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Alsa sequencer issue - no file /dev/snd/seq

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I seem to be having issues with my Alsa sequencer. I am using Parabola (Arch variant) and I don't use Pulseaudio, I use Alsa directly. I am trying to play a game via Wine that has MIDI audio. I have fluidsynth installed and it works - I can play a midi file and it sounds fine. However, if I start the fluidsynth server and run aplaymidi -l, I get the following error: $ aplaymidi -l ALSA lib seq_hw.c:466:(snd_seq_hw_open) open /dev/snd/seq failed: No such file or directory I have no /dev/snd/seq file, which seems like it is something that should be there, relating to the Alsa sequencer. Does anyone have any idea why that file might not be present and what solutions I can try? **Edit:** To answer the question in the comments, here is the output of /proc/config.gz for the section dealing with the sequencer: $ zgrep -A 5 -B 5 SEQUENCER /proc/config.gz # CONFIG_SND_CTL_VALIDATION is not set # CONFIG_SND_JACK_INJECTION_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_SND_VMASTER=y CONFIG_SND_DMA_SGBUF=y CONFIG_SND_CTL_LED=m CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=m CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DUMMY=m CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=m CONFIG_SND_SEQ_HRTIMER_DEFAULT=y CONFIG_SND_SEQ_MIDI_EVENT=m CONFIG_SND_SEQ_MIDI=m CONFIG_SND_SEQ_MIDI_EMUL=m CONFIG_SND_SEQ_VIRMIDI=m So it appears the Alsa sequencer was compiled as a module and I probably just need to load that module.
Asked by Time4Tea (2628 rep)
May 27, 2022, 03:14 PM
Last activity: May 27, 2022, 04:33 PM