[PD] Recognizing USB MIDI interfaces on Pd 0.48.1 (Debian 9.5)

[Ingo]

Mmmhh,

I really don't want to use jack for this.
I simply need to know what I can do so that Pd sees new MIDI interfaces when I 
reload the the midi dialog after connecting a new USB MIDI device.

The way it was on Pd-exended was that Pd would search for MIDI devices when 
when you opened the MIDI dialog "OSS-MIDI" while running Pd.
Now it doesn't do this anymore ...

Pd actually ignores the Media/MIDI settings.
If I set the input to "none" and hit apply it still uses the MIDI input from 
the startup - even though it shows "none" in the MIDI settings.
Please someone tell me that there is a way to do this!

Is there any kind of a command to send to Pd to update the MIDI device list?
I really need to stay compatible with my previous software and operating 
systems.
Reloading the patch is not an option.

Ingo



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pd-list [mailto:pd-list-bounces at lists.iem.at] On Behalf Of IOhannes m
> zmoelnig
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 9:47 AM
> To: pd-list at lists.iem.at
> Subject: Re: [PD] Recognizing USB MIDI interfaces on Pd 0.48.1 (Debian 9.5)
>
> On 29.11.18 09:27, Ingo wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I know this has been coverd before but somehow I can't find it.
> >
> > I'm having a problem that after switching to Pd 0.48.1 on Debian 9.5 I
> > cannot recognize USB MIDI interfaces anymore without restarting Pd.
> > Can anybody tell me how to do this or point me to the relevant
> information?
> >
> > I used to simply recall the MIDI dialog and it was there - that's not
> > the case anymore.
> >
>
> use alsa-midi and some external software (like qjackctl) to manage the
> connection between the devices and Pd.
>
> fmasdr
> IOhannes