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cappuccino

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Registered: 2012-12-26

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[SOLVED] Blender does not start

After the latest update Blender does not start anymore. The error that I get:

blender: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libAlembic.so: undefined symbol: H5T_STD_U16LE_g

Any thoughts?

My system:
KDE Plasma 5.9.5
Kernel: 4.11.3-1-ARCH x86_64
Graphics:
Card-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Card-2: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 650M]

Blender version: 17:2.78.c-4
Cuda version: 8.0.61-2

Last edited by cappuccino (2017-06-09 09:04:00)

baihou

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Registered: 2016-04-19

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Re: [SOLVED] Blender does not start

I confirm. I can't open Blender either with the same error (I'm running Gnome, but I think it's not related).
Is there a way to downgrade a package with all its dependencies?

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Blender does not start

And what version of hdf5?

sunnyday

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Registered: 2016-09-11

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Re: [SOLVED] Blender does not start

yep i have the same problem

mirekmachura

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Registered: 2017-05-31

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Re: [SOLVED] Blender does not start

Same problem.

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] Blender does not start

Stop bumping the thread with empty posts; either provide the information Scimmia has asked for, or remain silent:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … mpty_posts

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baihou

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Registered: 2016-04-19

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Re: [SOLVED] Blender does not start

And what version of hdf5?

hdf5 1.10.0_patch1-1

The whole system up to date, only stable repositories (not [Testing] or something else).

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Blender does not start

It appears that libAlembic uses hdf5, but isn't actually linked to it. This is an upstream build system problem. All of the binaries in /usr/bin are linked to hdf5, so that could mask the problem.

azertyfun

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Registered: 2017-05-31

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Re: [SOLVED] Blender does not start

To expand on what Scimmia said, it is possible to run blender from the command line by forcing it to use libhdf5:

$ LD_PRELOAD="/lib/libhdf5.so /lib/libhdf5_hl.so" blender

Hopefully this is resolved quickly.

piter85

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Registered: 2013-05-09

Posts: 6

Re: [SOLVED] Blender does not start

Hi, this morning I had the same issue (i opened blender after few weeks).
After a OS update it run now very well.

Try to update your system.

Bye

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: [SOLVED] Blender does not start

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/54245 fixed with alembic 1.7.1-3

cappuccino

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Registered: 2012-12-26

Posts: 114

Re: [SOLVED] Blender does not start

After system update Blender starts again.