Re: MIDIClient.init broken on linux

> On Sun, 04 May 2008 15:44:58 +0200, felix wrote:
> > what changed in that checkin is that it calls MIDIClient.list which is
> > the correct way to find out how many ins/outs you have.
> >
> > does MIDIClient.list not work on linux ?
>
> it gives me:
> ERROR: Primitive '_ListMIDIEndpoints' failed.
> Failed.
> RECEIVER:
> class MIDIClient (084229B0) {
>   instance variables [19]
>     name : Symbol 'MIDIClient'
>     nextclass : class MIDIClockOut (08305750)
>     superclass : Symbol 'Object'
>     subclasses : nil
>     methods : nil
>     instVarNames : nil
>     classVarNames : instance of SymbolArray (08422A70, size=3, set=1)
>     iprototype : nil
>     cprototype : instance of Array (08422AB0, size=3, set=2)
>     constNames : nil
>     constValues : nil
>     instanceFormat : Integer 0
>     instanceFlags : Integer 0
>     classIndex : Integer 453
>     classFlags : Integer 0
>     maxSubclassIndex : Integer 453
>     filenameSymbol : Symbol '/usr/local/share/SuperCollider/
> SCClassLibrary/Common/Control/MIDIOut.sc'
>     charPos : Integer 213
>     classVarIndex : Integer 130
> }
> CALL STACK:
> MethodError:reportError   B783D200
> arg this = <instance of PrimitiveFailedError>
> Nil:handleError   B783D070
> arg this = nil
> arg error = <instance of PrimitiveFailedError>
> Thread:handleError   B783CFE0
> arg this = <instance of Thread>
> arg error = <instance of PrimitiveFailedError>
> Object:throw   B783CF80
> arg this = <instance of PrimitiveFailedError>
> Object:primitiveFailed   B783CDF0
> arg this = class MIDIClient
> Meta_MIDIClient:list   B783CD60
> arg this = class MIDIClient
> var list = nil
> Interpreter:interpretPrintCmdLine   B773CDE0
> arg this = <instance of Interpreter>
> var res = nil
> var func = <instance of Function>
> var code = "MIDIClient.list"
> Process:interpretPrintCmdLine   B783CAE0
> arg this = <instance of Main>
>
> not sure, but maybe one has to initialize the midi backend before listing
> the devices ...