I just upgraded someone's old Linux Mint 17.3 KDE installation to the latest MX-Linux KDE.
The old installation had a Windows music editor by the name of Encore 5 running in Wine, with MIDI working fine, as shown in this screenshot: On the new installation, I got everything working smoothly, including Wine - except the link between MIDI and this Encore application: I get error messages for each of the 4 settings (Port A, Port B, Record Port and Receive Sync Port).
What I did:
- Install timidity with the exact same soundfont as on the original installation
- Set an Autostart script that carried out (identical to the one on the previous installation)
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timidity -iA
- Tested timidity:
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$ aconnect -l client 0: 'System' [type=kernel] 0 'Timer ' 1 'Announce ' client 14: 'Midi Through' [type=kernel] 0 'Midi Through Port-0' client 128: 'TiMidity' [type=user,pid=3126] 0 'TiMidity port 0 ' 1 'TiMidity port 1 ' 2 'TiMidity port 2 ' 3 'TiMidity port 3 '
- I copied the user's old /home directory verbatim, including all settings and other stuff from both Wine and Encore, so the problem is most likely located somewhere in the /etc or /usr directory
- I can still fire up the old installation for comparison and cheking, but I can't find anything different
It appears that Wine somehow can't see timidity running. I did find some references to winecfg, but when I run that, it doesn't show anything about MIDI.
Does anyone know what I'm missing here?
Thanks for any hints already,
Regards,