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[solved] Mac M1 20.0.547 doesn't start at all (apprentice lic)

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Hello,
I had version 19 installed previously.
I am on V 14.1 (Sonoma) of the operating system. I tried reinstalling the Houdini itself as well as the license server.
I see a splash screen and then crash.

crash log look like this:
Crash report from 6d16d9c7; Houdini FX Version 20.0.547 [macosx13-arm64-clang14.0-targetosx10.15]
Uptime 4 seconds
Fri Dec 22 22:05:50 2023
Caught signal 11

2   libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101f4e984 AP_Interface::coreDumpChaser(UTsignalHandlerArg) + 588
3   libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101f50628 AP_Interface::si_CrashHandler::chaser(UTsignalHandlerArg) + 64
4   libHoudiniUT.dylib                  0x0000000108654f50 signalCallback(UTsignalHandlerArg) + 608
5   libHoudiniUT.dylib                  0x00000001089e34a0 UT_Signal::processSignal(int, __siginfo*, void*) + 112
6   libsystem_platform.dylib            0x0000000184487a24 _sigtramp + 56
7   libsystem_c.dylib                   0x00000001843017b0 flockfile + 24
8   libsystem_c.dylib                   0x0000000184305bdc fseeko + 76
9   libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101cd75c8 (anonymous namespace)::ui_AutoCacheWriteMutex::~ui_AutoCacheWriteMutex() + 76
10  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101cd7270 UI_IconSVG::createCacheFile(char const*) + 220
11  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101cd5c84 UI_IconSVG::findAndCreateRasterCacheFile() + 1044
12  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101cd96d0 UI_IconSVG::getPixelRasters(int, int, UT_Array<std::__1::unique_ptr<PXL_Raster, std::__1::default_delete<PXL_Raster>>>&, bool*) + 164
13  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101cd9304 UI_IconSVG::initTexture(RE_Render*, int, int, bool*) + 96
14  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101cdae04 UI_IconSVG::preloadIcon(RE_Render*, int, int) + 288
15  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101cd0214 UI_IconBase::preloadIcons(RE_Render*, bool) + 256
16  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101de83a4 UI_Window::doRedrawSubclass() + 284
17  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101de8270 UI_Window::doRedraw() + 256
18  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101d68dc8 UI_Queue::doWindowRedraws() + 624
19  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101d689b4 UI_Queue::processNextEvent() + 808
20  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101d6860c UI_Queue::drain() + 88
21  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101d67eb4 UI_Queue::drainEvents(bool, bool) + 288
22  libHoudiniAPPS2.dylib               0x00000001042b2c58 OPUI_MainApp::onUiCreated(UI_Event*) + 40
23  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101d68998 UI_Queue::processNextEvent() + 780
24  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101d6860c UI_Queue::drain() + 88
25  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101d68f18 UI_Queue::eventLoop() + 140
26  libHoudiniUI.dylib                  0x0000000101f57500 main + 6864
27  dyld                                0x00000001840dd0e0 start + 2360

Not sure if important, but server installation had a warning (From logs):
[22:07:37 Internal] Run `launchctl load -w -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sidefx.sesinetd.plist`
[22:07:37 Warning] Warning: Expecting a LaunchAgents path since the command was ran as user. Got LaunchDaemons instead.
                   `launchctl bootstrap` is a recommended alternative.

I don't know what else I can do in this situation. I am happy to drop absolutely everything, including launcher and try again.

I did try to restart - that didn't help.
Edited by soswow - 2023年12月22日 23:53:48
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My next step is to remove absolutely all traces of Houdini on my machine, update OS to the latest (there was update pending) and try again.
I've made a search for all things containing either `houidini` or `sidefx` and here is a list of files and folder I found. In case someone else wants to do the same.

