Houdini and PRman display driver

[phong]

Hi!

I'm using Houdini with prman on a linux os and I got problems rendering into the ip display. The output says:

R90011 {SEVERE} Can't open display image ip (System Error: Connection refused)

What did I set up wrong?

#

# PhotoRealistic RenderMan configuration defaults.

# See Section 2 of the PRMan User's Manual for a complete description.

#

/errorpath ${RMANTREE}/etc/messages

/displaytype/framebuffer ${RMANFB-x11}

/displaytype/file tiff

/displaytype/pointcloud pointcloud

/display/dso/it ${RMANTREE}/etc/d_socket.so

/display/dso/combiner ${RMANTREE}/etc/d_socket.so

/display/dso/slim ${RMANTREE}/etc/d_socket.so

/display/dso/composer ${RMANTREE}/etc/d_alias.so

/display/externserver ${RMANTREE}/etc/dspysrvr

/dspyserver ${RMANTREE}/etc/dspysrvr -hostclient rman-di

splay

# /display/dsopath /usr/yourdisplaydrivers/etc/

/display/standarddsopath ${RMANTREE}/etc/

/display/dsomapping d_%s.so

/display/socket/socketapp it

/display/socket/socketport 4001

/display/socket/itapp it

/display/socket/itport 4001

/display/socket/combinerapp combiner

/display/socket/combinerport 4002

/display/socket/slimapp none

/display/socket/slimport 4003

/standardshaderpath ${RMANTREE}/lib/shaders:${RMANTREE}/lib/shad

ers/plugins:${RATTREE}/lib/shaders

/standardtexturepath ${RMANTREE}/lib/textures

/standardvfxmasterpath ${RMANTREE}/look/masters

/standardvfxinstancepath ${RMANTREE}/look/instances

/standardproceduralpath .

/standardrifpath ${RMANTREE}/etc

/shaderpath .:@

/texturepath .:@

/proceduralpath .:@

/rifpath .:@

/prman/shadingrate 1.0

/prman/gridsize 256

/prman/texturememory 10240

/prman/textureformat tiff

/prman/texturefilter box

/prman/bucketsize 16 16

/prman/shading/debug 1

/prman/shading/objectcache 1.5

/prman/hider/mpcachedir ${TMPDIR-.}

/prman/statistics/stylesheet ${RMANTREE}/etc/html/rmStatsHtml_1.2

.xml

/prman/statistics/profilestylesheet ${RMANTREE}/etc/html/rmProfileHtml_1

.0.xml

/prman/statistics/filename stdout

/prman/statistics/xmlfilename

/display/tiff/rowsperstrip 32

/dirmap/zone/alinux NFS

/dirmap/zone/alpha NFS

/dirmap/zone/intelnt UNC

/dirmap/zone/linux NFS

/dirmap/zone/sgi_m3 NFS

/dirmap/zone/sparc NFS

#

# The /licensefile line below describes where applications should find

# Pixar license data. It may be given an initial value by the installer.

# The setting may be either a license file name, such as

# /licensefile ${RMANTREE}/etc/pixar.license

# or it can be a "port@host" license server specification such as

# /licensefile 9010@hostname

# You should change the value below to reflect your site's requirements.

# Note that you may alternatively leave the abstract hostname unchanged

# below and instead add this name as an alias to the real license server

# in your site's hostname database, e.g. DNS or /etc/hosts. Server port

# numbers are defined by the license and should not be changed.

#

# Note: the setting "/licenseserver" is recognized by newer applications,

# and it will override /licensefile if it exists here (in rendermn.ini)

# or in override files, such as ~/.rendermn.ini -- this allows you to

# maintain different settings for older applications.

#

/licensefile 7498@server_semester3

/licenseserver 9010@server_semester3

Thanks in advance,

Phong

[Alanw]

Hi!

I'm using Houdini with prman on a linux os and I got problems rendering into the ip display. The output says:

R90011 {SEVERE} Can't open display image ip (System Error: Connection refused)

What did I set up wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Phong

Have you installed the Mplay display driver using proto_install ?

[phong]

Have you installed the Mplay display driver using proto_install ?

Thanks for your reply!

No I haven't insalled the Mplay display driver yet. I intended to use standard ip for showing the framebuffer. Is that possible?

[Alanw]

Thanks for your reply!

No I haven't insalled the Mplay display driver yet. I intended to use standard ip for showing the framebuffer. Is that possible?

If you plan to use default x11 display driver, then $RMANFB needs to be set to "x11". In this case "framebuffer" should open an x11 window, but I've never tried it. I always use the RenderMan Display driver that comes with Houdini as it's much better.

[Pazuzu]

But the driver that comes with houdini for renderman is only for 32 bits right? it work also in win 64?

Thanks.

[edward]

The driver is 32-bits for 32-bit Houdini builds, and 64-bits for 64-bit Houdini builds. The version you want to install depends on whether your particular prman install is 32-bit or 64-bit.