jack_umidi client name too long

[Shane Ambler]

On 15/06/2018 08:12, Goran Mekić wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to get my USB MIDI to work with jack and this is current
> result:
> 
> # jack_umidi -d /dev/umidi2.0 -n 'umidi'
> "M-Audio USB MS1x1 MIDI Interface #0" is too long to be used as a JACK client name.
> Please use 33 characters or less.
> jack_umidi: Could not connect to the JACK server. Run jackd first?
> 
> It behaves the same if I remove "-n umidi". Does anyone know what is the
> proper way to use jack_umidi when the device name is long? Thanx!

Not sure if the long name is an error stopping anything or just a
notice, the following error "Could not connect to the JACK server"
would be why nothing works.

To use a usb midi keyboard I use -

jackd --no-realtime -d oss &
jack_umidi -C /dev/umidi0.0 -B

The "&" for jackd and "-B" for jack_umidi put them in the background so
you can close your terminal and they keep running.

Here is a script I use to automate it -
https://gist.github.com/sambler/67bf0b374d7b9c27e7cec1dd2befbcf2


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