Thanks for the advice.

I was on my way to doing just that when the next snag caught me.

When I apt-get (debian) alsa-base, it wants to install the alsa-utils which
contains most if not all the utils you mention. However, apt-get also wants
to remove linux-sound-base.

That's fine with me I guess, but then apt-get hangs on "Removing
linux-sound-base...".

Arrrgggggg! Any thoughts on how to tshoot an "apt-get --purge remove xxx"
hang?

Perhaps dpkg offers more ruthless shovel?

Thanks for the ideas. I feel like I'm very close (... well, kinda),

Rick


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linux@lists.develooper.com [mailto:Linux@lists.develooper.com]On
> Behalf Of zentara
> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:02 AM
> To: midi@perl.org
> Subject: Re: accessing midisport 2x2 using ALSA & MIDI::Music...
>
>
> On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 21:54:16 -0500, rbolen@carolina.rr.com ("Rick Bolen")
> wrote:
>
>
> >When I connect the Midisport 2x2 to the usb port, how do I determine what
> >device name and midi_dev number it is assigned by the system? Nothing is
> >reported in logs except the usb assignments.
> >Thanks,
>
> Use the alsa midi ultilities
> amidi
> aplaymidi
> arecordmidi
> aconnect
>
> run them with the -h option to get a list
> of options.
>
> amidi -h
>
> amidi -l  will list all your ports, then use those
> in the -p option of the other utilities.
>
> P.S. Keep notes on what you find successful, because
> you will probably forget after awhile. :-)
>
>
>
> --
> I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth.
> http://zentara.net/japh.html