Hi,

I've been trying to get a license for Houdini 6 Apprentice but I've been unsuccessful so far.

I have installed Houdini 6 on a small machine running Linux (Mandrake 9.1). As it is a standalone machine with no internet connection I had to get the license from sidefx license site manually from another machine. I gave my server name (localhost) and my server code (00000000) but the server name was rejected. I presume both values are wrong. I know I can change this in the Houdini License Administrator, but I don't know what value I should give.

Please can anyone help me? (I am a newbie both in Houdini and Linux!)

Thanks in advance.

Below is the Houdini License Administrator diagnosis

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License Administrator output:

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Generated on: Wed July 30 15:54:09 2003
Local host name: localhost
Local server code: 00000000
Local ip address: 127.0.0.1
License server name: localhost
License server code: 00000000
Server ip address: 127.0.0.1
License server is running: Yes
Has SERVER license: No
License server version: 6.0.286
May modify server from this machine: Yes
License Administrator version: 6.0.286
Http proxy host: (none)
Can retrieve http://license.sidefx.com/index.php: [license.sidefx.com] No (ERROR: could not connect to license.sidefx.com: 80
(Are you connected to the internet? Do you need to set an http proxy?))

Installed licenses

LicID Platform Product Ver Avail Expiry
——- ———– ———- —- ——- ——–

sesictrl -i output:
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******* SERVER localhost ***********

*** WARNING *** - No valide server lines found

hserver -l output:
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Hostname: localhost
Uptime: 0:48:18
License Server: localhost
Server Version: sesinetd6.0.286
Version: Houdini6.0.286
ReadAccess: +.+.+.*
WriteAccess: +.+.+.*

9 of 123 Mb available
CPU Usage: 3% load
0 active tasks (1 slots)

License file:
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* Could not open the licenses file *


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Hi there,

From your post, I believe a network card is not installed. Unfortunately, a network is needed to generate a valid server code.

Please go to this link [sidefx.com] for more information which will hopefully get you up and running with Houdini.

I hope the above helps!

Cheers!
steven

Hi, thanks for your answer.

I installed a network card in my machine. I could change localhost to “bluemoon” for the local server name and the local server code is no longer empty. But now the server will not start. Can you help me further?

Thanks in advance.

Some information:

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hserver -l gives:
No server found at localhost:1714

Launching hkey from a terminal gives:
Loading required GL library /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2
Spawn error : No such file or directory
Argument list:
0: xmessage
1: License Error: Unable to connect to hserver for license acquisition
No server found at localhost:1714

Below is the Houdini License Administrator diagonosis


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License Administrator output:

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Generated on: Thu Jul 31
Local host name: bluemoon
Local server code: 909dbf00
Local ip address: 193.168.1.1
License server name: bluemoon
License server code: 909dbf00
Server ip address: 193.168.1.1
License server is running: No
License Administrator version: 6.0.286
Http proxy host: (none)
Can retrieve http://license.sidefx.com/index.php: [license.sidefx.com] No (ERROR: could not connect to license.sidefx.com: 80
(Are you connected to the internet? Do you need to set an http proxy?))

Installed licenses

LicID Platform Product Ver Avail Expiry
——- ———– ———- —- ——- ——–

sesictrl -i output:
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Cannot connect to server bluemoon (193.168.1.1)- verify that sesinetd is running

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

License file:
=========

* Could not open the licenses file *


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Hi there,

I would have to ask you to search through the forum (here's a link [sidefx.com] to get you started) and also odforce [odforce.net]'s forum for possible solutions.

Mandrake 9.1 is not officially supported but I remember reading success stories from some users.

Cheers!
steven