VSTs on 64-Bit Linux

jk123 · January 4, 2016, 12:01am

Hi,

I have several 32-bit native Linux VSTs which I’d like to continue to use on Ubuntu 15.04 64-Bit. When I try loading a 32-Bit VST instrument in 64-Bit Renoise (both 3.0.1 or 3.1.0rc2), it hangs while displaying “Initializing plugin instance…” in the status bar. The last console output says “Reading the plugin caches…”. Ctrl-C doesn’t kill renoise, only kill -9 does.

I then tried 3.1.0rc2 32 bit - this apparently failed while enumerating 64-bit plugins. Here’s an extract from stdout:

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Server: Connected

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x10d10) [0x7fcfefff4d10]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x37) [0x7fcfef016267]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x16a) [0x7fcfef017eca]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0xf527) [0x7fcfefff3527]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x51c4b2]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x43a775]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x40d814]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x40e239]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7fcfef001a40]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x40d16d]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x10dc8) [0x7fcfeeff1dc8]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: [0x7fcff0a0f000]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Caught an unhandled fatal exception (Thread: ???)!

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Saving a backup...

A fatal error occurred (unhandled exception in thread: ???). Nevertheless, a backup of the current document was successfully saved...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Creating server thread...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Creating plugin instance in the server...

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Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Terminating...

Terminating...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Closing ''...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Stopping server thread...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Shutting down server process...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Disconnecting pipes...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Instantiating '/usr/lib/ladspa/adsr_1653.so'...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Creating pipes...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Launching plugin server process...

Renoise LOG> System: Executing '/tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64 4136 /tmp/Renoise-0-4136/PipeMemory-20 RNS_PipeTrigger-4136-20 RNS_PipeWait-4136-20 /tmp/Renoise-0-4136/PipeMemory-21 RNS_PipeTrigger-4136-21 RNS_PipeWait-4136-21'

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Connecting to the server...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> IPP: Detected CPU type: 0x46

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Initializing Freeimage...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Initialising XThreads...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Opening XDisplay ':0.0' (configured via 'DISPLAY' env)...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: XDisplay was successfully opened

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> GraphPort: Loading cursor images (libXcursor is present)...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> System: Application path retrieved from /proc/self/exe: '/tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64'

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> System: Running from directory '/tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/'...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> System: Using '/tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/' as local resource directory...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> GraphPort: Initializing the Font Engine...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> GraphPort: Enumerating system fonts...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Initializing Keyboard mappings...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Initializing XAtoms...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Initializing Icon Bitmaps...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Skipped high resolution icon image(s) (too less space for selection - cur: 159808, new: 524304, max: 262144)

Reading the plugin caches...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Server: Connected

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x10d10) [0x7f7cb1697d10]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x37) [0x7f7cb06b9267]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x16a) [0x7f7cb06baeca]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0xf527) [0x7f7cb1696527]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x51c4b2]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x43a775]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x40d814]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x40e239]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7f7cb06a4a40]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x40d16d]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x10dc8) [0x7f7cb0694dc8]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: [0x7f7cb20b2000]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Caught an unhandled fatal exception (Thread: ???)!

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Saving a backup...

A fatal error occurred (unhandled exception in thread: ???). Nevertheless, a backup of the current document was successfully saved...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Creating server thread...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Creating plugin instance in the server...

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Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Terminating...

Terminating...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Closing ''...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Stopping server thread...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Shutting down server process...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Disconnecting pipes...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Instantiating '/usr/lib/ladspa/adsr_1680.so'...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Creating pipes...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Launching plugin server process...

Renoise LOG> System: Executing '/tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64 4136 /tmp/Renoise-0-4136/PipeMemory-22 RNS_PipeTrigger-4136-22 RNS_PipeWait-4136-22 /tmp/Renoise-0-4136/PipeMemory-23 RNS_PipeTrigger-4136-23 RNS_PipeWait-4136-23'

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Connecting to the server...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> IPP: Detected CPU type: 0x46

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Initializing Freeimage...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Initialising XThreads...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Opening XDisplay ':0.0' (configured via 'DISPLAY' env)...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: XDisplay was successfully opened

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> GraphPort: Loading cursor images (libXcursor is present)...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> System: Application path retrieved from /proc/self/exe: '/tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64'

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> System: Running from directory '/tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/'...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> System: Using '/tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/' as local resource directory...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> GraphPort: Initializing the Font Engine...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> GraphPort: Enumerating system fonts...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Initializing Keyboard mappings...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Initializing XAtoms...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Initializing Icon Bitmaps...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Skipped high resolution icon image(s) (too less space for selection - cur: 159808, new: 524304, max: 262144)

Reading the plugin caches...

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Server: Connected

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0x10d10) [0x7fedb6f59d10]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x37) [0x7fedb5f7b267]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x16a) [0x7fedb5f7ceca]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0(+0xf527) [0x7fedb6f58527]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x51c4b2]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x43a775]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x40d814]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x40e239]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7fedb5f66a40]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /tmp/rns_3_1_0_linux_x86/Resources/AudioPluginServer_x86_64() [0x40d16d]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2(+0xa7b2) [0x7fedb779b7b2]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> CrashLog: [0x506]

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Caught an unhandled fatal exception (Thread: ???)!

Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Saving a backup...

A fatal error occurred (unhandled exception in thread: ???). Nevertheless, a backup of the current document was successfully saved...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Creating server thread...

Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Creating plugin instance in the server...

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I really want to get this working, some of my old songs use VSTs. It must have worked in some previous version, maybe 2.7… Any help?

