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Running Munt on Linux KMS

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First post, by AlbMM

Posted on 2025-03-18, 17:01

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Hi friends.

I'm a Munt lover, running this fantastic midi emultor with Sharp X68000 emulators on Ubuntu/Debian on X11.

Now I'm on KMS and it seems Munt is not compatible.

Are there any to run Munt without its graphical interface?

If not, do you know any alternative midi emulator running on Linux Kernel Modesetting?

Thanks in advice.

Reply 1 of 5, by gdjacobs

Posted on 2025-03-20, 03:38

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KMS? Not a distro or spin I'm familiar with. Kernel mode setting?

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Reply 2 of 5, by AlbMM

Posted on 2025-03-21, 05:49

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It's video generation and graphics rendering (DRM) at kernel level, without the need of a video server and a window manager. This result in a significant lower latency.

The problem is that programs who needs a window manager will not run (as Munt).

So that's why I was asking for a way to launch Munt without its graphical interface.

Reply 3 of 5, by wierd_w

Posted on 2025-03-21, 14:07

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Munt has an alsa servelet that runs in daemon mode.

Use that instead. Make sure it starts AFTER alsa and pulse stacks initialize, and that it runs under a user with the correct group memberships.

The actual daemon is called mt32emu.

https://github.com/munt/munt/blob/master/mt32 … adrv/README.txt

It has no X dependencies, and presents as an ALSA midi device. Usually 128:0 / 128:1

Reply 4 of 5, by AlbMM

Posted on 2025-03-22, 23:39

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Works perfect friend.

Thanks a lot!

Reply 5 of 5, by gdjacobs

Posted on 2025-03-26, 18:54

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AlbMM wrote on 2025-03-21, 05:49:

It's video generation and graphics rendering (DRM) at kernel level, without the need of a video server and a window manager. This result in a significant lower latency.

The problem is that programs who needs a window manager will not run (as Munt).

So that's why I was asking for a way to launch Munt without its graphical interface.

Yes, I'm familiar. KMS presents a generic framebuffer interface, but I don't believe there is a client for fbdev. Might be interesting for an appliance setup.

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