Dev1 Galaxy Forum / [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (rations) — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:00:48 +0000

Yeah I tried MT, that's great that they have released a native linux version as before the linux package installed wine. I would recommend MT powerdrums for anyone needing a virtual kit. I also tried hydrogen and others that are only on windows and mac.

I bought superior drummer years ago and it's just a personal preference for me. My version is outdated these days but I have no need to upgrade.

That's great they made a native version it is a lot more user friendly then hydogen if you are just using an electric drum kit to play.

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (JWM-Kit) — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:02:15 +0000

@rations have you tried MT PowerDrums V2. They have a native Linux version

https://www.powerdrumkit.com/linux.php

I've not used superior drummer, So I don't know how they compare.

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (rations) — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 01:39:06 +0000

@Altiod
I did sudo apt install task-mate-desktop deleted pulseaudio, tried it and it worked. The problem with sound cutting out whilst the gui is open was gone. Then I removed all the xfce packages using synaptic without trying it in xfce after installing mate.

This is my main machine and I only switched it to devuan 5 a couple of months ago, before that I used debian 12 with xfce and didn't have this problem. It has an nvidia gpu using the proprietary driver.

@swanson
He might be able to find a fix, before having to downgrade to version 9.21 you had to downgrade to version 7.20. Subjective opinion but unfortunately there is no native linux plugins that sound as good as superiour drummer 2, amped by ml sound lab or neural dsp. I've asked them all for native linux support and never get a reply.
All these plugins work in standalone mode without yabridge and the latest wine version. Or you can install reaper using wine. It says it works well using wine on the reaper download page, which it does and all the vsts work without yabridge but some still need dxvk fixes using winetricks.

@devarch
Thanks for that link. Now I have something else to play around with.

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (swanson) — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:38:56 +0000

Over at the Reaper forum they say this:
"Wine and/or yabridge is broken since Wine 9.21. I dont't know if there will ever be a fix. So, either you downgrade Wine to 9.21 if you want to use Windows plugins with yabridge, or you look for Linux native plugins as mentioned above. "

Some users do a downgrade, it seems.

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php … ne+version

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (Altoid) — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:44:01 +0000

Hello:

Sorry for the OT, will be brief.

rations wrote:

... installed mate as another desktop environment ...

So ...
You just did ...

# apt install mate

... and that was it?
No issues with XFCE?

Best,

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (Devarch) — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:11:03 +0000

Here is portable wine with everithing included if somebody needs it
https://github.com/Kron4ek/Conty

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (rations) — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:48:48 +0000

Update on this. I installed mate as another desktop environment and I don't get the audio problems with the gui open anymore. Before that I tried some of the suggestions like a 32bit wineprefix, buffer size and could not solve it in xfce. After I installed mate it just worked. The vst that was having the problems is called superior drummer 2

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (JWM-Kit) — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:44:26 +0000

rations wrote:

Have done these steps and dxvk fixes etc. Never had trouble with sound in the past only the graphics.

Sorry my suggestion was unhelpful. I figured you may of already done the suggested steps, but it didn't hurt to mention it. Audio cut outs is one of the issues related to 9.22 and newer.

The only time I've seen problems with audio cut out is when the latency setting in Jack was set to low. It just couldn't maintain the over demanding timings and caused the audio to cut out. Using a real-time kernel helps a lot with this issue. Since you specifically stated that the issue occurs when the vst gui is left open I'm convinced you are correct on blaming the issue one wine.

I am curious to see what the solution ends up being.

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (Calamity) — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:27:13 +0000

In Wine 10, the ~ HIGHDPIAWARE value also fixed fullscreen games for me - without it, they opened in huge windows with only the top left corner visible. In Wine 8, there was no such problem so the switch is probably unnecessary there (or maybe not even recognized). Some suggest using ~ DPIUNAWARE instead if you have any scaling/blurring problems.

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (rations) — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:40:35 +0000

I cannot find a way to change the font or size.

Maybe winetricks could help

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (rations) — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:35:09 +0000

Thanks for the advice everybody

I think having a subforum for Wine-related questions is a good idea

Great idea

If you want yabridge to be stable you need to downgrade to wine staging to 9.21. Then you need to lock the version to prevent upgrades

Have done these steps and dxvk fixes etc. Never had trouble with sound in the past only the graphics.

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (Altoid) — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:30:31 +0000

Hello:

Calamity wrote:

... better Tahoma font ...

I played around with all the installed *.ttf fonts and found that [Calibri 16] did fine for now.
I also did a regedit for [HIGHDPIAWARE] which seems to have done something.
Curiously enough, the other suggested editions were already done.

[OT] (again)
Adding the missing [arial.ttf] to the fonts directory now made the text above the icon buttons too small.
I do recall I had this same issue many years go but cannnot recall if I fixed it of just kept the font that fit.
In any case, I cannot find a way to change the font or size.
[/OT]

If you have a solution to that, please consider starting a new thread.
I would not want to hijack this one which is about Wine but not related to PMail.

Thanks for your input.

Best,

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (JWM-Kit) — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:19:08 +0000

@rations
yabridge has problems with wine 9.22 and higher. If you want yabridge to be stable you need to downgrade to wine staging to 9.21. Then you need to lock the version to prevent upgrades.

If downgrading wine is a big issue for you, You could try using the development branch of yabridge that is targeting wine 10. It's not ready for release, but it is an optiion.

https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge … -embedding

Additional INFO : AV Linux MX Edition has a tool called Wine4VST that specifically ensure you have the correct version of wine for yabridge. I don't want to push you to a different distro, but I figured it was fair to let you know about the tool. You maybe able to use it on devuan since they are both debian based.

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (Calamity) — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:00:39 +0000

A better Tahoma font (from a real Windows installation) may be a good choice, as the one shipped with Wine is very old and looks awful at certain sizes.

I tried and it didn't do much for me, but won't hurt in any case. Wine 10 apparently changed the look of system fonts (again), and in some dialogs the text is now very thin and almost unreadable. The Tahoma trick did not fix this, but the font smoothing options in the registry posted above at least made it look a bit nicer.

Re: [SOLVED] Using wine on devuan

dummy@example.com (Altoid) — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:33:41 +0000

Hello:

Calamity wrote:

... actually useful ...

All information is useful.
Information is power.

Calamity wrote:

... small thing but very annoying ...

Quite so.
Seeing it solved made me realise just how annoying it was.
Thanks again.

Calamity wrote:

... a subforum for Wine-related questions is a good idea ...
... nice to have a 'native' place ...

Indeed.
Makes two of us.
Now let's see what management opines.

[OT]
My $WINEPREFIX/drive_c/windows/Fonts/ directory has now gone from being barren/empty to having one *.ttf.
Something tells me that there should be more fonts there as some system and menu legends don't look so good.
What should I populate it with?
[/OT]

Best,