Bug 556158

Summary:	media-sound/timidity++-2.14.0-r2 Couldn't start JACK device (`j')
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Fabio Bonfante <bfx81>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Sound Team <sound>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Adapted patch for gentoo

Description Fabio Bonfante 2015-07-28 19:35:35 UTC

Created attachment 407820 [details, diff]
Adapted patch for gentoo

timidity can't use jack devices (using the -Oj flag):

$ timidity -Oj -iA
jack_client_new: deprecated
TiMidity starting in ALSA server mode
Opening sequencer port: 129:0 129:1 129:2 129:3
Couldn't start JACK device (`j')

(the last line of output happens when any MIDI device is connected to timidity, e.g. via qjackctl or rosegarden, no sound is produced even though it would with -Os [ALSA output])
Also I had the same result with both jack and jack2.

(Same problem in arch linux, so description taken from: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/40906 )

Patch:
https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/timidity-jack.patch?h=packages/timidity%2b%2b

Comment 1 Dominique Michel 2023-10-10 18:09:50 UTC

Same issue with 2,15 and the patch solve it.