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Subject: Re: Allegro Questions...
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 From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
 On Thu, 31 Aug 2000 00:12:21 GMT

>On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 22:14:30 GMT, eglebbk AT dds DOT nl (Evert Glebbeek)
>wrote:
>
>>From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
>>>"JS" <jmszczap82 AT adelphia DOT net> wrote:

<snip>

>>>>  2. Is it ABSOLUTELY necessary to call 'detect_digi_driver()' AND
>>>>'detect_midi_driver()' before calling 'install_sound()'?
>>>
>>>No.  In fact I don't recommend it.
>>
>>Why not?
>
>If you call detect_*_driver() first, you won't hear MIDI if there
>is no digi available, and you won't hear digi if there is no MIDI
>available.  If you skip detect_*_driver() and just install_sound(),
>you can still hear one or the other.  I learned this the hard way
>when a new Linux kernel I compiled lacked support for SB FM MIDI,
>causing Allegro not to play waves.  I removed the detect_*() calls
>from the program and it worked fine.

err... you don't hear MIDI if there's no digi driver available and
vise versa? No offence Damian, but this simply sounds like a bug to
me, not something that is supposed to happen.