Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-multimedia (20 mails)

[John Lamb <J.D.Lamb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have unstalled an sblive 5.1 card without problems (SuSE 7.3). I can
play midi (alsa),
for example, by using
# sfxload /usr/share/sfbank/creative/8mbgmsfx.sf2
and then running kmid

However, I have some questions that can probably be answered by anyone
who has installed SuSE 7.3 with an sblive card already installed. These
should help me automate the process of loading the soundfonts.

1. What should the alsa section (at the end) of /etc/modules.conf look
like?
   Mine looks like:
-------------------------------
# Alsa sound support.
# Warning: please don't modify comments over aliases 'snd-card-#'
alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 off
options snd snd_cards_limit=1 snd_major=116

# vuMS.9TIiBJnxyM6:SB Live! EMU10000
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-emu10k1
##jdl added
post-install snd-card-0 modprobe snd-seq-midi
##end of jdl added
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2. How is the /etc/alsa.d/emu10k1 script used?
3. Where is the 8mbgmsfx.sf2 soundfont normally put?
4. If I single-click on a .mid file in Konqueror I get the embedded
version of kmid, which plays without sound. How do I tell the embedded
kmid that I want to use the midi device: Emu10k1 WaveTable Emu10k1 -
Alsa device?

All advice gratefully received.
JDL