Errors with the new Maya 2016 Extension 1 SP3

[Fredrik Averpil]

I just attempted a Linux commandline render and experienced this error:

[2015/Sep/10|14:23:27] V-Ray: V-Ray for Maya version 3.10.01 from Jul 20 2015, 17:21:01
[2015/Sep/10|14:23:27] V-Ray: V-Ray core version is 3.25.01
Initializing V-Ray for Maya

[2015/Sep/10|14:23:27] V-Ray: Loading plugins from "//192.168.0.111/pipeline/bin/vray/builds/150727_vray_v3.10.01-official-maya2016_linux64/maya_vray/vrayplugins/libvray_*.so"
[2015/Sep/10|14:23:27] V-Ray: 142 plugin(s) loaded successfully
[2015/Sep/10|14:23:27] V-Ray: Finished loading plugins.
[2015/Sep/10|14:23:28] V-Ray: Registered dynamic node vrayMultiProjection (id: 1115335/0x001104C7)
[2015/Sep/10|14:23:28] V-Ray: Registered dynamic node VRayCurvature (id: 201308280/0x0BFFB878)
[2015/Sep/10|14:23:28] V-Ray: Registered dynamic node VRaySkinMtl (id: 1115348/0x001104D4)
[2015/Sep/10|14:23:28] V-Ray: Registered dynamic node VRayPointParticleMtl (id: 1115353/0x001104D9)
Error: line 1: line 1: Cannot find procedure "shaderBallRendererMenuUpdate".
Error: line 1: VRay: Could not load the Bifrost module! You will not be able to render Bifrost as isosurface or metaball. Error is:[loadLib] dlopen failed: /192.168.0.111/pipeline/bin/maya/builds/maya_v2016-ext1sp3_linux64/bin/libvraybifrost.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Error: Can't open display:
// Maya exited with status 1

I'm using the official V-Ray for Maya 3.10 release with Maya 2016 Extension 1 SP3 (which was released yesterday).

Since we install both Maya and V-Ray (separately) on the network, no V-Ray specific files are being installed inside of the Maya installation. It seems, however, like V-Ray thinks it will be able to find libvraybifrost.so inside of the Maya installation. In my case, this file does not reside inside of the Maya installation.

I can also see there's some issue accessing "shaderBallRendererMenuUpdate"...

This all (commandline-) renders fine on Windows, so it seems to be a Linux-only issue. UPDATE: the issue happens on Windows too ... but it doesn't crash Maya. Se my next post!

I've asked my colleague to attach the scene to this thread...

[Fredrik Averpil]

Hi again,

So it seems this also happens on Windows, but it doesn't crash Maya completely:

[2015/Sep/10|14:28:40] V-Ray: V-Ray for Maya version 3.10.01 from Jul 18 2015, 10:56:00
[2015/Sep/10|14:28:40] V-Ray: V-Ray core version is 3.25.01
Initializing V-Ray for Maya
>>>
[2015/Sep/10|14:28:41] V-Ray: Loading plugins from "//192.168.0.111/pipeline/bin/vray/builds/150727_vray_v3.10.01-official-maya2016_win64/maya_vray/vrayplugins/vray_*.dll"
[2015/Sep/10|14:28:47] V-Ray: 143 plugin(s) loaded successfully
[2015/Sep/10|14:28:47] V-Ray: Finished loading plugins.
[2015/Sep/10|14:28:48] V-Ray: Registered dynamic node vrayMultiProjection (id: 1115335/0x001104C7)
[2015/Sep/10|14:28:48] V-Ray: Registered dynamic node VRayCurvature (id: 201308280/0x0BFFB878)
[2015/Sep/10|14:28:48] V-Ray: Registered dynamic node VRaySkinMtl (id: 1115348/0x001104D4)
[2015/Sep/10|14:28:48] V-Ray: Registered dynamic node VRayPointParticleMtl (id: 1115353/0x001104D9)
Error: line 1: line 1: Cannot find procedure "shaderBallRendererMenuUpdate".
Error: line 1: VRay: Could not load the Bifrost module! You will not be able to render Bifrost as isosurface or metaball. Error is:[loadLib] LoadLibrary() failed: 126
File read in  15.7 seconds.
Result: //192.168.0.226/prod/proj7/maya/scenes/scene30.mb
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So it may be a problem on both platforms, but it's a fatal error on Linux.

[Fredrik Averpil]

Hm, is it possible that the fatal Linux error is caused by the last error "Can't open display"?

UPDATE on "Can't open display": http://knowledge.autodesk.com/suppor...-to-crash.html
If we make sure that bifrost is not auto-loaded, we don't get the "Can't open display" error on Linux and the render completes.

However, there seems to be some problem with Bifrost and shaderBallRendererMenuUpdate.

[ivaylo.ivanov]

Yep, it's the "Can't open display". V-Ray doesn't require the Bifrost module.