rcortes9

Hello everyone

I apologize if my tone is a bit brash, but Houdini has been nothing but a nightmare for months now. The latest and greatest is that suddenly, nothing works. Here is my breakdown:

Im using OSx El Capitan

I have tried to run Houdini from the terminal or by clicking on the icon and all that happens is that the software stalls, nothing is reported in the terminal and the icon remains bouncing in my dock bar for and an unlimited amount of time until I force quit out of it.

I have tried to run the license administrator. It opens and shows a message that reads “Connecting to license server”. The software stalls there and never moves past that part.

I have used the “launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sidefx.sesinetd.plist” to start my license server, but the administrator is not able to find it.

I don't know what else to do or what else to check. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Most sincerely
Rudy

Hello everyone

I have been trying to get houdini to work well with arnold and I have been having a very hard time. In order to debug the issue I decided to run houdini from the terminal by running

cd /Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.600/Houdini FX 16.0.600.app/Contents/MacOS
./houdini

The application then starts, but after several seconds it crashes with a long traceback.


Traceback (most recent call last):
File “<string>”, line 9, in <module>
File “/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.600/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.600/Resources/houdini/python2.7libs/hou.py”, line 56010, in <module>
import houpythonportion
File “/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.600/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.600/Resources/houdini/python2.7libs/houpythonportion.py”, line 6, in <module>
import gzip
File “/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/gzip.py”, line 10, in <module>
import io
File “/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/io.py”, line 51, in <module>
import _io
ImportError: dlopen(/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so, 2): Symbol not found: __PyCodecInfo_GetIncrementalDecoder
Referenced from: /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so
Expected in: flat namespace
in /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so
PyClerk: Traceback (most recent call last):
File “<stdin>”, line 1, in <module>
File “/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.600/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.600/Resources/houdini/python2.7libs/shopclerks/i3dclerk.py”, line 5, in <module>
import hou
File “/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.600/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.600/Resources/houdini/python2.7libs/hou.py”, line 56010, in <module>
import houpythonportion
File “/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.600/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.600/Resources/houdini/python2.7libs/houpythonportion.py”, line 6, in <module>
import gzip
File “/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/gzip.py”, line 10, in <module>
import io
File “/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/io.py”, line 51, in <module>
import _io
ImportError: dlopen(/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so, 2): Symbol not found: __PyCodecInfo_GetIncrementalDecoder
Referenced from: /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so
Expected in: flat namespace
in /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so

PyClerk: No getName() method found
PyClerk: Traceback (most recent call last):
File “<stdin>”, line 1, in <module>
File “/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.600/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.600/Resources/houdini/python2.7libs/shopclerks/ifdclerk.py”, line 5, in <module>
import hou
File “/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.600/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.600/Resources/houdini/python2.7libs/hou.py”, line 56010, in <module>
import houpythonportion
File “/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.600/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.600/Resources/houdini/python2.7libs/houpythonportion.py”, line 6, in <module>
import gzip
File “/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/gzip.py”, line 10, in <module>
import io
File “/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/io.py”, line 51, in <module>
import _io
ImportError: dlopen(/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so, 2): Symbol not found: __PyCodecInfo_GetIncrementalDecoder
Referenced from: /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so
Expected in: flat namespace
in /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so

PyClerk: No getName() method found
PyClerk: Traceback (most recent call last):
File “<stdin>”, line 1, in <module>
File “/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.600/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.600/Resources/houdini/python2.7libs/shopclerks/ribclerk.py”, line 5, in <module>
import hou, sys
File “/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.600/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.600/Resources/houdini/python2.7libs/hou.py”, line 56010, in <module>
import houpythonportion
File “/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.600/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.600/Resources/houdini/python2.7libs/houpythonportion.py”, line 6, in <module>
import gzip
File “/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/gzip.py”, line 10, in <module>
import io
File “/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/io.py”, line 51, in <module>
import _io
ImportError: dlopen(/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so, 2): Symbol not found: __PyCodecInfo_GetIncrementalDecoder
Referenced from: /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so
Expected in: flat namespace
in /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_io.so

PyClerk: No getName() method found
00:00:00 261MB | log started Wed Jul 19 22:09:34 2017
00:00:00 261MB | Arnold 5.0.0.2 darwin clang-3.9.1 oiio-1.7.12 osl-1.8.2 vdb-4.0.0 rlm-12.2.2 2017/05/08 11:44:15
00:00:00 261MB | running on CDM-RITCHIE-10.local, pid=21769
00:00:00 261MB | 1 x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4870HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz (4 cores, 8 logical) with 16384MB
00:00:00 261MB | OS X 10.11.6 “El Capitan”, Darwin kernel 15.6.0
00:00:00 261MB | soft limit for open files raised from 4864 to 10238
00:00:00 261MB |
00:00:00 261MB | Registering shaders …
00:00:00 261MB | loading plugins from /Users/rudy/htoa/htoa-2.0.1_r9019629_houdini-16.0.600/htoa-2.0.1_r9019629_houdini-16.0.600/arnold/plugins …
00:00:00 261MB | htoa_mandelbulb_proc.dylib: mandelbulb uses Arnold 5.0.0.2
00:00:00 261MB | loaded 1 plugins from 1 lib(s) in 0:00.02
00:00:00 261MB | Loading metadata file: /Users/rudy/htoa/htoa-2.0.1_r9019629_houdini-16.0.600/htoa-2.0.1_r9019629_houdini-16.0.600/arnold/metadata/cameras.mtd
00:00:00 261MB | Loading metadata file: /Users/rudy/htoa/htoa-2.0.1_r9019629_houdini-16.0.600/htoa-2.0.1_r9019629_houdini-16.0.600/arnold/metadata/lights.mtd
00:00:00 261MB | Loading metadata file: /Users/rudy/htoa/htoa-2.0.1_r9019629_houdini-16.0.600/htoa-2.0.1_r9019629_houdini-16.0.600/arnold/metadata/options.mtd
00:00:00 261MB | Loading metadata file: /Users/rudy/htoa/htoa-2.0.1_r9019629_houdini-16.0.600/htoa-2.0.1_r9019629_houdini-16.0.600/arnold/metadata/shaders.mtd
00:00:00 263MB | Loading metadata file: /Users/rudy/htoa/htoa-2.0.1_r9019629_houdini-16.0.600/htoa-2.0.1_r9019629_houdini-16.0.600/arnold/metadata/shapes.mtd
00:00:00 265MB | shader registration done.
00:00:00 265MB |
00:00:00 265MB | releasing resources
00:00:00 264MB | Arnold shutdown
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type HOM_Error
Abort trap: 6



I have searched for several hours and I have not been able to find anything helpful. Does anyone have any tips on how to solve this?

Thanks so much!

Rudy