Hi ..
I am new to linux and when i tried to run houdini .I got this
p4 2.53
1gb
houdini version 8.0.468

Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_OGL.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_OGL.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission de nied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_IPlay.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_IPlay.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_MDisplay.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_MDisplay.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permissi on denied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_JPEG.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_JPEG.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission d enied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Cineon.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Cineon.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Wave.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Wave.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission d enied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Alias.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Alias.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Bitmap.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Bitmap.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_SoftImage.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_SoftImage.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permiss ion denied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Abekas.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Abekas.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Targa.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Targa.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Vertigo.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_Vertigo.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permissio n denied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_RADIANCE.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_RADIANCE.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permissi on denied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_OpenEXR.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_OpenEXR.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permissio n denied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_PNG.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_PNG.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission de nied
Houdini DSO - error on ‘/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_IOTable.so’
/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/dso/fb/IMG_IOTable.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permissio n denied
Authorization failed

# Existing server found at localhost:1714
Error “/opt/hfs8.0.468/houdini/FBoptions”: Unknown file format “JPEG”
Authorization failed

Existing server found at localhost:1714

Actually I managed to run hkey as well as houdini startup with license screen but I messed up the hserver 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 Jan 4 03:06:04 2006
Local host name: CPE00055d2d2406-CM0012c99f0caa
Local server code: 2445ad00
Local ip address: 24.101.164.191
Number of servers: 1
License server name: WD5FDL1A (WD5FDL1A)
Server ip address: (could not look up server)
License server is running: No
License Administrator version: 8.0.468
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:
===================
Cannot connect to server WD5FDL1A (224.31.0.0)- verify that sesinetd is running.



hserver -l output:
==================
Authorization failed



licenses file:
==============
* The local machine is not the server machine, so the licenses file
cannot be shown. *

alright ..I managed to get my license working but still i got this error


License Error :Unable to connect to hserver for license acquisition



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 Jan 4 03:55:30 2006
Local host name: CPE00055d2d2406-CM0012c99f0caa
Local server code: 2445ad00
Local ip address: 127.0.0.1
Number of servers: 1
License server name: cpe00055d2d2406-cm0012c99f0caa (CPE00055d2d2406-CM0012c99f0caa)
License server server code: 2445ad00
Server ip address: 127.0.0.1
License server is running: Yes
May read licenses from server: Yes
Has SERVER license: Yes
License server version: 8.0.468
May modify server from this machine: Yes
Redundant server keys: 1
Name Code Redundant Connected Transmission OK
—- —- ——— ——— —————
cpe00055d2d2406-cm0012c99f0caa 2445ad00 no - -
License Administrator version: 8.0.468
Http proxy host: (none)
Can retrieve http://license.sidefx.com/index.php: [license.sidefx.com] Yes

Installed licenses:
LicID Platform Product Ver Avail Expiry
—– ——– ——- — —– ——
8187a7c5 Generic Houdini-Master-NonCommercial 8.0 1/1 03-feb-2006
+.+.+.+ cpe00055d2d2406-cm0012c99f0caa (license known to: cpe00055d2d2406-cm0012c99f0caa)
d16d133c Generic Render-NonCommercial 8.0 1/1 03-feb-2006
+.+.+.+ cpe00055d2d2406-cm0012c99f0caa (license known to: cpe00055d2d2406-cm0012c99f0caa)

sesictrl -i output:
===================
—– SERVER cpe00055d2d2406-cm0012c99f0caa ——–
Lic 8187a7c5: 1 “Houdini-Master-NonCommercial 8.0” Generic 03-feb-2006 +.+.+.+ cpe00055d2d2406-cm0012c99f0caa
1 licenses free

Lic d16d133c: 1 “Render-NonCommercial 8.0” Generic 03-feb-2006 +.+.+.+ cpe00055d2d2406-cm0012c99f0caa
1 licenses free

Serv cpe00055d2d2406-cm0012c99f0caa 2445ad00
redundant: no
connected: no
transmission successful: no



hserver -l output:
==================


licenses file:
==============
## Side Effects Software License File
#
# For license information, please contact:
# Side Effects Software Inc.
# 123 Front St. West, Suite 1401
# Toronto, Ontario, Canada
# M2J 2M2
# licensemanager@sidefx.com
# http://www.sidefx.com [sidefx.com]
#
# NOTE: This file may be modified by the licensee
#

# Key installed 03:34:55 01/04/06
SERVER cpe00055d2d2406-cm0012c99f0caa 2445ad00 \
8f19a099c70ee675607e5d36ccf9a2ad0433de0caf2ca

# Key installed 03:34:57 01/04/06
LICENSE Generic Houdini-Master-NonCommercial 8.0 1 03-feb-2006 +.+.+.+ \
cpe00055d2d2406-cm0012c99f0caa 8187a7c5 \
K2xNbgfy2VtpFbV1i2Mr235jxHGq7u+eXEs33PFlXMA3t6HFDgzZTM3

# Key installed 03:34:59 01/04/06
LICENSE Generic Render-NonCommercial 8.0 1 03-feb-2006 +.+.+.+ \
cpe00055d2d2406-cm0012c99f0caa d16d133c \
IFzH0YNcFn9Ws6qdWHgWUs6LlJKCX7++Led7ubyoEsewMcD2G7Xogs0

This is a discussion starting over in:

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=5125 [sidefx.com]

Waiting for SESI to weigh in on this. AFAIK FC4 isn't on the list of officially supported distros - according to the download page, anyway. It might be as simple as dealing with permission issues, though.

Cheers,

J.C.

FC4 is a fairly experimental distro isn't it?

Define “experimental”.

I'm not sure I'd call it that, perhaps “cutting edge”.

However, I'll admit to being a little surprised FC4 went with SE Linux out of the box. I think SE is a great idea, make a secure OS even moreso, but the last platform at risk is a linux workstation. I'd rate them as Windows workstation, Windows server, Linux server, Linux workstation last. Adding secure features like that just effects usability IMHO. I know SUSE 10 has a optional path to SE, I just have no use for it. Let the firewall do it's job, let the internal workstations talk to each other and not get paranoid over every little library.

Cheers,

J.C.

ok .. i disabled the SELinux and all the access denied errors are gone..However I still can't run houdini .. I got a message saying

License Error:Unable to connect to hserver for license acquisition
I can run hkey and got my license key but just that can't run houdini. :cry:

Is the license server running?
Go to /usr/lib/sesi
And type, being root:
./sesinetd
Then you have the server daemon running, try to use hkey or houdini.
The clena way is to go to /etc/init.d (i don't know if fedore stores the init scripts there), you should have a script called sesinetd, being root type:
./sesinetd start
the last is the right way to start the license server, the first is a shortcut.
Hope this help

Also check that you have the hserver process running (eg. ps -A | grep hserver)

ok here is my latest update..
stll not working

$ No server found at localhost:1714


under my user

3454 ? Ssl 0:00 hserver
2728 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/sesi/sesinetd_safe –sesi=/usr/lib/sesi –ses

Edit : Truncated my post after reading your response above

Maybe your hostname is too funky for houdini? I did an install of FC4 a while ago and I remember i had disable selinux and change the hostname to something realistic.

yh i guess..

I just installed Debian and it works fine so this case is closed..
Thanks everyone for thier help.. ops: