Machine Has No Agenda wrote: >On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 16:06, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > > > >>The fact that you can get it to run as root but not as mortal user >>tells >>us something I guess. When I was going thru my VST nightmares, I could >>not get it to run at all...and I was about to jump from the proverbial >>cliff ! Then Dave Phillips took pity on my feeble, whimpering self...a >>mere shell of a former true man of persistance... :) >> >> > >... the reward of patience is patience itself i guess ... especially >when it comes to waiting for salvation :) > > > >>I don;t know what your specific problem is...but, here's what we do >>know; >> >>-Any vst-in-linux app is heavily reliant on the version of Wine. But >>we >>know for a fact that 20040505 is a working version. It works on my MDK >>box, and Mark has it working, as do several others here. >> >> > >yes, that's why i chose that specific version - i'd tried keinjo's (?) >recommended one for vst_server, but i ran into some problems with that >version of wine, as i recall ... > > > >>-Crystal is one of the definate .dll's that does work of the vst's. >> >> > >ditto with crystal - i'm just using it to test the actual functionality >of jack_fst - i'd never really used in windows, but for the brief time >that i played with it as the root-god, i really liked the sound ... > > > >> So does HyperCanvas 1.02. (Not sure if thats what you ultimatley want >>running here?) >> >> > >ultimately, steinberg's groove agent ... not sure if that would happen, >though... it's a great plugin though - so much more reliable and >flexible than a real drummer :) hahahah (just joking, my stick-wielding >friends) ... > > Ok. YOu may jump thru the motions...lose hours of your life ...grow old and grey solving your vst issues only to find that vst don't work! Not all vst's do . I'm sure your already aware... Check here for good measure... http://www.djcj.org/LAU/ladspavst/ > > >>- that on your box, something available as a service or thread to >>root >>allowing it to run is not available to user... >> >> > >this is what i'm thinking . > > > >>What do you mean when you say "btw - i'm starting jack as normal user >>..." ? Is this when you try to run fst as user too? >> >> > >yes - i meant to say that i'm starting both applications as the same >user, whether as root or user (just to rule out any issues that may have >been associated with starting the two apps as different users) > > > >>Did you do a Winblows install of the vst application? If so, did you >>do >>it as root and not user? I know a full Win install is not needed with >>for Crystal...but is for Hypercanvas I think. >> >> > >i just unzipped Crystal.dll from the zip file, copied it to >/home/mrmachine/c/ProgramFiles/vst/Crystal.dll - did this as user > > > >>What kernel are you using now? >> >> > >kernel#2.6.8.1-1.520.1vR9.ll.rhfc2.ccrma > >probly something to do with this, i reckon ... but i would hardly know >:( > > Hmm...I'm not familiar with what 2.6 voodoo the CCRMA kernel is using. I don;t think it's realtime-lsm though. I think it's Ingo's patches? Maybe the realtime threads or some such thing are causing a problem... Any other CCRMA succesful vst users?? R~ >shayne > > > > >