fixes

plugin/Source/PluginEditor.cpp

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ namespace
     }
 #endif
 
+#if JUCE_LINUX
+    constexpr int kLinuxFrameRateHz = 30;
+#endif
+
     std::unique_ptr<ScopeEngine> makeEngine()
     {
 #if defined(PRISM_SCOPE_WAVEFORM) && PRISM_SCOPE_WAVEFORM
@@ -188,23 +192,14 @@ PrismSpectrumEditor::PrismSpectrumEditor(PrismSpectrumProcessor& p)
     setResizable(true, true);
     setResizeLimits(pref.minWidth, pref.minHeight, 4096, 4096);
     setSize(pref.defaultWidth, pref.defaultHeight);
-
-    if (webView != nullptr)
-    {
-#if JUCE_WINDOWS
-        startTimerHz(resolveWindowsFrameRateHz(*this));
-#else
-        // Drive frames at the display's refresh rate (adapts to 60/120/144 Hz).
-        vblank = juce::VBlankAttachment(this, [this] { renderFrame(); });
-#endif
-    }
 }
 
 PrismSpectrumEditor::~PrismSpectrumEditor()
 {
-#if JUCE_WINDOWS
+#if JUCE_WINDOWS || JUCE_LINUX
     stopTimer();
 #endif
+    webViewReady = false;
 }
 
 void PrismSpectrumEditor::resized()
@@ -259,13 +254,30 @@ void PrismSpectrumEditor::showWebViewFallback()
     addAndMakeVisible(webViewFallback);
 }
 
-#if JUCE_WINDOWS
+#if JUCE_WINDOWS || JUCE_LINUX
 void PrismSpectrumEditor::timerCallback()
 {
     renderFrame();
 }
 #endif
 
+void PrismSpectrumEditor::startFrameDriver()
+{
+    if (webView == nullptr || ! webViewReady || frameDriverStarted)
+        return;
+
+    frameDriverStarted = true;
+
+#if JUCE_WINDOWS
+    startTimerHz(resolveWindowsFrameRateHz(*this));
+#elif JUCE_LINUX
+    startTimerHz(kLinuxFrameRateHz);
+#else
+    // Drive frames at the display's refresh rate (adapts to 60/120/144 Hz).
+    vblank = juce::VBlankAttachment(this, [this] { renderFrame(); });
+#endif
+}
+
 void PrismSpectrumEditor::onSettingsPanel(juce::var payload)
 {
     const int height = juce::jmax(0, (int) payload.getProperty("height", 0));
@@ -295,8 +307,10 @@ void PrismSpectrumEditor::onPrismConfig(juce::var payload)
 
 void PrismSpectrumEditor::onPrismReady()
 {
+    webViewReady = true;
     pushRestoreSettings();
     sendAppDefaults();
+    startFrameDriver();
 }
 
 void PrismSpectrumEditor::onScopeNativeConfig(juce::var payload)
@@ -379,7 +393,7 @@ void PrismSpectrumEditor::sendAppDefaults()
 
 void PrismSpectrumEditor::renderFrame()
 {
-    if (webView == nullptr)
+    if (webView == nullptr || ! webViewReady)
         return;
 
 #if JUCE_MAC

plugin/Source/PluginEditor.h

@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
  * Hosts the React webview UI and bridges the reused Prism spectrum DSP to it.
  *
  * Drains stereo audio buffered by the processor, feeds the selected scope engine,
- * and emits frame payloads to the webview. macOS uses display vblank; Windows uses
- * a steady message-thread timer because some DAW/WebView2 embeddings deliver
- * vblank callbacks too slowly for data-driven scopes.
+ * and emits frame payloads to the webview after the UI reports readiness. macOS
+ * uses display vblank; Windows/Linux use steady message-thread timers to avoid
+ * fragile host/browser embedding behavior.
  */
 class PrismSpectrumEditor : public juce::AudioProcessorEditor
-#if JUCE_WINDOWS
+#if JUCE_WINDOWS || JUCE_LINUX
     , private juce::Timer
 #endif
 {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public:
 
     void resized() override;
 
-#if JUCE_WINDOWS
+#if JUCE_WINDOWS || JUCE_LINUX
     void timerCallback() override;
 #endif
 
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public:
 private:
     void loadWebView();
     void showWebViewFallback();
+    void startFrameDriver();
     void renderFrame();
 
     PrismSpectrumProcessor& processorRef;
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ private:
 
     // Height (px) the editor is currently grown by for the open settings panel.
     int settingsPanelHeight = 0;
+    bool webViewReady = false;
+    bool frameDriverStarted = false;
 
     // One-time attempt to lift WKWebView's private 60fps cap (macOS).
     bool frameRateUncapped = false;
@@ -71,8 +74,8 @@ private:
     juce::Label webViewFallback;
 
     // Declared last so it is destroyed first; no vblank callback can fire into a
-    // partially-destroyed editor. Windows uses juce::Timer instead.
-#if ! JUCE_WINDOWS
+    // partially-destroyed editor. Windows/Linux use juce::Timer instead.
+#if ! JUCE_WINDOWS && ! JUCE_LINUX
     juce::VBlankAttachment vblank;
 #endif