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>     Everything appears to work ok on my system except for midi
> playback.

/dev/sequencer support is not complete and is not compatible with the OSS
sequencer.

> The
> only thing that doesn't appear to work at this point is my midi,

Sounds usual.

Try using timidity if you want to listen to midi without waiting for a fully
ALSA compatible midi player to be written.  Timidity does not use
/dev/sequencer, only /dev/dsp.

Eric