/Library/Application Support/com.sidefx.launcher
/Library/Preferences/sesi/com.sidefx.sesinetd.plist
/Library/Logs/com.sidefx.launcher
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sidefx.sesinetd.plist
/System/Volumes/Data/Library/Application Support/com.sidefx.launcher
/System/Volumes/Data/Library/Preferences/sesi/com.sidefx.sesinetd.plist
/System/Volumes/Data/Library/Logs/com.sidefx.launcher
/System/Volumes/Data/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sidefx.sesinetd.plist
/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/folders/5j/6vtff81s5x75vs439qq197d40000gn/C/com.sidefx.HoudiniEscape
/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/folders/5j/6vtff81s5x75vs439qq197d40000gn/C/com.sidefx.HoudiniFX
/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/folders/5j/6vtff81s5x75vs439qq197d40000gn/C/com.sidefx.HoudiniLauncher
/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/folders/5j/6vtff81s5x75vs439qq197d40000gn/C/com.sidefx.LicenseManager
/System/Volumes/Data/private/var/folders/5j/6vtff81s5x75vs439qq197d40000gn/C/com.sidefx.idialog
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/sasha/Library/Application Support/sidefx
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/sasha/Library/Saved Application State/com.sidefx.HoudiniEscape.savedState
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/sasha/Library/Saved Application State/com.sidefx.HoudiniFX.savedState
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/sasha/Library/Saved Application State/com.sidefx.HoudiniLauncher.savedState
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/sasha/Library/Saved Application State/com.sidefx.LicenseManager.savedState
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/sasha/Library/Preferences/com.sidefx.Launcher.plist
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/sasha/Library/Preferences/com.sidefx.HoudiniLauncher.plist
/System/Volumes/Data/Applications/Houdini/sidefx_packages
/private/var/folders/5j/6vtff81s5x75vs439qq197d40000gn/C/com.sidefx.HoudiniEscape
/private/var/folders/5j/6vtff81s5x75vs439qq197d40000gn/C/com.sidefx.HoudiniFX
/private/var/folders/5j/6vtff81s5x75vs439qq197d40000gn/C/com.sidefx.HoudiniLauncher
/private/var/folders/5j/6vtff81s5x75vs439qq197d40000gn/C/com.sidefx.LicenseManager
/private/var/folders/5j/6vtff81s5x75vs439qq197d40000gn/C/com.sidefx.idialog
/Users/sasha/Library/Application Support/sidefx
/Users/sasha/Library/Saved Application State/com.sidefx.HoudiniEscape.savedState
/Users/sasha/Library/Saved Application State/com.sidefx.HoudiniFX.savedState
/Users/sasha/Library/Saved Application State/com.sidefx.HoudiniLauncher.savedState
/Users/sasha/Library/Saved Application State/com.sidefx.LicenseManager.savedState
/Users/sasha/Library/Preferences/com.sidefx.Launcher.plist
/Users/sasha/Library/Preferences/com.sidefx.HoudiniLauncher.plist
/Applications/Houdini/sidefx_packages

command I've used was `find / -type f \( -name "*houidini*" -o -name "*sidefx*" \) -o -type d \( -name "*houidini*" -o -name "*sidefx*" \) 2>/dev/null`
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Nope. That did't help. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I can't seem to start anything working.
I've removed all the possible traces of houdini on my machine. Installed License Server (btw I get this after installation)


When I start houdini I get this as well now:


I mean I get much more. Things like this:



I can't say I am having best time of my life right now 🤦🏼‍♂️
Edited by soswow - 2023年12月22日 18:58:42

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I found this page https://www.sidefx.com/faq/question/im-on-a-mac-and-i-have-a-no-server-running-error-what-do-i-do/ [www.sidefx.com] which did helped with starting license server deamon back on. But I am at the square one where Houdini starts up and crashes right away.

I wonder if I have some funky Python environment that screws up with Qt or something?

currently `python --version` is 3.11.5 (installed with brew)
Edited by soswow - 2023年12月22日 19:16:09
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Good news. Might be important to diagnose the problem - I've installed version 19.5.833 and it starts up fine.
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Alright. Amazing people at sidefx support helped me out. In case anyone gets into the same situation the problem was with preferences folder that was for some reason created with root permission:
➜  ~ ls -l ~/Library/Preferences/houdini        
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  24 sasha  staff  768 23 Dec 11:24 19.5
drwxr-xr-x   3 root   staff   96 22 Dec 13:20 20.0

So, I killed the folder and started Houdini again, and now it's 
➜  houdini ll
total 0
drwxr-xr-x    5 sasha  staff    160 23 Dec 15:49 .
drwx------+ 425 sasha  staff  13600 23 Dec 15:52 ..
drwxr-xr-x   24 sasha  staff    768 23 Dec 11:24 19.5
drwxr-xr-x   11 sasha  staff    352 23 Dec 15:50 20.0

Thank you, Monika!
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