Bug#736074: calf-plugins: calf plugins lack graph display components, Calf Analyzer is empty, others still functional

[Zenaan Harkness]

Package: calf-plugins
Version: 0.0.19+git20131202-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,
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When running a jackd session of some sort, the Calf plugins work in general, except for the "graph" display components of the plugins.

This is most visible in the Calf Analyzer plugin, which only shows graphs, and therefore when I run it, I get an empty plugin window, with no functionality.

I am currently using gladish to set up my session, and running plugins for testing purposes from the command line (and adding them to gladish when they appeal to me), for example, here's another command line plugin cmd/run:

jalv.gtk http://calf.sourceforge.net/plugins/TransientDesigner

I ought be grateful, since from one perspective, the lack of graph components in these Calf plugins means I can fit more plugins in one screen - this principle would lead to a feature request for an option to disable such components - perhaps a button on each plugin screen - probably a feature-request bug for upstream though, not for the Debian packagers, I don't know.

Also, the Calf Rack is missing, although it is advertised/mentioned in the package description - however this should probably be a separate bug - let me know if you'd like me to file a separate bug for this particular issue.

I have tested the jalv.gtk, jalv.gtkmm, jalv.qt, and jalv.gtk3, which all work, except jalv.gtk3 only brings up the built-in default (LADSPA style) minimal gui for each plugin.
All jalv.* plugin runners have the same problem displaying the graph.

It is entirely feasible that the bug is a jalv bug, and that if the plugins are run in some other way, that they would display their graph components, I don't know sorry.

If someone suggests a procedure/ application in which I can test the Calf plugins without using jalv, I am willing to do so.

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.12-1-rt-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages calf-plugins depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                       2.10.0-2
ii  libc6                             2.17-97
ii  libcairo2                         1.12.16-2
ii  libexpat1                         2.1.0-4
ii  libfftw3-single3                  3.3.3-7
ii  libfluidsynth1                    1.1.6-2
ii  libfontconfig1                    2.11.0-2
ii  libfreetype6                      2.5.2-1
ii  libgcc1                           1:4.8.2-14
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                2.28.2-1+b1
ii  libglib2.0-0                      2.36.4-1
ii  libgtk2.0-0                       2.24.22-1
ii  libjack-jackd2-0 [libjack-0.116]  1.9.9.5+20130622git7de15e7a-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0                    1.36.0-1+b1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0               1.36.0-1+b1
ii  libpangoft2-1.0-0                 1.36.0-1+b1
ii  libstdc++6                        4.8.2-14

Versions of packages calf-plugins recommends:
ii  gtk2-engines-pixbuf  2.24.22-1

Versions of packages calf-plugins suggests:
ii  ladish  1+dfsg0-4

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