Meef_Chaloin · January 4, 2016, 12:33am

Do you know which vsts are giving you the problem (unless I’m missing that in the log)?

taktik · January 4, 2016, 11:34am

Looks like a weired general problem with the plugin server on your machine/setup. It’s crashing in libc’s “sem_post”. Maybe a permission issue or broken libraries/dependencies.

You’re launching Renoise from the /tmp folder. Does it work when launching it from somewhere else like your home dir (not a temp dir)?
Are you running Renoise as root or regular user? To check if it’s a permission issue, does running it as root work for you?
Do file permissions of the Renoise executable and plugin servers look OK?

Which Linux dist and version is this?

jk123 · February 13, 2016, 7:40am

Sorry for the late reply. In the meantime I upgraded to Ubuntu 15.10 and Renoise 3.1.0 (both still 64-bit).

Now the behaviour is different: I don’t see crashes, but instead renoise just hangs when enumerating 32-bit VSTs.

stdout:

Renoise LOG> Audio Plugins: Searching for VST plugins in '/home/johannesk/bin/vst/'
Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Instantiating '/home/johannesk/bin/vst/libsorollet_vsti.so'...
Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Creating pipes...
Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Launching plugin server process...
Renoise LOG> System: Executing '/usr/local/share/renoise-3.1.0/AudioPluginServer_x86 17549 /tmp/Renoise-0-17549/PipeMemory-582 RNS_PipeTrigger-17549-582 RNS_PipeWait-17549-582 /tmp/Renoise-0-17549/PipeMemory-583 RNS_PipeTrigger-17549-583 RNS_PipeWait-17549-583'
Renoise LOG> RemoteAudioPlugin: Connecting to the server...
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> IPP: Detected CPU type: 0x46
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Initializing Freeimage...
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Initialising XThreads...
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Opening XDisplay ':0.0' (configured via 'DISPLAY' env)...
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: XDisplay was successfully opened
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> GraphPort: Loading cursor images (libXcursor is present)...
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> System: Application path retrieved from /proc/self/exe: '/usr/local/share/renoise-3.1.0/AudioPluginServer_x86'
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> System: Running from directory '/usr/local/share/renoise-3.1.0/'...
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> System: Using '/usr/local/share/renoise-3.1.0/' as local resource directory...
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> GraphPort: Initializing the Font Engine...
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> GraphPort: Enumerating system fonts...
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Initializing Keyboard mappings...
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Graphport: Initializing XAtoms...
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Initializing Icon Bitmaps...
Renoise Plugin Server LOG> Application: Skipped high resolution icon image(s) (too less space for selection - cur: 79904, new: 262152, max: 262144)
Reading the plugin caches...

And this is from ~/.renoise/V3.1.0/Log.txt:

Audio Plugins: Searching for VST plugins in '/home/johannesk/bin/vst/'

RemoteAudioPlugin: Instantiating '/home/johannesk/bin/vst/libsorollet_vsti.so'...
RemoteAudioPlugin: Creating pipes...
RemoteAudioPlugin: Launching plugin server process...

System: Executing '/usr/local/share/renoise-3.1.0/AudioPluginServer_x86 17549 /tmp/Renoise-0-17549/PipeMemory-582 RNS_PipeTrigger-17549-582 RNS_PipeWait-17549-582 /tmp/Renoise-0-17549/PipeMemory-583 RNS_PipeTrigger-17549-583 RNS_PipeWait-17549-583'

RemoteAudioPlugin: Connecting to the server...

Then it hangs. I waited for 10 minutes or so, nothing happens.

At that point, when I ‘killall -9 AudioPluginServer_x86’, the same thing happens with the next plugin. I tried about 20 and the same thing happens with all of them.

I was running renoise from /tmp before because I was trying different versions. Now I have installed V3.1.0 and running that.

File permissions look OK to me:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Feb 13 08:02 /usr/local/bin/renoise -> /usr/local/bin/renoise-3.1.0*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26M Feb 13 08:02 /usr/local/bin/renoise-3.1.0*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6.6M Feb 13 08:02 /usr/local/share/renoise-3.1.0/AudioPluginServer_x86*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26M Feb 27 2015 /usr/local/bin/renoise-3.0.1*

Running as sudo root gave the same result.

Distro info: see above.

Thanks for good support as always and let me know if I can help with other info etc.

jk123 · March 11, 2016, 3:44pm

Hi,

any ideas on this?

Is there a way to disable the 32-bit plugin bride? So I can at least start Renoise?

jk123 · December 22, 2016, 6:46pm

Is there any news on this? The issues are still the same – 64-bit Renoise crashes when loading 32-bit VSTs and 32-bit Renoise crashes when trying to load some other plugins.

I’m willing to install debug symbols, post stack traces and help however I can. Please do something about this. I can’t open any of my older songs.

jk123 · January 2, 2017, 10:57pm

Update: To check whether the problem was related to my specific software setup or config, I created a fresh Linux Mint 18 x86_64 VirtualBox VM. The problem exists there as well: Renoise can’t load any 32-bit VSTs.

callistix · January 15, 2017, 6:12pm

Can you do a “ldd [your_vst].so” to see if any 32bit libs are missing on our system?

jk123 · January 16, 2017, 4:39pm

Can you do a “ldd [your_vst].so” to see if any 32bit libs are missing on our system?

Good idea, but that’s not it. All the libs are there. I can load my 32-Bit VSTs on my 64-Bit OS in “Bridged Mode” in Carla.

jk123 · June 15, 2017, 11:07pm

bump

jk123 · June 21, 2017, 11:32am

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