QC checkerboard on startup

franz's picture

Hi, i've got a comp. here that "sometimes" goes checkerboard on launch. Does ne1 know how to track down this issue ? I assume it should be coming from some plug, but how the hell do i know from which one / and/or stop this behaviour and have a clean comp ?

Any help truly welcome. thxx

cwright's picture
console

Check console (Console.app) -- you'll see something like "Blah blah patch failed to instantiate/setup" or something like that. That's the culprit.

(Then be sure to drop us a line and let us know which one, so we can update it with the non-broken setup code necessary for Leopard. :)

franz's picture
sorted !

thxx a lot. once more you saved my life !

i happened to have almost 20 buggy plugins, mostly AudioUnits and some dead drivers from an old soundcard... and also some duplicate plugins (KnM Structure maker that had been replaced by structure tools, for instance). I deleted everything that caused trouble, now i'm ready to go....

thanks again for your invaluable advice.

cwright's picture
Cool!

Glad it worked out -- a|x had a similar issue not too long ago... stale plugins causing problems, and whatnot :(