The init script sometimes starts but it doesn't stay alive. Process dies in a second. I noticed that the init script uses -iA to start the timidity server but actually that option or interface is not available in timidity. I tried launching timidity directly from the console and here is the result: # /usr/bin/timidity -iA -B2,8 -EFreverb=0 Interface `A' is not compiled in. Try timidity -h for help and without the -iA it only says: Try timidity -h for help So basically no daemon. The flags: X alsa -ao -arts -emacs -esd -flac gtk -jack motif -nas ncurses -oss -portaudio -slang -speex -tcltk vorbis I'm using eawpatches I'm also having troubles playing midi files with normal user. Root can play files fine with # timidity midi.file but the same command by the user gives: Probable source loop in configuration files timidity: Can't read any configuration file. Please check /usr/share/timidity/timidity.cfg The /etc/timidity.cfg file is still the original. Already run eselect a couple of times as this was an already mentioned and solved bug, but still doesn't work. Any suggestion would be appreciated. # emerge --info Portage 2.1.1-r2 (default-linux/x86/2006.1, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.4-r4, 2.6.18-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.18-gentoo-r6 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.6 Last Sync: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:59:01 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31 dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/app-defaults /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium-m -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/gentoo/ http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/gentoo/ ftp://mirrors1.netvisao.pt/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa alsa_cards_ali5451 alsa_cards_als4000 alsa_cards_atiixp alsa_cards_atiixp-modem alsa_cards_bt87x alsa_cards_ca0106 alsa_cards_cmipci alsa_cards_emu10k1x alsa_cards_ens1370 alsa_cards_ens1371 alsa_cards_es1938 alsa_cards_es1968 alsa_cards_fm801 alsa_cards_hda-intel alsa_cards_intel8x0 alsa_cards_intel8x0m alsa_cards_maestro3 alsa_cards_trident alsa_cards_usb-audio alsa_cards_via82xx alsa_cards_via82xx-modem alsa_cards_ymfpci alsa_pcm_plugins_adpcm alsa_pcm_plugins_alaw alsa_pcm_plugins_asym alsa_pcm_plugins_copy alsa_pcm_plugins_dmix alsa_pcm_plugins_dshare alsa_pcm_plugins_dsnoop alsa_pcm_plugins_empty alsa_pcm_plugins_extplug alsa_pcm_plugins_file alsa_pcm_plugins_hooks alsa_pcm_plugins_iec958 alsa_pcm_plugins_ioplug alsa_pcm_plugins_ladspa alsa_pcm_plugins_lfloat alsa_pcm_plugins_linear alsa_pcm_plugins_meter alsa_pcm_plugins_mulaw alsa_pcm_plugins_multi alsa_pcm_plugins_null alsa_pcm_plugins_plug alsa_pcm_plugins_rate alsa_pcm_plugins_route alsa_pcm_plugins_share alsa_pcm_plugins_shm alsa_pcm_plugins_softvol crypt cups elibc_glibc gif gtk input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_synaptics ipv6 jpeg kernel_linux lcd_devices_bayrad lcd_devices_cfontz lcd_devices_cfontz633 lcd_devices_glk lcd_devices_hd44780 lcd_devices_lb216 lcd_devices_lcdm001 lcd_devices_mtxorb lcd_devices_ncurses lcd_devices_text nls nptl opengl perl png python readline sdl sse sse2 ssl tiff truetype unicode userland_GNU video_cards_fbdev video_cards_fglrx video_cards_vesa video_cards_vga zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS Reproducible: Always
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 161996 ***