I have a Turtle Beach MIDI to USB cable which I can't get to work. I am trying to input from a MIDI keyboard into RoseGarden. I am running MEPIS 2.4.26 kernel on a PIII IBM box with cs4235 sound card using sound driver 3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.4 emulation code)
Sorry for all the verbage but I'm not sure what to omit.

The RoseGarden MIDI config seems to say that a MIDI output is available but no MIDI input. The cable has both IN and OUT MIDI connectors). I can only connect the MIDI input to the keyboard and am leaving the MIDi out free.

Anybody can tell me if this device can be made to work?
Thanks in advance!
Ken

dmesg contains:
usb.c: registered new driver midi
usb-midi: Found MIDISTREAMING on dev 10f5:0003, iface 0
usb-midi: Found MIDIStreaming device corresponding to Release 1.00 of spec.
usb-midi: Found IN Jack 0x01 EMBEDDED
usb-midi: Found IN Jack 0x02 EXTERNAL
usb-midi: Found OUT Jack 0x03 EMBEDDED, 1 pins
usb-midi: Found OUT Jack 0x04 EXTERNAL, 1 pins
usb-midi: fetchString(2)
usb-midi: fetchString = 25
usbmidi: found [ Turtle Beach USB MIDI 1x1 ] (0x10f5:0x0003), attached:
usbmidi: /dev/midi00: in (ep:81 cid: 0 bufsiz:64) out (ep:01 cid: 0 bufsiz:64)

lsusb -v contains:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 10f5:0003
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 8
idVendor 0x10f5
idProduct 0x0003
bcdDevice 0.09
iManufacturer 1 Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc.
iProduct 2 Turtle Beach USB MIDI 1x1
iSerial 0
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 115
bNumInterfaces 2
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
MaxPower 100mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 1 Audio
bInterfaceSubClass 3 MIDI Streaming
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 0
MIDIStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (HEADER)
bcdADC 1.00
wTotalLength 65
MIDIStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 6
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 2 (MIDI_IN_JACK)
bJackType 1 Embedded
bJackID 1
iJack 0
MIDIStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 6
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 2 (MIDI_IN_JACK)
bJackType 2 External
bJackID 2
iJack 0
MIDIStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 3 (MIDI_OUT_JACK)
bJackType 1 Embedded
bJackID 3
bNrInputPins 1
baSourceID( 0) 2
BaSourcePin( 0) 1
iJack 0
MIDIStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 3 (MIDI_OUT_JACK)
bJackType 2 External
bJackID 4
bNrInputPins 1
baSourceID( 0) 1
BaSourcePin( 0) 1
iJack 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
bRefresh 0
bSynchAddress 0
MIDIStreaming Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 5
bDescriptorType 37
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (GENERAL)
bNumEmbMIDIJack 1
baAssocJackID( 0) 1
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
bRefresh 0
bSynchAddress 0
MIDIStreaming Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 5
bDescriptorType 37
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (GENERAL)
bNumEmbMIDIJack 1
baAssocJackID( 0) 3
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Devices
bInterfaceSubClass 0 No Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 0 None
iInterface 0
HID Device Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 33
bcdHID 1.00
bCountryCode 0 Not supported
bNumDescriptors 1
bDescriptorType 34 Report
wDescriptorLength 29
Report Descriptors:
** UNAVAILABLE **
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 16
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 16

I have seen where WIFI devices can be used with NDISwrapper (to allow the M$ drivers to be used in Linux).

Is there a more general way that this idea/technique can be applied to other hardware besides WIFI equipment (like my USB device)?
Thanks