/etc/timidity has incorrect group

[JamesGreenhalgh]

Version Info:

james@pokepoke:~$ dpkg -l | grep timidity
ii timidity 2.13.2-39ubuntu1 Software sound renderer (MIDI sequencer, MOD player)
ii timidity-daemon 2.13.2-39ubuntu1 runs TiMidity++ as a system-wide MIDI sequencer

james@pokepoke:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10

Problem:

Couldn't get midi working with tuxguitar, vkeybd or any other midi application.

Timidity was not starting with "sudo /etc/init.d/timidity start". Checked process list, timidity wasn't there.

Saw the following messages in syslog:

Mar 25 15:16:21 pokepoke pulseaudio[7261]: [pulseaudio] client-conf-x11.c: xcb_connection_has_error() returned true
Mar 25 15:16:21 pokepoke pulseaudio[7261]: [autospawn] core-util.c: Home directory /etc/timidity not ours.
Mar 25 15:16:21 pokepoke pulseaudio[7261]: [autospawn] lock-autospawn.c: Cannot access autospawn lock.
Mar 25 15:16:21 pokepoke pulseaudio[7261]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to acquire autospawn lock

SOLUTION:

#sudo chgrp timidity /etc/timidity
#sudo /etc/init.d/timidity start

Then timidity started correctly.