Houdini (11.0.446.7, Windows Vista 64bit)) crash on start (hkey.exe).

Same problem also running other exe.

Houdini 11.0.446.7, Windows 7 64bit
Apprentice license, licensingMode = localValidator

Here's the crash log (hmaster.exe):

Crash report from john; Unknown App Version 11.0.446.7
Traceback from Wed Jul 28 11:34:23 2010
Caught signal 11
+0x77a11da0
+0x777c2c7a
+0x75176dfb
+0x7028e6bb
+0x73e361ae
+0x73e4399c
+0x73e3ada4
+0x73e3df59
+0x73e3fec1
+0x73e3e546
+0x73e9f401
+0x4000af99
+0x7150b815
+0x7150be0f
+0x4000c02c
+0x777bf56d
+0x779f3281

same here. win vista 64. ati catalyst 10.3 and more recently 10.7

hkey and hmaster and even the command line sesictrl … “segmentation fault”. now the error dialog flashes on the screen for less than a second.

i got H10's hkey to accept H11 keys, but still no go.

Houdini 11.0.446.9 - hkey.exe crash.

quick side thought: should H11 take over 20 minutes to install on vista64?

i have 10.0.528 working fine on same machine and was able to install H11 on a laptop running Ubuntu 10.04 fine ( and installed very quickly ).

Edit: crash log is attached & via another thread I sent off an RFE.

I've solved reading this post http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=20267 [sidefx.com].

go to the properties on the Houdini icon and select the compatibility tab. Select the “Run this program in compatibiltiy mode for:” checkbox. In the pull down list I selected "Windows Vista(Services Pack 2).

thanks

Houdini 11.0.469 should have this problem fixed.

even after following the above instruction i still get my houdini crashing all the time on win7, even with check box etc..
the instalation has no problem, it is when i use it

am on a laptop HP with a notebook nvidia 1GB gpu

anyone has another idea


Crash report from XXXXXXX; Houdini Master Version 11.0.469
Traceback from Thu Aug 12 12:02:19 2010
Caught signal 11

Hi guys.

Sorry to revive an old thread, but im getting this problem with my new laptop. This is not a massive problem, as most of the time I can use my desktop.

Houdini installs fine, until I allow it to get apprentice licences, then hkey.exe immediately crashes.

This has happened with the production build (H11.0.581) and the newest daily build (H11.0.643).

I suppose this laptop specs might help.

Sony Viao
Intel i3 @ 240ghz
4GB RAM
Windows 7 64 bit premium.

If you remind me how to get the Houdini error logs, I can post them if you want them.

Cheers

Ragu.

It's likely due to the Intel HD graphics, whose drivers currently do not support OpenGL very well at all. Try setting the environment variable HOUDINI_OGL_SOFTWARE = 1 in the System/Advanced dialog, and see if that resolves the issue.

That's one fast CPU, BTW

Hi twod.

Thanks man. That worked a treat. Silly thing is the amount of times I've seen peoples problems fixed by setting that variable, I should have known better.

As for the CPU, yeah I'm pretty impressed with it.

My desktop is a i7 980x (12 processors @ 3.3 GHz) and that's a beast for a desktop machine, that's why I went for an i3 series laptop.

Cheers for your help man.

That works for me too.
But openGL software mode is much slower. Viewport is litle bit laggy.
U can permanently turn on your nvidia video adapter by setting parametrs in NVIDIA control panel. That works as well, but you still have acceleration on viewports.

By the way after this houdini is refuses to update viewport. Have to manualy interact with it by “camera tool”. Dos anybody know how to fix this?

I've heard of some laptops that disable the touchpad when Space is held down to avoid accidental pointer movement. Does view mode work when you press Esc to enter it, then just usng LMB to tumble without Space held down?

Hello, I installed houdini apprentice on my DELL laptop (its from 2011). Everything installs fine, but then the license tool fails to start (hkey.exe crashes on execute), here is the log:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: hkey.exe
Application Version: 13.0.0.314
Application Timestamp: 51b180c1
Fault Module Name: atio6axx.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.14.10.9902
Fault Module Timestamp: 4c05c596
Exception Code: c0000094
Exception Offset: 0000000000928f0b
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 3e11
Additional Information 2: 3e11f86177420eb70791c110a44a30f2
Additional Information 3: d5b2
Additional Information 4: d5b28af7f9e13400febe87a9172cc331

Sad thing is, I can use only my laptop during the week, so not being able to run Houdini is hurting me (and my demoreel) a lot.

Please log a bug for this issue. Thanks!
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_forum&Itemid=172&page=viewtopic&t=15604 [sidefx.com]