Bug 2367790 - sox cannot open ladspa tap_deesser plugin after upgrading from fc41 to fc42
Summary: sox cannot open ladspa tap_deesser plugin after upgrading from fc41 to fc42
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: sox
Version: 42
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
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Assignee: Jiri Kucera
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-05-21 13:52 UTC by Dan
Modified: 2026-05-06 14:01 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2026-05-06 14:01:19 UTC
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Description Dan 2025-05-21 13:52:59 UTC
The sox audio processer program worked fine in fc41. Now it fails in fc42 when using the ladspa tap_deesser plugin.

When sox, play command (v14.4.2) tries to use the tap_deesser plugin from the ladspa-tap-plugins-0.7.0-37.fc42.x86_64 rpm, it fails with the message:

play FAIL ladspa: could not open LADSPA plugin tap_deesser

If I remove the tap_deesser plugin from the sox effects chain, it plays just fine.

Ardour (v8.11) can load the fc42 tap_deesser plugin fine and process audio with it.

If I copy the tap_deesser.so file from fc41 to the fc42 /usr/lib64/ladspa directory, the sox, play command works just fine. Copying the fc42 tap_deesser.so file back causes the play command to fail again.

Other plugins from the fc42 ladspa-tap-plugins work fine with sox.

I don't see anything in the system logs about sox/play failures.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run the sox, play command with the tap_deesser in the effects chain.
2. Command fails stating, could not open LADSPA plugin tap_deesser
3. Copy in the fc41 tap_deesser.so file to /usr/lib64/ladspa
4. Run play with tap_deesser and it plays the audio file fine.
5. Copy in the fc42 tap_deesser.so file back to /usr/lib64/ladspa
6. Run the sox, play command with the tap_deesser in the effects chain.
7. Command fails again stating, could not open LADSPA plugin tap_deesser
Actual Results:
Command fails with no audio output and the message:
play FAIL ladspa: could not open LADSPA plugin tap_deesser

Expected Results:
Should filter the audio file using the effects and play the results through the sound system.

Comment 1 Fedora Release Engineering 2026-05-06 13:01:01 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora Linux 42 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora Linux 42 on 2026-05-13.
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Comment 2 Dan 2026-05-06 14:01:19 UTC
After getting all the way to FC44, I noticed that the LADSPA TAP deesser is in the correct folder. I consider this closed.


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