Bug 60086

Summary:	misdocumentation of status of -e option
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Jón Fairbairn <jon.fairbairn>
Component:	playmidi	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
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Version:	7.2	CC:	rvokal
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Description Jón Fairbairn 2002-02-19 21:03:01 UTC

Description of Problem:
man playmidi says
     -e

        send output to external midi.   This is what you'll want to do if you
        have any midi hardware connected to your system.  This option is the
        default for playmidi as distributed.

but this appears not to be the case since playmidi tune.mid fails with

        playmidi: No playback device found.

whereas playmidi -e tune.mid works fine.

Note that playmidi -a tune.mid also works (because I have an AWE soundcard),
but (pace BUG#44051) the -a option isn't mentioned in the man page for this
release.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

playmidi-2.4-16


How Reproducible:
utterly

Steps to Reproduce:
1. playmidi file.mid
2. 
3. 

Actual Results:

playmidi: No playback device found.

Expected Results:

A concord of sweet sounds should issue forth from the loudspeakers.

Additional Information:

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2004-12-17 22:36:15 UTC

No longer shipped, closing.