I am trying to get "midi in" working on linux (ubuntu 6.10) at least on the "test audio and midi." My controller is Edirol PCR-M80 connected via usb.

/dev/sndstat shows the device as PCR:
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.12rc1 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux diffindo 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Tue Dec 5 22:28:26 UTC 2006 i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
NVidia CK804 with ALC850 at 0xfebfd000, irq 74
MPU-401 UART at 0x330, irq 5
EDIROL PCR at usb-0000:00:0b.0-2, full speed

Audio devices:
0: NVidia CK804 (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices:
1: MPU-401 UART MIDI
2: PCR

Timers:
31: system timer

Mixers:
0: Realtek ALC850 rev 0
1: mixer10
2: mixer20

When I use the controller in "test audio and midi," nothing happens.

Many thanks for any help on troubleshooting this.

Thanks Gimmeapill! It works!

@Gimmeapill said:

do you have the alsa module snd-seq loaded ?

lsmod|grep snd_seq
snd_seq_dummy 4996 2
snd_seq_oss 36480 5
snd_seq_midi 9984 2
snd_rawmidi 27264 3 snd_usb_lib,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8960 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 59120 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 25348 3 snd_rtctimer,snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9868 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 58372 16 snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device

Thanks, Gimmeapill, but it has been loaded all along and of course I am not getting midi.

@hardoff said:

isn't your midi device number #2

It would seem so, however, I am not getting any indication that midi is working in "test audio and midi."

Regular audio works fine.

If I pick "default-midi," "Input device 1" and "output device one" only have "none" as the option.

If I pick "Alsa-midi," "In Ports:" and "Out Ports" can be set to all sort of numbers (I have tried 1-3, for whatever that is worth), to no result.

Thanks hardoff but I am still stuck.