Comment 1 for bug 159257

Just updated to libasound2-1.0.14-ubuntu8 (from ubuntu7) in the hope that it is fixed.
Unfortunately, it isn't.

I tried with very simple application, pmidi (depends only on libasound2 and libc6) --- and same problem. It just hangs there not doing anything, no MIDI output, no sound at all.

Additional note: Rosegarden is the only application that somehow can run, and this doesn't depend on Jack at all. Rosegarden without jack (just to use it's sequencer capability) still produces MIDI output. Unfortunately, Rosegarden's MIDI file import (and therefore MIDI playing capability) is rather poor, and also it doesn't make much sense that one uses Rosegarden to play MIDI files ...