Hi, the problem is
$ sudo /etc/init.d/timidity start reports OK, but in fact the service is not started, i.e. $ sudo /etc/init.d/timidity status says FAILURE. I found that this is because snd_seq module is not loaded. After doing $ sudo modprobe snd_seq the $ sudo /etc/init.d/timidity start works as it should and timidity starts working, in particular, e.g. tuxguitar starts making sounds. would be good to solve this problem so it would work out of the box. Br, Ivan