is it me or is the timidity package broken?

Getting an error when trying to use the above package. Has anyone been able to play midi files at all on knoppix? Please share.

regards,
Jim

I can't get it to run either.

When I try to open a midi file from cli i get the following error.

midia.cfg: No such file or directory
timidity: Can't read any configuration file
Please check /etc/timidity.cfg

/etc/timidity/cfg reads as follows

# Instrument configuration file for timidity
#
# Specify library directory: dir <directory>
#
# - Multiple library directories may be given. The ones given last will be
# searched first so you can override them in later configuration files.
# Extra configuration files and MIDI files will also be searched in these
# directories.
#
# Set tone bank or drum set to modify: bank <number>
# drumset <number>
#
# Map program number to patch map: <program number> <patch name>
#
# - If the patch can't be found in the library directories, TiMidity will
# search again with ".pat" appended to the name.
# Programs without a loaded patch will be silent, except that for
# banks/drumsets >0, the corresponding patch in bank/drumset 0 will
# be used (if one exists).
#
# Read another configuration file: source <file name>

# The default timidity search path contains the following two system
# directories. Add additional lines to add instrument patches from
# other directories. (for example, from a DOS partition).
# These defaults are setup for the Debian timidity-patches package.

dir /usr/share/timidity/patches

# By default, try to use the instrument patches from timidity-patches:

bank 0
0 patch/acpiano.pat
24 patch/nylongt2.pat

# This file is in the timidity-patches package.

source midia.cfg





I found that not only was /etc/midia.cfg missing but that /usr/share/timidity/patches was also missing

Not sure what's up with all this.

Word has it that eadz is working on a bug site for knoppix. When it is up and going we can report things like this there. You can also report this on the mailing list if you like

After several reboots and a period of sitting time, everything appears to be working now. My problem was apparently I was using a redhat build of timidity instead of the Debian build.... which would explain all of my problems.

Amazing...
-Matt

Quote:

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root@Linuxbox:/# apt-get install timidity
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package timidty is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package timidity has no installation candidate
root@Linuxbox:/#

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Will some body explain how I can get Timidity installed?
At the site I did a download and got a windows EXE that was useless.

-Dragon

Audacity comes with the latest editions of knoppix. Give it a try.

If you insist on timidity: packages.debian.org
Then, as root: dpkg -i package_name.deb

I don't know what version of knoppix you are running, so, can not recommend the particular version you will need. As a matter of fact I recommend that you do not try to install it at all as your package manager suggests. If you run up against dependency issues (or a broken system), you are on your own.

Although, i think Timidity installed fine, it NEVER loads. All i see is the blue donut spinning under the cursor for about twenty seconds, and that's it. Timidity will NOT start up. Anybody know what i can do? Here are the results of Apt-get:

apt-get install timidity
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Recommended packages:
freepats
The following NEW packages will be installed:
timidity
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 556 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/541kB of archives.
After unpacking 1700kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package timidity.
(Reading database ... 107154 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking timidity (from .../timidity_2.13.2-9_i386.deb) ...
Setting up timidity (2.13.2-9) ...