Linux: Freeze/crash with Airwindows: ADClip7 VST on Ubuntu 20.04, XFCE

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Just got this error in Renoise. It freezes and one CPU core is at 100% constant. In addition there are xruns and Renoise became unresponsive.

this is from the log file:

VstPlugs: Trying to instantiate /home/marco/.vst/Airwindows/ADClip7.so
VstPlugs: Analyzing VST plugin 'airwindows: ADClip7', Unique ID:1633969010, Version:2400
VstPlugs: Instantiate OK

Application: Saving '2021_T1_006.xrns'...
Application: '2021_T1_006.xrns' was successfully saved.

VstWindow: Closing the Editor...
VstWindow: Editor was closed

CrashLog: /home/marco/Schreibtisch/renoise331() [0xa2791c]
CrashLog: /home/marco/Schreibtisch/renoise331() [0xf19145]
CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x9609) [0x7f9d8e16c609]
CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(clone+0x43) [0x7f9d8dd35293]
CrashLog: [(nil)]
CrashLog: [(nil)]

Application: Caught an unhandled fatal exception (Thread: AUDIO SLAVES)!
Application: Saving a backup...

Audio Plugins: Timeout while waiting for the plugin device to suspend!

Audio Plugins: Timeout while waiting for the plugin device to suspend!

Audio Plugins: Timeout while waiting for the plugin device to suspend!

Audio Plugins: Timeout while waiting for the plugin device to suspend!

Audio Plugins: Timeout while waiting for the plugin device to suspend!

Audio Plugins: Timeout while waiting for the plugin device to suspend!

Audio Plugins: Timeout while waiting for the plugin device to suspend!

Audio Plugins: Timeout while waiting for the plugin device to suspend!

Audio Plugins: Timeout while waiting for the plugin device to suspend!

Audio Plugins: Timeout while waiting for the plugin device to suspend!

Audio Plugins: Timeout while waiting for the plugin device to suspend!

Application: Terminating...

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Not much of a Linux Expert but did you try to look here?

https://tutorials.renoise.com/wiki/Linux_FAQ

It needs ALSA audio, and i read the following “Please avoid compositing window managers like Compiz or Beryl (or the Fusion combination) as they consume a lot of CPU resources”
The installer package seems to have “xdg-utils” included

Renoise for Linux has the following dependencies:

GCC 4.X libs, X.org 7.1+, preferably real-time kernel

libstdc++6 – GNU Standard C++ Library 4.2 or newer
X.org 7.1 – X Windows System 7.1 or newer
libasound2 – ALSA library 1.0 or newer

Note that when running on a 64-bit Linux environment, 32-bit compatible equivalents of the above dependencies should be installed

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Sure, Alsa is in the kernel, so Alsa is always “installed”. The other libraries are also up to date. Maybe it was a plugin?

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If the crash happened while using a plugin, it’s possible i suppose.

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@taktik not sure if it is airwindows, I used many other plug-ins. But nothing special I was not using before in Renoise. The crash occurred while the track was just playing. I think I even didn’t touch the keyboard.

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Have you tried running plugins as separate OS processes. This will add some overhead probably but will isolate crashes in a way that crashing plugin won’t take down renoise. Even if you would enable it just as a temporary measure - it can help you to confirm that it’s just a plugin.

Edit > Preferences > Plug/Misc > Run All plugins in Snadboxes

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I’m on linux as well (nixos) and I never had an renoise crash but I have a ton of plugin crashes all the time.

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