LMMS + VeSTige freezes on Arch

[Obszczymucha]

Every time I load any VST plugin via VeSTige, LMMS freezes. One of the cores goes 100%, there's this small "Loading plugin" window and it's stuck there forever. I've attached a screenshot of this, the console contains the output of LMMS.

I've tried LMMS versions 1.1.0, 1.1.1 (provided by official Arch repos), then lmms-vst and lmms-git from AUR. I've also downloaded the source from github (stable-1.1 branch) and compiled it myself. Same story on all of them.

Please help on how to figure out what's wrong.
Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/zNPs6zh.png

Regards,
Obszczymucha

[Snarf]

Apparently version 1.1.3 fixes some vestige problems. Try updating.

[Obszczymucha]

I've compiled from v1.1.3 tag and the issue is still there.

[Gps]

Don't ask me what libpng12 is, but I just looked in yast ( the package manager) of openSUSE.

I do have libpng12 installed, and also the libpng devel files.
Then also the same files but 32 bit.

Because I see from you're command-line output, it cant find libpng, you're prob missing that lib or just the devel files.

On openSUSE the full name is:
libpng12-0
libpng12-0-32bit
libpng12-0-devel

And then there is a
libpng12-0-compat-devel file
Version 1.2.50-6.4.1 ( but that number might be different on Arch )

More information, I see in Yast. Library for the Portable Network Graphics Format (PNG)

[Obszczymucha]

I got rid of png errors in the console. But the problem still persists.
Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/2f5YURI.png

[musikbear]

Every time I load any VST plugin via VeSTige, LMMS freezes.

VST plugin
Have to ask
Do you mean a vst-dll and load is through a click on the green-folder-button
OR
A saved vst-preset, loaded from the side-bar (dragging it or using side-bar-context menu)

which is it?

[Obszczymucha]

Have to ask
Do you mean a vst-dll and load is through a click on the green-folder-button
OR
A saved vst-preset, loaded from the side-bar (dragging it or using side-bar-context menu)

which is it?

Sorry for not being clear. This is what I do:

• launch LMMS
• drag VeSTige into main screen
• click on VeSTige's green folder icon
• I pick a file (it's a .DLL)

[Gps]

That exactly what I do on openSUSE. The part totally confusing me, there is no output on the commandline?

Here is what happens on openSUSE:
( we can ignore the messages about smget and cpp, because it working fine here)

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guus@linux-ab3o:~/lmms2/lmms/lmms2/bin> ./lmms
Notice: could not set realtime priority.
VST sync support disabled in your configuration
lmms(4446) KMimeTypePrivate::ensureXmlDataLoaded: Missing <comment> field in "application/x-msdownload.xml" 
RemotePluginClient::shmget: Bestand of map bestaat niet
RemoteVstPlugin.cpp::shmget: Bestand of map bestaat niet
RemoteVstPlugin.cpp: Failed to initialize shared memory for VST synchronization.
 (VST-host synchronization will be disabled)
unique ID: S1Vs  
RemotePlugin::DebugMessage: inputs: 0  output: 2
RemotePlugin::DebugMessage: creating editor
RemotePlugin::DebugMessage: editor successfully created
RemotePlugin::DebugMessage: failed getting shared memory

When it says: unique ID: S1Vs, I load the .dll file. ( synth1 in this case)

Could you try to use synth1, because then we can rule out, its a problem with the vst's youre using.
Not all vst will work on Linux.
Or tell us which vst you tried ? I can then see if they work for me on openSUSE.

Synth1:
http://www.audiopluginsforfree.com/synth1/

[Obszczymucha]

All my attempts were done on Synth1
What you see on the screenshots is actually Synth1 being loaded forever...

That's what frustrates me the most, because there's nothing in the console, the CPU goes 100% and I don't know where to look at to pinpoint the problem.

[Gps]

Yeah I understand you're frustration. One of the things I love about Linux, is being able to use the command-line to track down issues.
But in this case, nothing.

I am only guessing but wondering is there is a problem with wine, but I don't have a clue on how we can check that.
You prob already know this, but wine is used for loading the .dll file.