Timidity and Mandrake 9.1
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:49 pm
Hi, I'm just posting this for reference.
I have Mandrake 9.1 and there is an RPM called kdemultimedia that includes noatun, kmidi, kmid, kmix, KsCD and many other useful programs. Included within this is a version of timidity (kmidi uses it to play mid files).
The trouble is, both Exult and XU4 won't work with this particular incarnation of timidity, but searching on the Mandrake install disks shows up a standalone RPM of timidity and an accompanying RPM of sounds/patches, and THESE WORK.
A problem lies in the fact that you can't have everything installed, because RPMDRAKE (the Mandrake RPM installer) states that the timidity RPM is incompatible with the kdemultimedia RPM, so you have one or the other.
In the end I reinstalled kdemultimedia and downloaded the Exult Roland ogg files anyway, so there's no real loss. As for my XU4, well that unfortunately is a victim.
Cheers,
TheGreenKnight
I have Mandrake 9.1 and there is an RPM called kdemultimedia that includes noatun, kmidi, kmid, kmix, KsCD and many other useful programs. Included within this is a version of timidity (kmidi uses it to play mid files).
The trouble is, both Exult and XU4 won't work with this particular incarnation of timidity, but searching on the Mandrake install disks shows up a standalone RPM of timidity and an accompanying RPM of sounds/patches, and THESE WORK.
A problem lies in the fact that you can't have everything installed, because RPMDRAKE (the Mandrake RPM installer) states that the timidity RPM is incompatible with the kdemultimedia RPM, so you have one or the other.
In the end I reinstalled kdemultimedia and downloaded the Exult Roland ogg files anyway, so there's no real loss. As for my XU4, well that unfortunately is a victim.
Cheers,
TheGreenKnight