cannot open any midi file with lilypond

[Dimitrios Tzimeas]

hi!

I have installed an ubuntu dapper (v.6.06) and
lilypond ver 2.6.3. Unfortunately I cannot open any
midi file with lilypond.I get the message:

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GNU LilyPond 2.6.3
Processing `/home/dtzimeas/Desktop/canarios.mid'
Parsing...
/usr/share/lilypond/2.6.3/ly/init.ly:27:0: error:
syntax error, unexpected SCM_T, expecting '='

#(if (and (ly:get-option 'old-relative)
/home/dtzimeas/Desktop/canarios.mid: 0: warning: no
\version statement found,  add

\version "2.6.3"

for future compatibility
error: failed files:
"/home/dtzimeas/Desktop/canarios.mid"
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Trying to open midi files with noteedit I get:

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X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input
device 168
  Major opcode:  145
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input
device 168
  Major opcode:  145
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input
device 168
  Major opcode:  145
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input
device 168
  Major opcode:  145
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
kbuildsycoca running...
LilyPond check: found version: 2.6.3
TSE3 OSS MIDI scheduler created
TSE3 Copyright information :(c) Pete Goodliffe,
2000-2002. A Trax Software Product. Version: 0.3.1
address@hidden:~$ noteedit
/home/dtzimeas/Desktop/test.mid
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input
device 168
  Major opcode:  145
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input
device 168
  Major opcode:  145
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input
device 168
  Major opcode:  145
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input
device 168
  Major opcode:  145
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
kbuildsycoca running...
LilyPond check: found version: 2.6.3
TSE3 OSS MIDI scheduler created
TSE3 Copyright information :(c) Pete Goodliffe,
2000-2002. A Trax Software Product. Version: 0.3.1
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Can you please help me?!

Dimitrios