Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ - BlenderVR Install

Error: Building PySide

PySide compilation fails and returns:
[ 83%] Building CXX object libshiboken/CMakeFiles/libshiboken.dir/shibokenbuffer.cpp.o, Linking CXX shared library libshiboken.cpython-34m.so

Python was built without using ./configure option --enable-shared and the default is disabled. The PySide build needs a python shared object (python.X.x.so) shared library and not a static (.a) library.


Error: Python executable not finding libpython shared library

Python run fails and returns:
error while loading shared libraries: libpythonX.x.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

See this thread.


FAQ - BlenderVR Run

Error: Invalid Blender path

The main BlenderVR console displays:
Error: invalid blender path (<path-to-blender-binary>) (line 1 of <path-to-.xml-configuration-file>)

Check execution permissions on blender and blenderplayer executables (chmod).


Error: Python permission denied

The console displays:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘path-to-blender-folder/python/lib/python3.4/encodings/__init__.py’

Check execution permissions on python files (path-to-blender-folder/python and path-to-blender-folder/scripts (chmod).


Error: Using VRPN library crashes Blenderpayer

No log, the Blenderplayer simply crashes every time BlenderVR starts

Try to compile Blender setting the WITH_PYTHON_FRAMEWORK option to ON.


Error: Cannot start daemon for screen <screenName>

One of BlenderVR screen consoles displays:
Cannot start daemon for screen <screenName>

To run BlenderVR you need a password-less ssh access to all the computers defined in your configuration file, even if the only computer defined there is * or localhost. See e.g. these threads for Unix or Windows architectures.