked for me, now it doesn't. Strange..
>>>
>>>Jamie
>>>
>>>On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 09:53 +0000, Jamie Bullock wrote:
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Do 'aconnect -i' or 'pmidi -l', give a list of MIDI devices? If they do
>>>>your problem is with PD not 'seeing' the device. I would guess that you
>>>>don't have the right symbolic link in your dev tree. Try something like:
>>>>
>>>>ln -s /dev/snd/midiC1D0 /dev/midi.
>>>>
>>>>Where midiC1D0 is your first MIDI interface.
>>>>
>>>>Jamie
>>>>
>>>>On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 20:34 -0500, Mitchell Turner wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>I am trying to get a Planet CCRMA linux box up and running with PD.  I 
>>>>>am having one problem.  I cannot get UM-1 (USB MIDI) to show up as a 
>>>>>MIDI input/output device in the MIDI Settings... window of PD 
>>>>>(Media>MIDI settings...).
>>>>>
>>>>>This MIDI device shows up as an Audio device instead.  When I click on 
>>>>>the Audio Settings (Media>Audio settings...)  the UM-1 is in the audio 
>>>>>list.  This audio list also shows my Modem.
>>>>>
>>>>>I know I have not configured something correctly but cannot figure out 
>>>>>the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>Here is my setup:
>>>>>Fedora Core 3 (from CCRMA)
>>>>>all of the Planet CCRMA audio apps (including ALSA, PD, etc...)
>>>>>
>>>>>Any help would be greatly appreciated,
>>>>>Mitch
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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