Download houdini 9.1 (for Ubuntu 7.10). Install it. Run. Press ‘install a non-commercial license’. Get error:

'Error installing key: LICENSE Generic Houdini-Master-NonCommercial ….
Unable to read/modify license file. …'

In License Administrator see:

*The license server is running.
*The license server may not serve licenses.
*The license server does not allow license modifications from this machine.

Also note that after installation I did not find sesinetd in the /etc/init.d and ran it from /home/ilya/hfs9.1.124/houdini/sbin

Suggestions?

Well.. and Where is this license file?

And diagnostic information:

Diagnostic Output:
==================
If you are having licensing problems, please save this information and email it
to support@sidefx.com.

License Administrator output:
=============================
Generated on: Wed Feb 6 13:55:38 2008
Local host name: ilya-desktop
Local server code: 93f43000
Local ip address: 127.0.1.1
Number of servers: 1
License server name: ilya-desktop (ilya-desktop)
License server server code: 93f43000
Server ip address: 127.0.1.1
License server is running: Yes
May read licenses from server: Yes
Has SERVER license: No
License server version: 9.1.124
May modify server from this machine: No (no license file permissions)
Redundant server keys: 0
Name Code Redundant Connected Transmission OK
—- —- ——— ——— —————
License Administrator version: 9.1.124
Http proxy host: (none)
Can retrieve http://license.sidefx.com/index.php: [license.sidefx.com] Yes

Installed licenses:
LicID Platform Product Ver Avail Expiry
—– ——– ——- — —– ——

sesictrl -i output:
===================
—– SERVER ilya-desktop ——–

*** WARNING *** - No valid server lines found




hserver -l output:
==================
Hostname: ilya-desktop
Uptime: 1:06:58
License Server: ilya-desktop
Server Version: sesinetd9.1.124
Version: Houdini9.1.124
ReadAccess: +.+.+.*
WriteAccess: +.+.+.*

7065 of 7996 Mb available
CPU Usage: 2% load
0 active tasks (4 slots)

Hi,

You're not allowed to use 127.0.0.1 for your IP address. You can edit the /etc/hosts file to the IP address that's assigned by your router or ISP. You can search through the forum for more posts related to the /etc/hosts file or 127.0.0.1.

Good luck!

Cheers!
steven

Thanx for reply.
But in fact the problem was that I installed Houdini under non-root account.
After I reinstalled it correctly all works fine (after disabling compiz ).

Glad you figured it out!

Cheers!
steven

Hi sorry to bring up this thread again but what does it mean to install Houdini under non-root acount?

So what does non-Root account mean?

root is like Administrator on Windows, this is a special user account that has more power!