Windows XP pro SP2: Live doesn't quit properly

logman · Post by **logman** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:45 pm

Sometimes after quitting Live, then re-loading it again, it reports another Rewire host being active, even when it's the only application active in Explorer. But on examining the processes running I find an instance of Live sitting there, perhaps from another time I ran it, using approximately 10,000K of Memory. When Live loads properly, it occupies about 120,000K.

I'm trying to monitor this problem, to find the situation in which it occurs. Anyone else having this issue?

logman · Post by **logman** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:51 pm

I don't have multiple instances enabled under preferences.

wehkah · Post by **wehkah** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:47 pm

ohh, the second bug i have also. in live7 the engine was totally changed, i have heard this. i think its a bug of the vst wrapper?!

after the shutdown i cannot close the instance of live, i must restart my pc

cheers
wk

pj_player · Post by **pj_player** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:12 am

i sometimes had this problem in live 6. i think it was due to a faulty vst.

Timur · Post by **Timur** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:49 am

This happened several times with no obvious reasons. It also happens when no VST is used in a set (only internal plugins). I was told by Ableton to try without USB gear (USB midi controllers or USB audio-interfaces). I cannot say yet if that helps.

Most of the times this happens I can simply kill the process via task-manager, but sometimes I have to restart to get rid of it.

ewistrand · Post by **ewistrand** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:49 pm

If your USB gear loses contact, yeah- that can hang Live.

Turn off power management to the USB hubs in device manager if you haven't done so already; Windows turns it on by default.

ew

Timur · Post by **Timur** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:00 pm

Already done, but thanks for the hint. I guess it to be a problem of Live's memory management. Seemingly it is waiting for something to clear up that doesn't and because of that it doesn't shut down properly.

wehkah · Post by **wehkah** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:58 pm

i think its a bug or a failed exception handling of the vst host engine.

cheers
wk

wehkah · Post by **wehkah** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:14 pm

i have tested some various plugins at the time.

plugins with sythmaker or synthedit were built, crashes ableton.

example:

try EFM Drumkit2

thx
wk

Post by **Alex** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:32 pm

Hi folks,

it would be helpful to check the latest 7.0.2 beta if you ran into the problem (that the Live process keeps running).
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=83209

If you experience that problem in Live 7.0.2b4 (or later), please send me a corresponding mail with the Log.txt file (from Live's preferences folder) attached.

Regards,
/Alex

Windows XP pro SP2: Live doesn't quit properly

Windows XP pro SP2: Live doesn't quit properly

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