My sound has been working flawlessly for months, until I recently attempted to 
use MIDI.  

I seem to have all the pieces in place except /dev/snd/seq.

0000:00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1969 Solo-1 
Audiodrive (rev 01)
aptiva:/etc/init.d# lsmod | grep midi
snd_rawmidi            23584  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          8332  2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd                    50180  10 
snd_es1938,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device

aptiva:/etc/init.d# aconnect
ALSA lib seq_hw.c:455:(snd_seq_hw_open) open /dev/snd/seq failed: No such file 
or directory
can't open sequencer

aptiva:/etc/init.d# ls -l /dev/snd/
total 0
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116,  0 2006-02-27 22:10 controlC0
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116,  4 2006-02-27 22:10 hwC0D0
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116,  8 2006-02-27 22:10 midiC0D0
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116, 24 2006-02-27 22:10 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116, 16 2006-02-27 22:10 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----  1 root audio 116, 33 2006-02-27 22:10 timer

My fiancee needs noteedit working for a class she's teaching Wed, so pointers 
are desperately needed.

Thanks,
Mark Mitchell
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