Bug 998 – Windows: DFX Geometer plug-in likely to crash Audacity on first use in kernel session, especially if other VST's enabled.

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Audacity 3.0.3 development began 19th April 2021

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Bug 998 - Windows: DFX Geometer plug-in likely to crash Audacity on first use in kernel session, especially if other VST's enabled.


Summary:	Windows: DFX Geometer plug-in likely to crash Audacity on first use in kernel...

Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME

Product:	Audacity
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	VST
Version:	2.1.1
Hardware:	PC Windows 7

Importance:	P3 MoonPhase
Assigned To:	Default Assignee for New Bugs

URL:	http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtop...
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Blocks:	665
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Reported:	2015-06-01 09:28 UTC by Gale Andrews
Modified:	2019-06-19 05:35 UTC (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Steps To Reproduce:	1 Install some arbitrary VST effects that work in Audacity. 2 Effect > More... , enable the effects and OK. 3 Install DFX Geometer from http://destroyfx.smartelectronix.com/ . 4 Effect > More... , enable Geometer and OK. 5 Open Geometer from the Effect menu. It will very likely crash. 6 Restart Audacity and open Geometer again. It should now load and work fine. If it crashes, restart and load the effect again then it should work. 7 Reboot the machine. Launch Audacity and open Geometer from the Effect Menu. It will likely crash. If it crashes, restart Audacity and load the effect again then it should open. 8 Reboot the machine. Delete the plugin*.cfg files, launch Audacity then Effect > More... , only enable Geometer, OK. Load Geometer from the Effect Menu. It probably will not crash.
Release Note:	See bug 665
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Group:	VST
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Closed:	2019-06-19 00:00:00

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Description Gale Andrews 2015-06-01 09:28:22 UTC

Comment 1 Leland Lucius 2015-06-01 12:58:16 UTC

Near as I can tell, this is a plain old storage overlay somewhere.  Since the source is provided, I "could" try rebuilding it with debug info, but it'll have to wait for another day.

The first crash I received was due to a access violation writing to address "676F6C2E", which happens to be "gol." and it definitely invalid.

Comment 2 Peter Sampson 2019-06-19 05:35:44 UTC

Testing on W10 with audacity-2.3.3-alpha-271-d84ab5948d544eec6ba6a648d76d31ef9d5edc88

I just cannot get this to fail (but I do note that it is marked moonphase - and W7) - also note that it's last update was vn 1.1.1 on 9Sep2005.

It downloaded an installed fine - and no crash at Step 5 initial use, and fine when closing Audacity and restarting.  Tested in graphical and non-graphical mode.


Looks ok to me - and I recall no recent user reports of this.