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tas3d
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Hi,

Has anyone successfully run Houdini on Linux via VirtualBox?
I'm developing on Win, and sometimes need to test it on Linux. VirtualBox is way more convenient then dual boot.

I am getting this crash when running Houdini 18.5.672 on Ubuntu 20.04 via VirtualBox 6.1

Traceback from 5944 ThreadId=0x7f3f70793cc0
AP_Interface::coreDumpChaser(UTsignalHandlerArg) <libHoudiniUI.so>
AP_Interface::si_CrashHandler::chaser(UTsignalHandlerArg) <libHoudiniUI.so>
signalCallback(UTsignalHandlerArg) <libHoudiniUT.so>
UT_Signal::UT_ComboSignalHandler::operator()(int, siginfo_t*, void*) const <libHoudiniUT.so>
UT_Signal::processSignal(int, siginfo_t*, void*) <libHoudiniUT.so>
__funlockfile <libpthread.so.0>


I might try vmware, but I have a feeling its the lack of "proper" gpu device that is causing the trouble.
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Michal Tas Maciejewski @ www.vfxtricks.com
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mihatsu
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Hi, did you try to install opencl?
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mihatsu
Hi, did you try to install opencl?
I tried, also I have HOUDINI_OCL_DEVICETYPE=CPU.
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Hi Michal,

I've managed to get houdini working under virtualbox. I'm using mint linux (19.1) and houdini 18.0.532 (its an older setup)

i wasn't able to get it going with virtualbox's gpu acceleration, instead (i think) installing mesa for software opengl

sudo apt-get install mesa-utils

it's slow and glitchy, but for occasionally testing some pipeline stuff it fills my needs.

cheers,
chrisg
Edited by doctorbob - Sept. 5, 2021 23:17:26
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ahh, thanks for directions. Here is what I have learned so far.

VMware provides overall better experience compared to VirtualBox.
On VMware I get OpenGL4.x compared to OpenGl3.x on VirtualBox - out of the box, without installing extra drivers.
Both running Mesa in software mode.
On VMware with OpenGL4.x I can run H18.0, but any 18.5 is crashing.

I will try to make a ticket with SESI, but not sure if they will pursue unsupported OS config.
It used to work not so long time ago, hopefully it can work again.

cheers!
Michal Tas Maciejewski @ www.vfxtricks.com
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