Linux newbie Nvidia drivers & related questions

[art3mis]

not sure if there is something wrong with my install

finally have redshift licensing working, now H Indie won't launch!

All I see is a splash screen then nothing!

 

Does this indicate I should start from scratch, or is there an easier solution?

deleted my config files, didn't help.

 

Guessing a driver issue...again

 

 

also wondering, are other flavors of linux equally sensitive to driver related issues?

Perhaps switch to Ubuntu, Fedora, or even downgrade to Centos 6 from 7?

 

same issue?

https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/27201/

 

crash report

Crash report from root; Houdini Version 15.5.673 [linux-x86_64-gcc4.8]
Uptime 0 seconds
Mon Dec  5 22:54:01 2016
Caught signal 11

Traceback from 4074 ThreadId=0x7f6ac3426240
AP_Interface::coreDumpChaser(UTsignalHandlerArg) <libHoudiniUI.so>
AP_Interface::si_CrashHandler::chaser(UTsignalHandlerArg) <libHoudiniUI.so>
signalCallback(UTsignalHandlerArg) <libHoudiniUT.so>
UT_Signal::UT_ComboSignalHandler::operator()(int, siginfo*, void*) const <libHoudiniUT.so>
UT_Signal::processSignal(int, siginfo*, void*) <libHoudiniUT.so>
_L_unlock_13 <libpthread.so.0>
QReadWriteLock::lockForWrite() <libQtCore.so.4>
QGLWidget::deleteTexture(unsigned int) <libQtOpenGL.so.4>
QGLContext::~QGLContext() <libQtOpenGL.so.4>
QGLContext::~QGLContext() <libQtOpenGL.so.4>
QGLWidget::~QGLWidget() <libQtOpenGL.so.4>
re_QGLWidget::~re_QGLWidget() <libHoudiniUI.so>
QObjectPrivate::deleteChildren() <libQtCore.so.4>
QWidget::~QWidget() <libQtGui.so.4>
QWidget::~QWidget() <libQtGui.so.4>
QObjectPrivate::deleteChildren() <libQtCore.so.4>
QWidget::~QWidget() <libQtGui.so.4>
re_QWindowWidget::~re_QWindowWidget() <libHoudiniUI.so>
RE_QtWindow::~RE_QtWindow() <libHoudiniUI.so>
RE_QtWindow::~RE_QtWindow() <libHoudiniUI.so>
UI_Window::~UI_Window() <libHoudiniUI.so>
QT_Window::~QT_Window() <libHoudiniUI.so>
FUSE_AnonymousStats::~FUSE_AnonymousStats() <libHoudiniAPPS3.so>
FUSE_AnonymousStats::~FUSE_AnonymousStats() <libHoudiniAPPS3.so>
FUSE_App::~FUSE_App() <libHoudiniAPPS3.so>
FUSE_App::~FUSE_App() <libHoudiniAPPS3.so>
FUSE_HoudiniBinariesApp::~FUSE_HoudiniBinariesApp() <libHoudiniAPPS3.so>
__run_exit_handlers <libc.so.6>
__GI_exit <libc.so.6>
UT_Exit::doExit(int, bool) <libHoudiniUT.so>
RE_OGLRender::initGLState() <libHoudiniUI.so>
RE_OGLRender::makeCurrent(bool) <libHoudiniUI.so>
RE_OGLRender::lockContextForRender() <libHoudiniUI.so>
RE_QtWindow::openWindow(int, int) <libHoudiniUI.so>
QT_Window::doOpen() <libHoudiniUI.so>
UI_Window::handleEvent(UI_Event*) <libHoudiniUI.so>
UI_Queue::processNextEvent() <libHoudiniUI.so>
UI_Queue::drain() <libHoudiniUI.so>
UI_Queue::drainEvents(bool, bool) <libHoudiniUI.so>
OPUI_MainApp::loadFilesAfterUiOpen(UI_Event*) <libHoudiniAPPS2.so>
UI_Queue::processNextEvent() <libHoudiniUI.so>
UI_Queue::drain() <libHoudiniUI.so>
UI_Queue::eventLoop() <libHoudiniUI.so>
main <libHoudiniUI.so>
__libc_start_main <libc.so.6>
OPUI_MainApp::precreateApplication(int&, char const**) <hindie-bin>

 

 

 

 

Edited December 6, 2016 by art3mis

[7ofDiamonds]

Are you running Houdini from the terminal? If you aren't, you should probably source houdini in your shell and try running houdini from the terminal. It will at least give you some sort of message of why Houdini may be quitting on you when you launch. 

[art3mis]

7ofDiamonds, see edited post.

In general I think most of my problems are related to Centos 7 minimal install combined with driver issues.

If I am unable to get it  and Houdini running properly may switch to Ubuntu

[lukeiamyourfather]

Ubuntu handles the drivers much more gracefully than CentOS. This is because Ubuntu is less strict on the licenses of software they'll host in their repositories (since the Nvidia drivers are proprietary).