Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: [ardour-users] jack_fst and gcc4

Dave Phillips wrote:

> Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>> On 10/22/05, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 10/22/05, Martin Wohlleben <Martin.Wohlleben@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Am Sonntag, 23. Oktober 2005 00:02 schrieb Mark Knecht:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/21/05, torbenh@email-addr-hidden <torbenh@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 08:33:55PM -0400, Hector Centeno-Garcia
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks! We help ourselves... that's the nice thing about open
>>>>>>>> source.
>>>>>>>> With the -r option Crystal works for me now. What is this
>>>>>>>> option for?
>>>>>>>> One plugin that I can't get working is the SRI_1010. It would
>>>>>>>> be very
>>>>>>>> nice to have this one unless you know of any other free
>>>>>>>> convolution
>>>>>>>> plugin. I tried with and without the -r option and I get:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> err:midi:MIDI_AlsaToWindowsDeviceType Cannot determine the type
>>>>>>>> of this
>>>>>>>> midi device. Assuming FM Synth
>>>>>>>> gui_thread_id = 10
>>>>>>>> could not post message to gui thread
>>>>>>>> cannot create editor
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> hmmm... this looks like the plugin is trying to open a midi port by
>>>>>>> itself. try to configure wine so that it does not see any alsa
>>>>>>> midiport.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Have any of you tried to use this one?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> cheers!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hector.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> torben Hohn
>>>>>>> http://galan.sourceforge.net -- The graphical Audio language
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> I just got a few minutes to try xfst on my AMD64 machine. Did
>>>>>> anyone else run into this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mark@email-addr-hidden ~/CODE/xfst-0.3 $ make
>>>>>> winebuild -o xfst.exe.dbg.c --debug -C. audiomaster.c fst.c
>>>>>> fstinfofile.c gtk.c jfst.c vsti.c vstwin.c
>>>>>> winebuild: unrecognized option `--debug'
>>>>>> Usage: winebuild [OPTIONS] [FILES]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <SNIP>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> make: *** [xfst.exe.dbg.c] Error 1
>>>>>> mark@email-addr-hidden ~/CODE/xfst-0.3 $
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hope I'm doing this correctly. I put the Steinberg headers in the
>>>>>> vst directory and then ran make. That seems to be what the README
>>>>>> file
>>>>>> suggests. There is also a file called readme.jack-fst which seems ot
>>>>>> be leftover from the older Jack_fst. Is that correct?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Make does seem to want to run winebuild, and winebuild on my system
>>>>>> doesn't support an option called debug.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mark@email-addr-hidden ~/CODE/xfst-0.3 $ wine --version
>>>>>> Wine 20050930
>>>>>> mark@email-addr-hidden ~/CODE/xfst-0.3 $
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did I miss some conversation about this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Marc,
>>>>>
>>>>> I got the same failure with wine20050930. I downgraded wine to
>>>>> wine20050830
>>>>> and xfst-0.3 compiled cleanly.
>>>>> You also have to change the vst header as for jack_fst. Otherwise
>>>>> you get some
>>>>> error messages and make will "fail". I don't know exactly what I
>>>>> changed
>>>>> exactly, but you can find the headers which I used attached to
>>>>> this e-mail.
>>>>> I still got a failure message, during compilation but xfst works.
>>>>>
>>>>> good luck,
>>>>> Martin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the confirmation Martin. Backing down on Wine is not an
>>>> option. I'll wait and hope Torben will update the files to fix it.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi guys:
>>>
>>> Yes, I'm having the same problem with winebuild. The trouble is that
>>> the syntax for winebuild's options has changed from what Torben has in
>>> the Makefile. Unfortunately I haven't yet figured out the new magic
>>> incantation, but I did spend an hour or so on it this afternoon. Got no
>>> joy, same as you. :(
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> dp
>>>
>>
>>
>> Dave,
>> I'm only here for a few minutes this evening. In the make file
>> there seems to be more or less a a single invocation of winebuild that
>> has 'debug' in it. Can we just remove it?
>>
>> Since the option isn't supported, and wasn't in the man page, I
>> don't know what Torben intended in it's use.
>>
>> Anyway, part of this exercise, in my mind, is finding a solution
>> that works AND is maintainable out into the future. I suspect that
>> when we get past this we will see it as our first, small maintainance
>> patch. What's important is that we don't go backward with old Wine,
>> but always forward with new Wine.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mark
>>
>>
> Hi Mark:
>
> Unfortunately merely removing the --debug option doesn't resolve the
> options problem. Winebuild now uses "modes" to define its actions, and
> those modes are further defined by a set of options pertaining to that
> mode. The problem now is that I can't figure out the right combination
> of mode + option(s). The --dll mode requires a .spec or .def file
> that's not present in the xfst package. The --exe mode requires no
> spec file, but either it's not working as advertised or I'm still
> missing something about it. One of those modes is supposed to be used
> when winebuild creates a .c file.
>
> Btw, this is wine-20050930, I think you're on the same version, yes ?
> We should also be sure to test DSSI. As far as I can tell, the
> vstserver project is dead, and the fst project is on a back-burner, so
> perhaps we should concentrate on xfst and dss-vst with the latest WINE
> releases ?
>
> Also, I'm in the process of rewriting the VST+Linux tutorial, I'm
> displacing the vstserver and fst material and putting up front new
> material regarding my experience with xfst and DSSI. It should be
> completed tomorrow (I'm not at my Demudi machine).
>
> Best,
>
> dp
>
seems a little emvarrissing that all the talented linux programmers are
concentrating their efforts on running M$ based plugins. should be a
slew of dssi's by now, or maybe a reaktor killer...
Received on Sun Oct 23 20:15:05 2005