klausmehnke

Everything works fine. Got my license intalled automatically.
Thanks for the quick response.

Marc

edward
It appears that the license generator server was having problems and may have generated bad keys. We've now manually removed them. Please try again.

Well, I did get a different key from the website, but the error remains the same: Invalid license Key. Any other ideas? I just watched the SideFX show reel and would really, really love to get started.

Marc

NEW DEVELOPMENT:

Edward,
I had to change my system back to Windows 2000 due to stability issues. Installed Houdini 8.0.410 again in standalone mode.

This time I was able to get a SERVER license, but no application licenses through the automatic procedure. The error message is now “Error installing key XYZ. Invalid license key specified”

I tried it through the website and this time it worked, well at least I was given three keys: one server, one Master, one render. The key for Master is the same as in the error message above. And upon entering it manually I get the same message again: “Invalid license key specified”

Below is the diagnostic printout again.

Thanks for your efforts,
Marc

Diagnostic Output:
==================
If you are having licensing problems, please save this information and email it
to support@sidefx.com.

License Administrator output:
=============================
Generated on: Mon Dec 05 17:31:41 2005
Local host name: DUAL-ATHLON
Local server code: eb66f567
Local ip address: 127.0.0.1
Number of servers: 1
License server name: dual-athlon (dual-athlon)
License server server code: eb66f567
Server ip address: 127.0.0.1
License server is running: Yes
May read licenses from server: Yes
Has SERVER license: Yes
License server version: 8.0.410
May modify server from this machine: Yes
Redundant server keys: 1
Name Code Redundant Connected Transmission OK
—- —- ——— ——— —————
dual-athlon eb66f567 no - -
License Administrator version: 8.0.410
Http proxy host: (none)
Using standalone mode: Yes
Can retrieve http://license.sidefx.com/index.php: [license.sidefx.com] Yes

Installed licenses:
LicID Platform Product Ver Avail Expiry
—– ——– ——- — —– ——

sesictrl -i output:
===================
—– SERVER dual-athlon ——–
Serv dual-athlon eb66f567
redundant: no
connected: no
transmission successful: no



hserver -l output:
==================
Hostname: DUAL-ATHLON
Uptime: 0:07:19
License Server: dual-athlon
Server Version: sesinetd8.0.410
Version: Houdini8.0.410
ReadAccess: +.+.+.*
WriteAccess: +.+.+.*

1703 of 2047 Mb available
CPU Usage: 0% load
0 active tasks (2 slots)



licenses file:
==============
## Side Effects Software License File
#
# For license information, please contact:
# Side Effects Software Inc.
# 123 Front St. West, Suite 1401
# Toronto, Ontario, Canada
# M2J 2M2
# licensemanager@sidefx.com
# http://www.sidefx.com [sidefx.com]
#
# NOTE: This file may be modified by the licensee
#

# Key installed 17:20:06 12/05/05
SERVER dual-athlon eb66f567 54918d7f868e7623b4284a3c61e25c0336b8ac35e39191