nForce4 MIDI not working

[raybert]

Hi,

I'm having trouble getting MIDI working on my new system (note: I primarily need raw midi to do sysex dumps). I've searched and searched and tried dozens of things but nothing seems to work. I'm hoping someone here might have some insight.

I'm running Fedora Core 4 (kernel 2.6.13-1.1532) on an Athlon 64 3500+ with Epox 9NPA+ Ultra mobo.

I tried using the default OSS drivers first (snd-intel8x0) and everything worked great except: no MIDI devices created. /dev/sndstat said "Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG". (I'm not sure what that means exactly; I haven't been able to find any config to enable it.)

After a quick look at the driver source code I began to suspect that MIDI support isn't implemented in snd-intel8x0. So I decided to try the nVidia drivers.

I installed NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0306. Again, everything seems to be working okay, except: no MIDI devices.

lsmod gives me this:

Module                  Size  Used by
parport_pc             30469  1
lp                     13129  0
parport                46089  2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4                42309  2
rfcomm                 46429  0
l2cap                  38469  5 rfcomm
bluetooth              63429  4 rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc                197509  1
ipt_REJECT              5953  1
ipt_state               1985  3
ip_conntrack           41849  1 ipt_state
iptable_filter          3137  1
ip_tables              19905  3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
vfat                   14017  4
fat                    58461  1 vfat
dm_mod                 61917  0
video                  16197  0
button                  6737  0
battery                 9541  0
ac                      4933  0
ipv6                  292865  10
usb_storage            74761  0
usblp                  13633  0
ohci1394               47113  0
ieee1394              308537  1 ohci1394
ohci_hcd               31841  0
ehci_hcd               48333  0
i2c_nforce2             7361  0
i2c_core               21697  1 i2c_nforce2
shpchp                 95429  0
nvsound              1563832  3
soundcore              12449  4 nvsound
forcedeth              28993  0
8139too                36289  0
mii                     5569  1 8139too
floppy                 71861  0
ext3                  138569  4
jbd                   111065  1 ext3
sata_nv                10053  9
libata                 49353  1 sata_nv
sd_mod                 22209  11
scsi_mod              160681  3 usb_storage,libata,sd_mod

And modprobe.conf looks like:

alias scsi_hostadapter sata_nv
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
alias eth0 8139too
alias eth1 forcedeth

## sound stuff
# nvidia stuff
alias snd-card-0 nvsound
alias snd-intel8x0 off
alias i810_audio off
install nvsound /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install nvsound ; sleep 1; /usr/bin/nvmix-reg -f /etc/nvmixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove nvsound { /usr/bin/nvmix-reg -f /etc/nvmixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove nvsound

# alsa stuff
#alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
#options snd-card-0 index=0
#options snd-intel8x0 index=0
#remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0

ARTS works fine using OSS but, of course, no ALSA.

I DO have audio support enabled in the BIOS, as well as MIDI (on int 10).

/proc/interrupts says:

           CPU0
  0:    1348568          XT-PIC  timer
  1:       5698          XT-PIC  i8042
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  5:     495237          XT-PIC  libata, NVIDIA CK804 Audio, ohci_hcd:usb2, ohci1394
  7:          9          XT-PIC  parport0
  8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
  9:          0          XT-PIC  acpi
 11:     762568          XT-PIC  libata, ehci_hcd:usb1, eth1
 12:     218679          XT-PIC  i8042
 14:     427315          XT-PIC  ide0
 15:     427204          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0
ERR:          0

I'm not sure what else to try. If anyone has any suggestions I'd really appreciate them.

BTW, notwithstanding MIDI, exactly what benefits do the nVidia drivers impart that the OSS drivers do not?? (Including the network drivers too: my NIC seems to work just fine with forcedeth.)

Thanks in advance!

~ray

[samsung1]

It is nvidia-installer.log
.
..
...
-> Kernel module compilation complete.
ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This is most likely
because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel source files.
Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your
kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the
'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel source
files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the
'--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
-> Kernel module load error: insmod: error inserting './usr/src/nv/nvidia.ko':
-1 Unknown symbol in module
-> Kernel messages:
Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected an Intel 440LX Chipset.
agpgart: AGP aperture is 32M @ 0xe0000000
nvidia: Unknown symbol remap_page_range
nvidia: Unknown symbol pci_find_class
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at www.nvidia.com.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
kernel 2.6.15.2
gcc version 4.0.3 20051222
NVIDIA-1.0-6629-02.28.2005+warpxmod-09.24.2005.diff
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Help me ! ! !

[netllama]

samsung1,
I'm not clear which problem you're reporting here, as an nvidia-installer.log is for the graphics driver, and this thread relates to the NFORCE nvsound driver.

However, it looks like you're using some 3rd party patched 1.0-6629 graphics driver, which is no longer supported. If this problem reproduces with 1.0-8178 plus the patches from here:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62021

please post your full installer log.

Thanks,
Lonni