EXCITE SNARE DRUM not working in Waveform on Linux [solved]

Plugins/Software EXC!TE SNARE DRUM
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Waveform Version 12.1.8 (Built: 28 October 2022) (64-bit)

I tried it with the Linux version and with the Windows version with yabridge, and it comes up with errors for both. Alas!

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Hi jub, thanks for getting in touch.
Please provide complete system information.
Please don’t use yabridge, we have a native Linux version of the plugin.
Specify which errors and where.

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I only used yabridge as a second resort, just in case it was solely an issue with the Linux version.

Processor Intel(R) Core™ i3-1005G1 CPU @ 1.20GHz
Memory 7886MB (3804MB used)
Machine Type Notebook
Operating System Linux Lite 6.0

I don’t know how to view an error log or anything more detailed within Waveform, alas. It just says a generic “The following file appeared to be a plugin file, but failed to load correctly” message.

Hope that helps

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I think I’ve figured it out. I tried installing libxcb-cursor but “sudo apt install libxcb-cursor” ended up returning an error. I did “sudo apt-get install libxcb-cursor0” instead and I think it worked. Now, the vst3 will load! And it makes sound. Alas, the VST GUI doesn’t appear. It’s just a black box. I’m one step closer to the end, at least. Any idea what I should do next?

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Thanks for the info. Can you try to load the plugin in a different host, so we know if the issue is related to the OS or the host? Maybe use a demo version of Bitwig?
I have never used Waveform nor Linux Lite before, so I can’t know.

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You can try and see if you have the following libraries installed and install them if necessary:
libxkbcommon-x11-0
libxcb-xkb
libxcb-keysyms1
libxcb-util1
libfreetype6
libcairo2
libx11-6
libpango-1.0-0
libgtkmm-3.0-1v5
libsqlite3-0
Let us know if that helps making the GUI appear.

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Hi Max. Thank you very much! I’ve officially gotten it working. It looks like libxcb-keysyms1 wasn’t installable with apt install. The only one I didn’t have installed besides that was libsqlite3-0, and it appears that was all I needed to get it working. Thanks again!

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Great to hear! Thanks for letting us know, we’ll add this to the readme.