[LAU] problems running vsthost

[Dragan Noveski]

hi list,
some times ago i installed 'dssi-vst-0.4' from source and i was able to 
run vst-plugins with a command like:

vsthost /home/nowhiskey/vst/Syntar.dll

now this state changed, if i try to run that command, the plugin gui 
will appear in the screen, but than close again:

nowhiskey at murija2:~$ vsthost /home/nowhiskey/vst/Syntar.dll
Returning file identifiers: UzvW586DUDX56R5TO2krccGZ
RemoteVSTClient: executing /usr/local/lib/dssi//dssi-vst/dssi-vst-server 
-g /home/nowhiskey/vst/Syntar.dll,UzvW586DUDX56R5TO2krccGZ
DSSI VST plugin server v0.986
Copyright (c) 2004-2006 Chris Cannam - Fervent Software
Loading "/home/nowhiskey/vst/Syntar.dll"...
dssi-vst-server[1]: not found in 
/home/nowhiskey/vst//home/nowhiskey/vst/Syntar.dll
dssi-vst-server[1]: not found in vst//home/nowhiskey/vst/Syntar.dll
ALSA lib conf.c:3939:(snd_config_expand) Unknown parameters 0
ALSA lib control.c:910:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default:0
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:864:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:558:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
dssi-vst-server[1]: found in DLL path
done
Testing VST compatibility...
dssi-vst-server[1]: VST 2.4 entrypoint "VSTPluginMain" not found in DLL 
"/home/nowhiskey/vst/Syntar.dll", looking for "main"
dssi-vst-server[1]: VST entrypoint "main" found
dssi-vst-server[1]: plugin instantiated
dssi-vst-server[1]: plugin is a VST
dssi-vst-server[1]: plugin has a GUI
dssi-vst-server[1]: plugin supports processReplacing
dssi-vst-server[1]: opening plugin
dssi-vst-server[1]: plugin is VST 2.0 or newer
dssi-vst-server[1]: plugin is a synth
dssi-vst-server[1]: plugin name is "Syntar"
dssi-vst-server[1]: vendor string is "MSA Enterprises Limited"
Initialising Windows subsystem...
dssi-vst-server[1]: registered Windows application class "dssi_vst"
dssi-vst-server[1]: created main window
dssi-vst-server[1]: sized window
dssi-vst-server[1]: showed window
done
dssi-vst-server[1]: created audio thread
vsthost: signal 17 received, exiting
ERROR: Remote VST plugin communication failure
Remote VST plugin audio thread: returning
nowhiskey at murija2:~$


the only thing i changed here in the meantime, was updating alsa to 
v1.0.14-rc3, so i am not sure, but i think that this is some 
alsa-uncompability problem.

jackd is v0.103.0 and wine is v0.9.34, but the same issue, if i 
recompile to wine v0.9.28.

this is all on 2.6.21.1-rt3 and 2.6.20.1-rt8 kernel.

i am able to run ardorvst pretty well here, and the command 'fst 
/home/nowhiskey/vst/Syntar.dll' also is working well here.

another information, i tried recompiling the 'dssi-vst', but i get an 
error in make:

nowhiskey at murija2:~/software/nove/vsthost/dssi-vst-0.4$ make
g++ -I./vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x -Wall remotepluginclient.cpp -c
g++ -I./vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x -Wall remotepluginserver.cpp -c
g++-4.0 -I./vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x -Wall   -c -o rdwrops.o 
rdwrops.cpp
g++-4.0 -I./vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x -Wall   -c -o paths.o paths.cpp
ar r libremoteplugin.a remotepluginclient.o remotepluginserver.o 
rdwrops.o paths.o
ar: creating libremoteplugin.a
wineg++ -I./vstsdk2.4/pluginterfaces/vst2.x -Wall dssi-vst-server.cpp -o 
dssi-vst-server  -L. -lremoteplugin
dssi-vst-server.cpp: In member function 'virtual void 
RemoteVSTServer::hideGUI()':
dssi-vst-server.cpp:566: warning: unused variable 'fd'
dssi-vst-server.cpp: In function 'VstIntPtr hostCallback(AEffect*, 
VstInt32, VstInt32, VstIntPtr, void*, float)':
dssi-vst-server.cpp:739: error: 'audioMasterPinConnected' was not 
declared in this scope
winegcc: g++ failed.
make: *** [dssi-vst-server.exe.so] Fehler 2
nowhiskey at murija2:~/software/nove/vsthost/dssi-vst-0.4$

if anyone has an idea of what the problem here is, or if anyone needs 
more additional information about the setup here, please let me know!

cheers,
doc