Here are my findings, and i think i'm missing something in my knowledge here... I installed the ez-usb-firmwares Note: i first needed to apt-get update before i could grab the ez-usb. then i put the MidiSport1x1 and 2x2 .ihx /usr/share/usb/ezusbmidi then i went into Jack, switched ALSA to OSS, restarted Jack and looked for Midi I/O's ...but no luck . I replugged the USB connector. restarted Jack looked around some more, ..nothing i also added the midisport4x4.ihx restarted jack switched back and forwerd between ALSA and OSS. also added midisportloader.ihx (not sure if i needed that) ...nothing also tryed the above with only one .ihx in the /ezusbmidi/ directory (this for the 1x1, 2x2 and 4x4) but i cant find any MIDI in or out in Jack or Rosegarden (i also looked there to be sure) When i look in /dev/usb on the ramdisk then i see ez1 sitting in there. So now i ask myself... am i looking in the right places?