TiMidity++ Install Problem--Can't Find Configuration File

bleedingturnips · 12-23-2005, 08:44 AM

Hello everyone.

I'm running Slacware-10.2 (Current).

I just compiled TiMidity++ 2.13.0 from source. Everything seemed to go well.

But when I execute

timidity file.mid

I get the message

/usr/local/share/timidity/timidity.cfg: No such file or directory
timidity: Can't read any configuration file.

There's no directory "timidity" under /usr/local/share.

Thanks.

darksmiley · 12-23-2005, 08:54 AM

hmm interesting.

well, if it were me the first thing i would do is do a search for the timidity config file to see where it actually DID put it:

find / -name timidity.cfg

if that brings up nothing, then try and see where the program installed itself to after it was compiled and link it. So let's say it is in /usr/local/timidity as opposed to /usr/local/share/timidity , then you can just make a link from one to the other:

ln -s /usr/local/timidity /usr/local/share/timidity

let me know how you get on

bleedingturnips · 12-23-2005, 09:32 AM

Linking to the correct directory worked great. Thanks!

darksmiley · 12-28-2005, 09:02 AM

coolness - happy to help!

gw1500se · 04-04-2020, 02:43 PM

I know this is an old thread but I am having the same problem except I cannot find any timidity directories anywhere. All I can find is /usr/local/bin/timidity. Does not the 'make install' create the needed files and libraries somewhere?

BW-userx · 04-04-2020, 03:12 PM

look in share directories for configs and such, you too can look in the Makefile, it might give you a clue.

gw1500se · 04-04-2020, 03:24 PM

I did. Unless it has some name other than /*timidity/* I find nothing. Not being a makefile expert it tells me nothing either that I can use as a clue.

BW-userx · 04-04-2020, 04:53 PM

https://sourceforge.net/projects/timidity/files/
in the INSTALL file says.

Code:

** CONFIG_FILE

Edit CONFIG_FILE to your convenience.  By default,

#define CONFIG_FILE DEFAULT_PATH "/timidity.cfg"

are recommended.  DEFAULT_PATH is the same as TIMID_DIR in Makefile.

If you want to place it to another path, specify as the following:

#define CONFIG_FILE "/etc/timidity.cfg"

** DECOMPRESSOR_LIST

dugan · 04-04-2020, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gw1500se

I know this is an old thread but

Stop trying to use TiMidity and use FluidSynth instead.

gw1500se · 04-05-2020, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BW-userx

https://sourceforge.net/projects/timidity/files/
in the INSTALL file says.

This is exactly the problem. It is not there. When I launch timidity it wants the file in /usr/local/share/timidity. That is not there either.

BW-userx · 04-05-2020, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gw1500se

This is exactly the problem. It is not there. When I launch timidity it wants the file in /usr/local/share/timidity. That is not there either.

I gave you the instructions on how to place it into the where it is - this needs to be done at compile time. So that means you'll have to tell it during the compile time, then reinstall it. then check to see if that work. I did not write this program, I am only showing you what it says to do.

Configs too are at times placed in the /etc dir.

gw1500se · 04-05-2020, 10:30 AM

I guess that is the root of the problem. Neither common.makefile, Makefile nor config.h has CONFIG_FILE defined anywhere. I don't know where it should be or where it should go if I add it. I wonder if I got a bad copy of the tar file (https://sourceforge.net/projects/timidity/). It does exist in INSTALL.ja but I don't see when/where that is ever executed.

BW-userx · 04-05-2020, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gw1500se

I guess that is the root of the problem. Neither common.makefile, Makefile nor config.h has CONFIG_FILE defined anywhere. I don't know where it should be or where it should go if I add it. I wonder if I got a bad copy of the tar file (https://sourceforge.net/projects/timidity/). It does exist in INSTALL.ja but I don't see when/where that is ever executed.

try reading the INSTALL file that is what it is there for.
in ../timidity/timidity.h

this is where you change the place where you want the conf to be put.

Code:

/* You could specify a complete path, e.g. "/etc/timidity.cfg", and
   then specify the library directory in the configuration file. */
/* #define CONFIG_FILE "/etc/timidity.cfg" */
#ifndef CONFIG_FILE
#  ifdef DEFAULT_PATH
#    define CONFIG_FILE DEFAULT_PATH "/timidity.cfg"
#  else
#    define CONFIG_FILE PKGDATADIR "/timidity.cfg"
#  endif /* DEFAULT_PATH */
#endif /* CONFIG_FILE */

gw1500se · 04-06-2020, 12:56 PM

I don't know how else to say this. That code DOES NOT EXIST in any files, including timidity.h. How do I change what is not there?

BW-userx · 04-06-2020, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gw1500se

I don't know how else to say this. That code DOES NOT EXIST in any files, including timidity.h. How do I change what is not there?

that's funny, because I am using its code to find it. right off of here
https://sourceforge.net/projects/timidity/

have you any experience in searching for test in a file using a test editor, or grep even?

Code:

grep -rwn path/file -e search word/phrase/pattern