ALSA:Can't subscribe to MIDI port (65:0) \ VOGONS

ALSA:Can't subscribe to MIDI port (65:0)

Topic actions

Post a reply

First post, by YuGiOhJCJ

Posted on 2006-12-24, 13:24

YuGiOhJCJ Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 3
Joined: 2006-07-31, 20:33

Hello,
When I start dosbox I have these messages :

1dosbox
2CONFIG:Loading settings from config file dosbox.conf
3ALSA:Can't subscribe to MIDI port (65:0)
4MIDI:Opened device:oss

I would like to use ALSA. Why it can't?
Thanx.

Reply 1 of 2, by Lindy

Posted on 2006-12-24, 17:06

Lindy Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 1
Joined: 2006-12-24, 16:41

Because I believe that port 65:0 is out of the range for alsa. The message your getting indicates that you should be getting midi via the oss driver. I get the same message and midi works just fine with the oss driver

Reply 2 of 2, by ddawson

Posted on 2007-01-04, 23:11

ddawson Offline

Rank Newbie

Rank: Newbie
Posts: 1
Joined: 2007-01-04, 20:19

Actually, 65 is not out of range (I think the port numbers may go up through 255). What has happened is ALSA has changed the port number. On my system, for instance:

1$ aplaymidi -l
2 Port    Client name                      Port name
3 14:0    Midi Through                     Midi Through Port-0
4 16:0    Sound Blaster 16                 Sound Blaster 16 MIDI
5 17:0    Emu8000 WaveTable                Emu8000 Port 0
6 17:1    Emu8000 WaveTable                Emu8000 Port 1
7 17:2    Emu8000 WaveTable                Emu8000 Port 2
8 17:3    Emu8000 WaveTable                Emu8000 Port 3
9 18:0    OPL3 FM synth                    OPL3 FM Port

You want to set "config=17:0" (or whatever the port is on your system) in the [midi] section of the config file.

Go to top of page Go to top of page

Back to DOSBox General

Main menu

Common searches