Installing timidity allows playing of midi files but it should play them out of the box or warn the user.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/asty# apt-get install timidity Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: freepats Suggested packages: pmidi The following NEW packages will be installed freepats timidity 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 29.5MB of archives. After unpacking 35.8MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get: 1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe freepats 20060219-1 [29.0MB] Get: 2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe timidity 2.13.2-14ubuntu1 [555kB] Fetched 29.5MB in 43s (671kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package freepats. (Reading database ... 210883 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking freepats (from .../freepats_20060219-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package timidity. Unpacking timidity (from .../timidity_2.13.2-14ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Setting up freepats (20060219-1) ... Setting up timidity (2.13.2-14ubuntu1) ... * Starting timidity * Starting TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation... -- [gutsy] midi not working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134064 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs