so i recently switched to linux and since then have not had any midis and have been trying to work out how to get fluidsynth working but everything i find is old or hasn’t worked it’s installed but still midi’s don’t work help
Are you using steam to run the game? There’s currently a bug
opened 04:36PM - 06 Nov 24 UTC
Issue: Bug
Platform: Linux
Area: Audio
Priority: 2-Before Release
(ignore the low vram artifacts i did this in a vm)
Reported in #help too by another user https://discord.com/channels/310555209753690112/790656972801572905/1303720864080068689
```
[ERRO] midi: Failed to initialize fluidsynth due to exception, disabling MIDI support:
System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load shared library 'fluidsynth' or one of its dependencies. In order to help diagnose loading problems, consider using a tool like strace. If you're using glibc, consider setting the LD_DEBUG environment variable:
/home/myra/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Space Station 14/bin/loader/fluidsynth.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/home/myra/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Space Station 14/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/8.0.0/fluidsynth.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/home/myra/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Space Station 14/bin/loader/libfluidsynth.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/home/myra/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Space Station 14/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/8.0.0/libfluidsynth.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/home/myra/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Space Station 14/bin/loader/fluidsynth: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/home/myra/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Space Station 14/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/8.0.0/fluidsynth: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/home/myra/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Space Station 14/bin/loader/libfluidsynth: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
/home/myra/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/common/Space Station 14/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/8.0.0/libfluidsynth: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
at NFluidsynth.Native.LibFluidsynth.fluid_set_log_function(Int32 severity, LoggerDelegate func, IntPtr data)
at NFluidsynth.Logger.SetLoggerMethod(LoggerDelegate method)
at Robust.Client.Audio.Midi.MidiManager.InitializeFluidsynth() in /home/runner/work/RobustToolbox/RobustToolbox/Robust.Client/Audio/Midi/MidiManager.cs:line 176
[INFO] game: Shutting down! Reason: Main window closed
```
## Repro: Linux mint, Arch (well all linux distros that update steam will be effected. As steam native runtimes are now default.)
## Needs #4997
## Fix for now is to use standalone launcher. Or flatpak
There are some temporary fixes in there.