Hi Sesi,

following this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766327&highlight=shake+hardy [ubuntuforums.org]

and experiencing nearly the same problem with Houdini since I upgraded from 7.10 to 8.04 … I wish to know if there's anything I can do to provide a better log or informations, as Houdini just doesnt run.


trying to run the latest build 9.1.218
ATI with latest drivers

sadly there's no log in the shell.. the process stays there and the GUI doesnt comes up.

it did once.. and it was extremely slow (while others GL apps are not)

cheers.

Jean-Claude Nouchy

ok…

looks like the problem is the same as with Shake.

I symlinked the libX11.so.6 I copied into Shake directory lib.. into houdini/dsolibs directory.. and now Houdini launches… the GUI is a bit slow when highlighting GUI icons (like the viewport icons) .. but the openGL is fine.

EDIT:
I also tried to directly replace the old libX11.so.6 with the latest provided by Fedora 7 and Houdini launches then without symlinking it into $HFS/dso path.


cheers.

If you want to log your houdini session you can set the environment variable HOUDINI_ERRORLOG_LEVEL ( i have set it to 4) and with HOUDINI_ERRORLOG_FILENAME you specify the file where houdini spits out all the messages.

Also very nice to debug your newly created, overly complex VOP network/OTL.

I'm still wondering if I'm the only one that upgraded to Hardy 8.04 and had the same problem… anyone?

I'll try the verbose Log today to give some more feedback ..

This is becoming an increasing problem on linux lately. Different distros tend to retire more and more flavours of libX11 - we've seen a number of apps fail on different distros because of this. Usually there's a workaround - such as linking to the shipping version or installing an optional ‘compatibility’ package on the system.

Odds are that yes, you are one of the first ones to run this.

Cheers,

J.C.

I thought this issue was fixed? At least with xlib. Getting distros with the most recent xlib is another problem….

I had no problems running Houdini on my other laptop with the final 32-bit release candidate a while ago. That said it was still and RC, and not 64 bit so I'm not sure. Would like to move my Macbook to the latest and greatest but it will have to wait for a while till I'm not so busy doing important stuff.

I'm on 32bit .. forgot to mention.

I'll try some other libX11 then .. cause now Houdini works.. but the GUI widgets (icons, pan separators, buttons) are really slow to refresh .. the mouse really slow down like the system is under heavy load, to let you understand the “effect” I'm experiencing..

the Viewports are ok .. although the 3D Viewport looks slower once there's geometry in it…

basically.. houdini looks like doesnt use my OpenGL drivers.. but the Mesa one … I have that “feeling” .. again .. to show what's happening here.

a default grid but with 300x300 division.. is really slow to refresh ..
as a side note.. this happens in 8.2 version also (just tested)… expect the widgets… which I cant see anything wrong.

.. the ERROR_LOG file doesnt gives me anything usefull… anything else I can try to debug and give you better feedbacks, please let me know

cheers

I suspect its an ATI drivers issue .. althought Houdini now is the only openGL application that gives me problems … no matter which libX11 I use..
still need to try the version that comes with Gutsy 7.10, which I had before the upgrade… anybody can pack it and attach it here so I can try?..

looking on google for it now in the meantime.

I currently have latest ATI drivers installed.

hm….

The last mainstream xlib update was from 2007, november somewhere. I guess there will be a new version (x.x.X) coming soon but I'll doubt if it gets included in debian/ubuntu. Guess it will be in the next release (or the unstable/testing branch).

ATM if you want a new version you should get it from svn or cvs. There is a bunch of patches here:

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xcb/2008-March/003347.html [lists.freedesktop.org]

(a reply to Joe's bug posting).


Sum][one: If you want an old version of X11 you could download one on rpm.pbone.net. Extract it and put it somewhere on /opt/oldX and then link to it.

Do you have HOUDINI_ENABLE_LINUX_THREADED_UI set?

If you run ‘glxinfo’, does it say ‘direct rendering: Yes’ in the output?

Thanks!