Simple question, complicated answer: How can I get my MIDI applications to play nicely with each other under Mageia 1?
I don't think there is any argument about the whole stupid system being far too complicated. But under Mandriva 2010.2, I managed after a while to play back a file from Rosegarden, to get JACK to route the output to qsynth, and for qsynth to produce sound. No such luck with Mageia 1; the settings are the same as before because I upgraded from Mandriva 2010.2.
Using vkeybd, I can get the input indicators on qsynth to light up, so the problem may be with JACK. But, as always with these problems, the issue could be at other levels. Please help!