Missing GPU and options in the system preferences #50893

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Tal Hershkovich · 2017-03-08T23:34:14+01:00

Tal Hershkovich commented

2017-03-08 23:34:14 +01:00

System Information
Operating system and graphics card
Debian "Jessie", Geforce 580 3G

Blender Version
Broken: 2.78b and 2.78c
Worked: 2.78a

Short description of error

Blender seems to be missing options on my System preferences such as the compute device and the gpu option in the render tab.

It's also missing the option on the Sampling panel, it gives a draw error in the terminal when I open it (see picture)
however it is still rendering with the samples that are already configured in the file, and only on cpu.

when I launch 2.78c on my windows OS on the same computer I don't have this problem only in the debian version.

**System Information** Operating system and graphics card Debian "Jessie", Geforce 580 3G **Blender Version** Broken: 2.78b and 2.78c Worked: 2.78a **Short description of error** ![blender_bug.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F505802/blender_bug.png) Blender seems to be missing options on my System preferences such as the compute device and the gpu option in the render tab. It's also missing the option on the Sampling panel, it gives a draw error in the terminal when I open it (see picture) however it is still rendering with the samples that are already configured in the file, and only on cpu. when I launch 2.78c on my windows OS on the same computer I don't have this problem only in the debian version.

Tal Hershkovich commented

2017-03-08 23:34:14 +01:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Tal Hershkovich commented

2017-03-08 23:34:14 +01:00

Added subscriber: @TalHershkovich

Sergey Sharybin commented

2017-03-09 10:39:28 +01:00

Added subscriber: @Sergey

Sergey Sharybin commented

2017-03-09 10:39:28 +01:00

Are you using build from blender.org/download?

Also make sure you unpacked the whole archive correctly and that you don't mix 2.78{a,b} scripts with 2.78c.

Try with --factory-startup command line argument and see if the issue still exists.

Are you using build from blender.org/download? Also make sure you unpacked the whole archive correctly and that you don't mix 2.78{a,b} scripts with 2.78c. Try with --factory-startup command line argument and see if the issue still exists.

Tal Hershkovich commented

2017-03-09 16:57:14 +01:00

Yes I downloaded from blender's website.
all the blender versions are unpacked on different folder
the command line also didn't seem to help.

I somehow maybe attached the wrong image before.
this is how my system preferences actually looks like on 2.78c and b

Yes I downloaded from blender's website. all the blender versions are unpacked on different folder the command line also didn't seem to help. I somehow maybe attached the wrong image before. this is how my system preferences actually looks like on 2.78c and b ![blender_bug.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F506107/blender_bug.png)

Sergey Sharybin commented

2017-03-09 17:04:34 +01:00

Please do the following:

$ wget http://download.blender.org/release/Blender2.78/blender-2.78c-linux-glibc219-x86_64.tar.bz2
$ tar -xf blender-2.78c-linux-glibc219-x86_64.tar.bz2
$ cd blender-2.78c-linux-glibc219-x86_64
$ ./blender

and see if the issue still happens.

From your backtrace it seems that your scripts folder is still from 2.78a, which is surely asking for problems.

Please do the following: ``` $ wget http://download.blender.org/release/Blender2.78/blender-2.78c-linux-glibc219-x86_64.tar.bz2 $ tar -xf blender-2.78c-linux-glibc219-x86_64.tar.bz2 $ cd blender-2.78c-linux-glibc219-x86_64 $ ./blender ``` and see if the issue still happens. From your backtrace it seems that your scripts folder is still from 2.78a, which is surely asking for problems.

Tal Hershkovich commented

2017-03-09 17:12:34 +01:00

Oops, sorry about that. you were right I guess I did copy the addons folder from 2.78a to the new version.
It works ok now with a clean version :)

Oops, sorry about that. you were right I guess I did copy the addons folder from 2.78a to the new version. It works ok now with a clean version :)

Sergey Sharybin commented

2017-03-09 17:35:26 +01:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Sergey Sharybin closed this issue

2017-03-09 17:35:26 +01:00

Sergey Sharybin self-assigned this 2017-03-09 17:35:26 +01:00

Sergey Sharybin commented

2017-03-09 17:35:26 +01:00

Phew, mystery solved! Thanks for the report anyway!

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Missing GPU and options in the system preferences #50893