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Ubuntu

Ardour segmentation fault

calebp

10/19/22, 3:58 PM

I can't get Ardour to run. This is the terminal output. I'm running Kubuntu 20.04.

~$ ardour
Ardour6.5.0~ds0 (built using 6.5.0~ds0-1~ubuntu20.04.1~ppa1 and GCC version 9.3.0)
Ardour: [INFO]: Your system is configured to limit Ardour to 1048576 open files
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading system configuration file /etc/ardour6/system_config
Ardour: [INFO]: CPU vendor: GenuineIntel
Ardour: [INFO]: AVX-capable processor
Ardour: [INFO]: CPU brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz
Ardour: [INFO]: Using AVX optimized routines
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading plugin meta data file /usr/share/ardour6/plugin_metadata/plugin_tags
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading default ui configuration file /etc/ardour6/default_ui_config
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading 449 MIDI patches from /usr/share/ardour6/patchfiles
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading color file /usr/share/ardour6/themes/dark-ardour.colors
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading ui configuration file /etc/ardour6/clearlooks.rc
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading bindings from /etc/ardour6/ardour.keys
Loading ui configuration file /etc/ardour6/clearlooks.rc
set default folder to /home/caleb
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

This is the output when ran as root if that has any clues:

sudo ardour
[sudo] password for caleb: 
Ardour6.5.0~ds0 (built using 6.5.0~ds0-1~ubuntu20.04.1~ppa1 and GCC version 9.3.0)
Ardour: [INFO]: Your system is configured to limit Ardour to 1048576 open files
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading system configuration file /etc/ardour6/system_config
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading user configuration file /root/.config/ardour6/config
Ardour: [INFO]: CPU vendor: GenuineIntel
Ardour: [INFO]: AVX-capable processor
Ardour: [INFO]: CPU brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz
Ardour: [INFO]: Using AVX optimized routines
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading plugin meta data file /usr/share/ardour6/plugin_metadata/plugin_tags
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading plugin statistics file /root/.config/ardour6/plugin_metadata/plugin_stats
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading default ui configuration file /etc/ardour6/default_ui_config
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading user ui configuration file /root/.config/ardour6/ui_config
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading 449 MIDI patches from /usr/share/ardour6/patchfiles
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading color file /usr/share/ardour6/themes/dark-ardour.colors
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading ui configuration file /etc/ardour6/clearlooks.rc
Ardour: [INFO]: Loading bindings from /etc/ardour6/ardour.keys
Loading ui configuration file /etc/ardour6/clearlooks.rc
Found nothing along /root/.config/ardour6/templates:/usr/share/ardour6/templates

$ apt-cache policy ardour
ardour:   
Installed: 1:6.5.0+ds0-1~ubuntu20.04.1~ppa1   
Candidate: 1:6.5.0+ds0-1~ubuntu20.04.1~ppa1   
Version table:
  *** 1:6.5.0+ds0-1~ubuntu20.04.1~ppa1 500         
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntustudio-ppa/ardour-backports/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages         
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status      
1:5.12.0-3ubuntu4 500         
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages

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calebp

10/19/22, 5:18 PM

An additional finding: Ardour will run if I use sudo.

N0rbert

10/19/22, 5:29 PM

What is the output of `apt-cache policy ardour` ?

calebp

10/19/22, 5:33 PM

`ardour: Installed: 1:6.5.0+ds0-1~ubuntu20.04.1~ppa1 Candidate: 1:6.5.0+ds0-1~ubuntu20.04.1~ppa1 Version table: *** 1:6.5.0+ds0-1~ubuntu20.04.1~ppa1 500 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntustudio-ppa/ardour-backports/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:5.12.0-3ubuntu4 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages`

Pablo Bianchi

10/19/22, 5:59 PM

Did you try some options like `--disable-plugins` (safe mode) or `--no-hw-optimizations`?

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Ubuntu

calebp

10/21/22, 3:27 AM

Got the answer through the Ardour IRC. It turns out, Ardour conflicts with the global menu applet in Latte dock.

The solution is to add export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY="" to the ardour script in /usr/bin.

That forces Ardour to ignore the global menu and run properly.

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Ubuntu

N0rbert

10/19/22, 5:54 PM

The sudo maybe a clue. Possibly you have wrong permissions for Ardour configuration folders.

To fix the permissions use command below:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER ~/.config/ardour6 ~/.config/ardour5

and then restart Ardour.

Also make sure that you have followed The Ardour Manual, especially Ubuntu Linux setup page:

sudo usermod -a -G audio $USER

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calebp

10/19/22, 5:59 PM

I assume `$USER` I should replace with my username or type as-is?

N0rbert

10/19/22, 6:00 PM

Use it as written, it is variable. It will be substituted with your actual username by shell.

Pablo Bianchi

10/19/22, 6:02 PM

[`$USER` will be replaced automatically](https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-set-and-list-environment-variables-on-linux#h1-list-environment-variables) (run `echo $USER`)

calebp

10/19/22, 6:06 PM

This did not fix it.

N0rbert

10/19/22, 6:09 PM

Please reboot and try again.Then try good idea which was recommended by @PabloBianchi - "Did you try some options like `--disable-plugins` (safe mode) or `--no-hw-optimizations`? "

calebp

10/19/22, 6:15 PM

Rebooted and tried the options. Still no luck.

N0rbert

10/19/22, 6:18 PM

I'm not Ardour expert, but did you tried to use JACK or PulseAudio at launch dialog?

calebp

10/19/22, 6:20 PM

When it runs as root, I used PulseAudio. I don't have JACK installed. When I run as normal user, I never get to the launch dialog.

calebp

10/19/22, 6:27 PM

Scratch that. I used ALSA. It wouldn't connect to Pulse.

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