Loading midi soundfonts on startup

[oliwally]

Ziyad, thank you so much for helping and for offering to nut the problem
out.



> What's the exact error message?

It all goes by very quickly, but the message says (several times)
something on the line of "Warning modprobe.d...bad line starting with
post-install, ingoring line 1"



This is the actual line in my modprobe.d/soundfont:


Code:
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    post-install snd-emu10k1-synth /usr/bin/asfxload /etc/midi/8mbgmsfx.sf2
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all the paths are correct.



> 

> Try "/sbin/lsmod | grep synth". But since your card is a Creative
> SoundBlaster Live!, it's most likely the "snd-emu10k1-synth" module.

Yes, you're right. This is the output from /sbin/lsmod | grep synth:


Code:
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    snd_emu10k1_synth       6656  0

  snd_emux_synth         33280  1 snd_emu10k1_synth

  

  snd_seq_virmidi         7296  1 snd_emux_synth

  snd_seq_midi_emul       7424  1 snd_emux_synth

  snd_emu10k1            81668  1 snd_emu10k1_synth

  snd_util_mem            4608  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1

  snd_hwdep               9220  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1

  snd_seq                46992  8 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event

  snd_seq_device          8332  7 snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq

  snd                    50276  15 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_via82xx,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device

  

  
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> By the way, the line to put in "/etc/modprobe.d/soundfont" is just
> *one*

> line, I'm afraid it might got warped by the mail client.

It displayed as one line for me.



I thought I'd chuck in my /etc/modules file to help figure things out.
Some of the bits and pieces have been added on recommendation of
various forums and how-tos in order to make Rosegarden work (and
Rosegarden does work for me!)



/etc/modules:


Code:
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    # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.

  #

  # This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded

  # at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

  

  ide-cd

  ide-disk

  ide-generic

  lp

  mousedev

  psmouse

  nvidia

  

  alias char-major-116 snd

  alias char-major-14 soundcore

  alias snd-card-0 snd-card-emu10k1

  alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

  alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss

  alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss

  alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss

  alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss

  alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss

  alias midi snd-synth-emu10k1

  below snd-seq-oss snd-synth-emu10k1

  post-install snd-synth-emu10k1 usr/bin/sfxload /etc/midi/8MBGMSFX.SF2 ; alsactl restore

  # uncomment to save volume settings at shutdown:

  #pre-remove snd-synth-emu10k1 alsactl store

  

  # the following was added to allow rosegarden to work from startup:

  snd-seq-midi
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Thanks again for your help.


-- 
oliwally