Hey,

just installed the H14 apprentice version on my Ubuntu machine.
My complete interface is just black also the viewport. Older Versions of Houdini are correctly displayed.
Has anybody similiar issues?

My System
- Ubuntu 14.04
- Nvidia GTX 660
- tested with latest and old Nvidia driver (304/340)

Cheers, Martin

Did you copy your Houdini 13.0 prefs over to ~/houdini14.0? If so, try starting with a fresh ~/houdini14.0, then gradually move the pref files over.

No, it was black from the first moment on. Already the license manager window was completly black. Had to install the apprentice license via terminal.

Any messages in the terminal if you launch Houdini from the command line?

ah… yes i get some errors

ERROR: /home/martin/houdini14.0/config/Dialogs/14.0.201.13/DirectManip/cplanedialog.dialog.ui (112): Syntax error: syntax error

ERROR: /home/martin/houdini14.0/config/Dialogs/14.0.201.13/ObjectEditor/JEDI_CameraMenu.dialog.ui (12): Syntax error: syntax error

ERROR: /home/martin/houdini14.0/config/Dialogs/14.0.201.13/VIS/vis_marker.dialog.ui (15): Syntax error: syntax error

/opt/hfs14.0.201.13/houdini/soho/parameters/IFDmantra.ds Warning(897): Invalid range specification
/opt/hfs14.0.201.13/houdini/soho/parameters/IFDmantra.ds Warning(927): Invalid range specification
/opt/hfs14.0.201.13/houdini/soho/parameters/IFDmantra.ds Warning(1455): Invalid range specification

Run hconfig from your shell. Make sure you that you don't have any stray values in there that reference H13 installations.

Same problem on Linux Mint 17.1
There is an glxgears -info output
GL_RENDERER = GeForce GTX 675M/PCIe/SSE2
GL_VERSION = 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.113
GL_VENDOR = NVIDIA Corporation
Even licence manager starts all black. No Houdini 13 old preferences whatsoever.

Same problem Archlinux

Nvidia driver 343.36 kernel 3.18.2-2-ARCH

clean install. no left overs from 13.

There are some problems with locale settings + Qt in linux.
So, try to run H14 with something like this:
LC_ALL=C /opt/hfs14*/bin/houdinifx

Thank you, it helped instantly

vux
There are some problems with locale settings + Qt in linux.
So, try to run H14 with something like this:
LC_ALL=C /opt/hfs14*/bin/houdinifx

Which locale are you guys using and what are the exact problems? Please submit a bug report:
https://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=768&Itemid=239 [sidefx.com]

edward
Which locale are you guys using and what are the exact problems? Please submit a bug report:
https://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=768&Itemid=239 [sidefx.com]

Bug report submitted.

Hi there,
this:

Code:
LC_ALL=C /opt/hfs14*/bin/houdinifx

works for me too.

I am working with german settings. On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64bit

Please fix it!

thx

+1

I'm also having some display issues with H14 apprentice Windows 7 nVidia Quadro 3000 laptop.
Seems to happen when drawing drop down and pop up windows. For example, when opening the geometry spreadsheet attributes drop down - a black area is drawn where the drop down should appear, then things kind of lock from there, sometimes I can get out of this by doing Crtl Alt Del and selecting Task Manager and then just returning to Houdini. It's been difficult to reproduce the issue consistently so I haven't reported it as bug.

I think you can also add LC_ALL=C to your ~/houdini14/houdini.env file for a similar effect.

It think the best is LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
in houdini.env

+1 for a fix!

right now I have to start H14 as sudo … isn't practical :?
the only way it works is
sudo LC_ALL=C /opt/hfs14*/bin/houdinifx
so I can't open a file double clicking on it (and yes … i'm new to linux but I've tried any other solution and doesn't works )

Linux 17.1 Rebecca
Ati 7980 (14.501.1003)

Cheers,
Marco

I'm not sure why you would need sudo to start Houdini. Try this:
- In a shell: sudo mv $HOME/houdini14.0 $HOME/houdini14.0.old
- Reboot your computer
- Try running from houdini NOT as sudo, but with LC_ALL=C

Perfect Edward! Now it works as it should!
After that I've modified the env file adding LC_ALL=C and now it's working!
Doing that you're resetting all preferences, right?

Thank you!