I discovered that on plugging in a USB MIDI device, the module snd_seq_device is loaded, bringing with it the dependency snd_rawmidi. This would suffice for apps which use the "raw" MIDI interface, but not the "sequencer" MIDI interface. I have always used the latter, and until recently this has worked.
I think that if the snd_seq_midi module could be loaded at the same time, using the same mechanism as the snd_seq_device module gets loaded, that would be the optimal solution. On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Elimar Riesebieter <riese...@lxtec.de> wrote: > * Forrest Cahoon <forrest.cah...@gmail.com> [2015-06-04 21:55 -0500]: > > > Package: alsa-utils > > Version: 1.0.28-1 > > Severity: normal > > > > Kernel modules snd_seq and snd_seq_midi are no longer loaded at boot in > Debian > > unstable. > > > > I apologize if this is the wrong package; this functionality was formerly > > implemented in alsa-base, but that is a dummy package now. I believe this > > continued to work for some time after the alsa-base implementation went > away > > though, so I think this functionality was maintained in the switch but > recently > > became broken. > > The mentioned drivers (modules) should be loaded dynamically by kmod > if required from a midi device. > > Please test it. > > Elimar > -- > Experience is something you don't get until > just after you need it! >
