midi

[Cyber Source]

If after the compile/make/make install, the executable was NOT in 
/usr/local/bin, it didnt finish. Then you need to see what's missing and 
wrong. Remember, when compiling, stuff can get cached in the directory 
your compiling from. If, as you say, you didn't do the compile line the 
way I had it, it could have borked the config. I would delete the folder 
and untar the tarball again and start from scratch. Use the config line 
exactly as I had it and see how you fare.

jb wrote:

>I tried it again and everything seemed to run smooth like before but this time 
>I noticed a problem at the end of the make install when it hit this.
>tk_c.c:53:17: error: tcl.h: No such file or directory
>tk_c.c:54:16: error: tk.h: No such file or directory
>Not sure what it means but it deleted my installed version of timidity ++. I 
>would imagine this is the same deal as what happened before.
>I downloaded the RPM from the repo if that is of any help instead of the 
>tarball?
>jb
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>On Tue October 11 2005 09:07, jb wrote:
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>>Yes I created the folder and copied the cfg to it.
>>The only thing I didn't do was I did everything as su. I'll try it as a
>>user and configure it then log in as root this time with the make and make
>>install. Thanks and I'll check to be sure the executable is at
>>/usr/local/bin/timidity, and the rpm install is in /usr/bin/timidity too.
>>jb
>>I downloaded the 8.9 mb version from the yum repo and I'll give it another
>>go today some time.
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>>On Tue October 11 2005 08:08, Cyber Source wrote:
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>>>1. The folder is not there, you need to create the folder, then copy the
>>>timidity.cfg into it.
>>>2. The config needs to all be run as one line, with all those options.
>>>3. It sound like you didn't run "make" and then "make install"(as root)
>>>after it compiled.
>>>4. Running make install would have put the executable at
>>>/usr/local/bin/timidity, the rpm install puts it in /usr/bin/timidity.
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>>>jb wrote:
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>>>>Everything seemed to go smooth until I went to /usr/local/share/ to copy
>>>>the config file into the timidity folder, it wasn't there. I made a
>>>>folder and put timidity.cfg in it but I tried "which timidity" without
>>>>results. I then did rpm -qa|grep midity to get the version and then rpm
>>>>-e and the version given. Then when I did which timidity and it came
>>>>back with no timidity in a bunch of places.
>>>>It's probably obvious I did something noob with the compile. At first I
>>>>copied and pasted your ./configure but it caughed on the two other
>>>>lines below ./configure --enable-audio=default, then I put it all as a
>>>>single command and it didn't gag and seemed to compile with all the
>>>>enables and then thats where I ran into the missing folder in
>>>>/usr/local/share/. I'm using smart instead of yum and I checked for
>>>>timidity ++ and it was no longer installed. I re-installed TiMidity ++
>>>>and ran timidity -ig and it came back with
>>>>Playmode `k' is not compiled in.
>>>>Interface `g' is not compiled in.
>>>>So I guess I'm back to square one and probably tried putting a square
>>>>peg in a round hole with my noob terminal commands, probably good for a
>>>>chuckle though. One thing I did notice the current version of timidity
>>>>I downloaded from  sourceforge wasn't quite as current as the one I get
>>>>from my smart repositories and quite a bit smaller if I'm not mistaken.
>>>>If you can tell what I did wrong please point me in the right
>>>>direction. Thanks, your always a great help Cyber.
>>>>jb
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>>>>On Mon October 10 2005 21:21, Cyber Source wrote:
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>>>>>Ok, I played with this a while back because my step-mother was using FC
>>>>>and some friend of hers was sending her midi files or stupid emails
>>>>>with midi's playing as background music, etc.. You can tell your email
>>>>>app to use timidity but then you notice that you can't stop the file
>>>>>until the end because you have not gui control, etc.. So, you already
>>>>>have it installed, good. You could easily do "yum install timidity++"
>>>>>for those that don't have it. However, this won't give you a gui, it
>>>>>needs to be compiled in and the called when executing the binary. Go
>>>>>to
>>>>>http://timidity.sourceforge.net and download the lastest, LEAVE THE ONE
>>>>>YOU HAVE INSTALLED ALREADY, you'll see why in a minute. Compile the
>>>>>downloaded timidity, I used the following options, the install file
>>>>>explains all,
>>>>>./configure --enable-audio=default
>>>>>--enable-interface=gtk,ncurses,motif,tcltk,xskin,slang --enable-network
>>>>>--enable-spectrogram
>>>>>Then make, make install. This will put the executable in
>>>>>/usr/local/bin/timidity. One HUGE thing that will be missing is the
>>>>>timidity.cfg file but the install from yum (or rpm) will have one at
>>>>>/etc/timidity.cfg. Copy this file to
>>>>>/usr/local/share/timidity/timidity.cfg. Do a "which timidity", if it
>>>>>comes back /usr/local/bin/timidity it's ok, that's the one put on from
>>>>>the compile, if not, after you copied the cfg file, you can rpm -e the
>>>>>installed timidity rpm (rpm -qa|grep midity) will give the exact name,
>>>>>left some out for case, etc. The whole reason to leave or use the
>>>>>rpm/yum install was to get the cfg file, if you have a look at that
>>>>>monster, you'll see it's no cake to figure out.
>>>>>Now, timidity -ig should fire it up with the gtk gui, try it out, let
>>>>>me know.
>>>>>
>>>>>jb wrote:
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>>>>>>I found something that may help with diagnosing the problem. If I
>>>>>>right click on the mid file and click open with and navigate to
>>>>>>/usr/bin/timidity the file will play but I have no visual control, it
>>>>>>just plays until it stops. Not sure if that tidbit helps but it seems
>>>>>>like it narrows things down a bit. At least it isn't a hardware
>>>>>>problem and the comp is capable of playing that file type? Must be a
>>>>>>setting somewhere...
>>>>>>jb
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>>>>>>On Mon October 10 2005 15:36, jb wrote:
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>>>>>>>I'm using FC4 and I tried to play a mid music file and no sound. In
>>>>>>>the control center I tested MIDI and nothing. In the hardware
>>>>>>>section it has select midi device and the only selection is Midi
>>>>>>>Through Midi Through Port-o-ALSA device. I'm not sure what to try
>>>>>>>next, I tried alsaconfig in a terminal but it said command not
>>>>>>>found. Not sure what to try next. I can play other types like mp3,
>>>>>>>is there a setting I need to do or do I need a plugin to play mid
>>>>>>>files? I didn't have any problem with them when I was using RH9 so
>>>>>>>the hardware isn't a problem just a setting or a missing lib or
>>>>>>>something? Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>>>>jb
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