[arch-proaudio] Is It Me or Ardour?

[Jimi Bove]

On 11/10/18 11:44 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 10:28:07 -0800, Jimi Bove wrote:
>> To make sure I'm not failing to meet any bug reproduction steps, here
>> are my versions:
>> ardour 5.12-7
>> gimp 2.10.6-2
>> gtk-theme-arc-git 659.766ae1a-1
>> xfce4-session 4.12.1-8
>> xfdesktop 4.12.4-2
>> xfwm4 4.12.5-1
>> compton 2.0-2
> Ardour does cause issues for the OP, not for me, at least not the
> version I'm still using, 5.8, a local build, not from repositories.
>
> Gimp 2.10.6-2 is exactly the version from extra, that is
> terrible unstable on my install. Now 2.10.8-1 from extra is installed,
> but I didn't work with it and just test running gains nothing, since
> it tends to crash when doing real work and I don't know steps to
> reproduce a scenario to make it crash. There are a lot of reports that
> Gimp 2.10 is unstable for many users.
>
> My Arc theme is most likely based upon an Arc theme from August 2017
> and probably needs an update.
>
> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ ls -hld /usr/share/themes/Arc-RM-Cornflower/
> drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4.0K Aug 16  2017 /usr/share/themes/Arc-RM-Cornflower/
> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ ls -hl .customization/openbox-*
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 2.0K Aug 16  2017 .customization/openbox-arc-cornflower-theme.sh
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 3.6K Aug 16  2017 .customization/openbox-arc-theme.sh
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 3.8K Aug 14  2017 .customization/openbox-profile-copy.sh
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 3.1K Aug 14  2017 .customization/openbox-profile-diff.sh
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 1.8K Aug 13  2017 .customization/openbox-profile-rm.sh
>
> I'm not using a DE, just the WM openbox, it stays steady at 3.6 since a
> long time ago.
>
> [rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ grep openbox\ .3.6 /var/log/pacman.log
> [2015-07-03 09:33] [ALPM] upgraded openbox (3.6-1 -> 3.6.1-1)
> [2015-12-12 06:21] [ALPM] upgraded openbox (3.6.1-1 -> 3.6.1-2)
> [2016-02-21 14:53] [ALPM] upgraded openbox (3.6.1-2 -> 3.6.1-3)
> [2018-06-26 07:47] [ALPM] upgraded openbox (3.6.1-3 -> 3.6.1-4)
>
> I don't know if any issue is related to the theme I'm using, but for
> testing purpose I soon or later will revert to adwaita.

Ah, if it's specifically a real-work thing with GIMP, you'd know more 
than me. I used GIMP a lot but mostly at amateurish levels of image 
manipulation.