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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0010060 | ardour | bugs | public | 2025-12-15 15:34 | 2025-12-15 21:36 |
| Reporter | andrew246 | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Platform | Ubuntu | OS | Linux | OS Version | (any) |
| Product Version | 9.0-rc | ||||
| Summary | 0010060: The mixer and editor windows can't be made smaller than the size they are initially presented at. | ||||
| Description | I just tried rc9. When launched it found my 8.12 config files and I took the option to copy settings from there. I then loaded a previous project. The mixer window in particular is quite large and whilst I can make it bigger by dragging the left and right sides, I can't reduce the width beyond the size initially displayed. Same for the editor window. I am not a very experienced Ardour user so apologies if I'm missing something obvious. The Terminal window below mentions "WEAK JACK" - don't think that ever appeared with 8.12. Also there are various messages about not able to connect MIDI. | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | as above | ||||
| Additional Information | Ubuntu Studio 24.04, plasma. Project uses ALSA. One USB audio device - focusrite 2i4 Launched using "Ardour9" in Terminal, contents as follows - Ardour9 bind txt domain [gtk2_ardour9] to /opt/Ardour-9.0.rc1.54-dbg/share/locale Ardour9.0.rc1.54 (built using 9.0-rc1-54-g6eeed82fb3 and GCC version 10.2.1 20210110) Ardour: [INFO]: Your system is configured to limit Ardour to 1048576 open files Ardour: [INFO]: Loading system configuration file /opt/Ardour-9.0.rc1.54-dbg/etc/system_config Ardour: [INFO]: Loading user configuration file /home/andrew/.config/ardour9/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(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz Ardour: [INFO]: Using AVX and FMA optimized routines Ardour: [INFO]: Loading plugin meta data file /opt/Ardour-9.0.rc1.54-dbg/share/plugin_metadata/plugin_tags Ardour: [INFO]: add_lrdf_data '/home/andrew/.config/ardour9/rdf:/opt/Ardour-9.0.rc1.54-dbg/share/rdf:/usr/local/share/ladspa/rdf:/usr/share/ladspa/rdf' Ardour: [INFO]: read rdf_file 'file:///usr/share/ladspa/rdf/swh-aux.rdf' Ardour: [INFO]: read rdf_file 'file:///usr/share/ladspa/rdf/caps.rdf' Ardour: [INFO]: read rdf_file 'file:///usr/share/ladspa/rdf/tap-plugins.rdf' Ardour: [INFO]: read rdf_file 'file:///usr/share/ladspa/rdf/blop.rdf' Ardour: [INFO]: read rdf_file 'file:///usr/share/ladspa/rdf/swh-scales.rdf' Ardour: [INFO]: read rdf_file 'file:///usr/share/ladspa/rdf/swh-plugins.rdf' Ardour: [INFO]: read rdf_file 'file:///usr/share/ladspa/rdf/ladspa-rubberband.rdf' Ardour: [INFO]: read rdf_file 'file:///usr/share/ladspa/rdf/ladspa.rdfs' Ardour: [INFO]: read rdf_file 'file:///usr/share/ladspa/rdf/tap_reverb.rdf' *** WEAK-JACK: initializing *** WEAK-JACK: OK. (0) Cannot install SIGPIPE error handler Ardour: [INFO]: Loading default ui configuration file /opt/Ardour-9.0.rc1.54-dbg/etc/default_ui_config Ardour: [INFO]: Loading 468 MIDI patches from /opt/Ardour-9.0.rc1.54-dbg/share/patchfiles Ardour: [INFO]: Loading user ui configuration file /home/andrew/.config/ardour9/ui_config Ardour: [INFO]: Loading colour file /opt/Ardour-9.0.rc1.54-dbg/share/themes/dark-ardour.colors Ardour: [INFO]: Loading ui configuration file /opt/Ardour-9.0.rc1.54-dbg/etc/clearlooks.rc Ardour: [INFO]: Loading bindings from /opt/Ardour-9.0.rc1.54-dbg/etc/ardour.keys Loading ui configuration file /opt/Ardour-9.0.rc1.54-dbg/etc/clearlooks.rc ardour-request-device: Failed to acquire device: 'Audio1' Device or resource busy (ardour-9.0.rc1.54:8988): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:17:47.361: Theme directory places/128 of theme ubuntustudio-dark has no size field (ardour-9.0.rc1.54:8988): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:17:47.362: Theme directory places/scalable of theme ubuntustudio-dark has no size field Found nothing along /home/andrew/.config/ardour9/templates:/opt/Ardour-9.0.rc1.54-dbg/share/templates --[[ ALSA Device hw:USB,0 playback nchan : 4 fsamp : 48000 fsize : 256 nfrag : 3 format : S32_LE access : MMAP interleaved capture nchan : 2 fsamp : 48000 fsize : 256 nfrag : 3 format : S32_LE access : MMAP interleaved synced --]] AlsaSeqMidiIO: cannot connect output port. AlsaSeqMidiIO: cannot connect input port. AlsaSeqMidiIO: cannot connect output port. AlsaSeqMidiIO: cannot connect input port. no more csLADSPA plugins Set cursor set to default locate to 0 took 7070 usecs for 10 tracks = 707 per track Frame::on_size_allocate 218x319 < 256x319 Graph::drop_threads() sema-counts: 0, 0, 1 Found nothing along /home/andrew/.config/ardour9/templates:/opt/Ardour-9.0.rc1.54-dbg/share/templates AlsaSeqMidiOut: MIDI OUT THREAD STOPPED AlsaSeqMidiIn: MIDI IN THREAD STOPPED andrew@rake:~$ | ||||
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Those additional messages are because you run a debug build, and the output looks normal. As for the actual issue. Can you never shrink it at all, or do you perhaps just reach the min. required width? Ardour 9 requires a larger screen than 8.12. The min. width is defined by the editor toolbar and application bar. You can try to hide some elements in the latter (Preferences > Appearance > Application bar). |
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Thanks for the quick response Robin. Yes, I reach the min required width. I've always worked with a detached mixer window. In 8.12 my mixer menu bar has none of the tools, clocks etc, there is just mixer strips, so I can make it use just a quarter, say, of my monitor, with the editor using the rest. In 9, all the menubar items have been duplicated, and removing something removes it from both windows, which of course is not good. Is the preference copying routine when first using 9 not quite subtle enough perhaps? |
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My Mixer window |
