Hello, this is my first post and I need help, if someone has the time to check the issue.
One of my sessions can’t load, any attempt to do so crashes Ardour. I noticed it first disappeared from the recent files list and then I discovered I cannot open it.
Meanwhile I updated Ardour to 6.9.0 and deleted the config file. Now the software doesn’t crash but just ignores the session file.
Maybe of some importance, one day I changed the JACK sample rate from 44100 to 48000 and then back again, just testing something. I noticed this problem only after that.
I can upload or send the session file (dunno how to upload here, though, only images allowed?) and anything else from the project folder if someone would like to take a look…
And if anyone has any idea, I would appreciate the effort
Thanks!
My spec:
Operating System: KDE neon 5.22
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.85.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.11.0-25-lowlatency (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: GeForce GTX 960M/PCIe/SSE2
There is a page on ardour.org with information on collecting detailed debug information, but as a start you can start Ardour from a terminal and copy and paste any error messages, that might give starting information.
Thanks for the info!
When I start Ardour first from a terminal and then try to open the problematic session file, it just quits without any message in the terminal.
But I managed to find out how to directly start the file with ardour in the terminal and then I get this text:
Ardour6.9.0 (built using 6.9 and GCC version 6.3.0 20170516)
Ardour: [INFO]: Your system is configured to limit Ardour to 1048576 open files
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading system configuration file /opt/Ardour-6.9.0/etc/system_config
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading user configuration file /home/bojan/.config/ardour6/config
Ardour: [INFO]: CPU vendor: GenuineIntel
Ardour: [INFO]: AVX-capable processor
Ardour: [INFO]: AVX with FMA capable processor
Ardour: [INFO]: CPU brand: Intel(R) Core™ i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
Ardour: [INFO]: Using AVX and FMA optimized routines
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading plugin meta data file /opt/Ardour-6.9.0/share/plugin_metadata/plugin_tags
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading plugin statistics file /home/bojan/.config/ardour6/plugin_metadata/plugin_stats
Cannot xinstall SIGPIPE error handler
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading default ui configuration file /opt/Ardour-6.9.0/etc/default_ui_config
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading user ui configuration file /home/bojan/.config/ardour6/ui_config
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading 452 MIDI patches from /opt/Ardour-6.9.0/share/patchfiles
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module “appmenu-gtk-moduleimary-button-warps-slider”
/home/bojan/.gtkrc-2.0:10: error: unexpected character ‘=’, expected keyword - e.g. style' Ardour: [INFO]: Loading color file /opt/Ardour-6.9.0/share/themes/dark-ardour.colors Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-moduleimary-button-warps-slider" /home/bojan/.gtkrc-2.0:10: error: unexpected character '=', expected keyword - e.g. style’
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading ui configuration file /opt/Ardour-6.9.0/etc/clearlooks.rc
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module “appmenu-gtk-moduleimary-button-warps-slider”
/home/bojan/.gtkrc-2.0:10: error: unexpected character ‘=’, expected keyword - e.g. `style’
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading bindings from /opt/Ardour-6.9.0/etc/ardour.keys
Loading ui configuration file /opt/Ardour-6.9.0/etc/clearlooks.rc
Found nothing along /home/bojan/.config/ardour6/templates:/opt/Ardour-6.9.0/share/templates
Ardour just opens the dialog window for making a new session or opening an existing one, ignoring the session file that run it.
I have no idea if there’s any useful info in the terminal text, if someone has the time, take a look please, would help me a lot!
Yes, I configured the .ardour files to start with ardour in terminal. When I start that session file by double clicking it, Ardour opens and terminal text appears, but Ardour doesn’t open the session file. Just the dialog window for opening / creating new sessions opens, it’s just like I started Ardour by klicking it’s desktop icon.
When I start Ardour the session is gone from the recent-session list (!) and when I browse and find it, point to it and open, Ardour just disapears without a message in the terminal.
That sounds like there is indeed a crash, except there would be a message!
Try start Ardour in a debugger:
Ardour6 --gdb
Then in gdb type run and press enter. Open the session and when ardour crashes, type: bt (and press enter), to get a backtrace where ardour hangs or crashes.
