Update: Still no magic yet...
However, we would appreciate feedback from anyone with a different build of Debian's wheezy libpython3.2.
The info below has eliminated many of the build problems, but one issue remains which I suspect is a type error someplace due to the armhf environment ( libpython3.2_3.2.3-2_armhf.deb ). This same error is exhibited by Debian wheezy "blender" source in addition to the other posted source tree versions like blender.org's svn.
>bt
#0 0x40319940 in PyErr_SetObject () from /usr/lib/libpython3.2mu.so.1.0
#1 0x40316344 in PyErr_Format () from /usr/lib/libpython3.2mu.so.1.0
#2 0x40336c7c in PyType_Ready () from /usr/lib/libpython3.2mu.so.1.0
#3 0x40345d78 in _PyExc_Init () from /usr/lib/libpython3.2mu.so.1.0
#4 0x40346438 in Py_InitializeEx () from /usr/lib/libpython3.2mu.so.1.0
#5 0x00652c30 in BPY_python_start ()
#6 0x0037b140 in WM_init ()
#7 0x003683c8 in main ()
Warning: This takes up quite a bit of space to build, and will unlikely succeed on a 4GB sdcard.
Compiled blender.org's svn source tree with header file issue resolved by Pi's XBMC wiki bug fix.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install openmpi-dev openmpi-bin openmpi-common libopenmpi-dev mpich2 mpich2python python-mpi4py zlib1g-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg-dev libjpeg-progs vlc ffmpeg libsndfile1 fftw3 openexr libopenjpeg-dev python2.7-libtiff libtiff-dev libsdl-dev libboost-dev libopenexr6 libopenexr-dev libjack-dev libsndfile-dev libfftw3-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev vlc ffmpeg libsndfile libfftw libgles2-mesa liblogsys-dev libarchive12 libaudio2 libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libboost-date-time1.49-dev libboost-date-time1.49.0 libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-filesystem1.49-dev libboost-filesystem1.49.0 libboost-regex-dev libboost-regex1.49-dev libboost-regex1.49.0 libboost-serialization1.49-dev libboost-serialization1.49.0 libboost-system-dev libboost-system1.49-dev libboost-system1.49.0 libboost-thread-dev libboost-thread1.49-dev libboost-thread1.49.0 libboost1.49-dev fonts-droid libavcodec-extra-53 libavdevice53 libavformat53 libavutil51 libc-dev libc6 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libgcc1 libgl1-mesa-swx11 libglew1.7 libglu1-mesa libgomp1 libilmbase6 libjack-jackd2-0 libjpeg8 libopenal1 libopenexr6 libopenjpeg2 libpng12-0 libpython3.2 libsdl1.2debian libsndfile1 libstdc++6 libswscale2 libtiff4 libx11-6 libxi6 python3.2 zlib1g yafaray libilmbase6 libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri libglapi-mesa libglibide3 libglew-dev python3.2 python3 python3-dev python3-numpy libpcre3 libpcre3-dev libxml2 libxi-dev gettext llvm-dev libopenal-dev libsdl-dev
sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf ccache gawk gperf mesa-utils zip unzip
sudo apt-get install autotools-dev comerr-dev dpkg-dev libalsaplayer-dev \
libapt-pkg-dev:armhf libasound2-dev:armhf libass-dev:armhf libatk1.0-dev \
libavahi-client-dev libavahi-common-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev \
libavutil-dev libbison-dev:armhf libbluray-dev:armhf libboost1.49-dev \
libbz2-dev:armhf libc-dev-bin libc6-dev:armhf libcaca-dev libcairo2-dev \
libcdio-dev libclalsadrv-dev libcrypto++-dev libcups2-dev libcurl3-gnutls-dev \
libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libdirectfb-dev libdrm-dev libegl1-mesa-dev \
libelf-dev libenca-dev libept-dev libevent-dev libexpat1-dev libflac-dev:armhf \
libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libfribidi-dev libgconf2-dev \
libgcrypt11-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libgles2-mesa-dev \
libglew-dev:armhf libglewmx-dev:armhf libglib2.0-dev libglu1-mesa-dev \
libgnome-keyring-dev libgnutls-dev libgpg-error-dev libgtk2.0-dev libhal-dev \
libhunspell-dev:armhf libice-dev:armhf libicu-dev libidn11-dev libiso9660-dev \
libjasper-dev libjbig-dev:armhf libjconv-dev libjpeg8-dev:armhf libkrb5-dev \
libldap2-dev:armhf libltdl-dev:armhf liblzo2-dev libmad0-dev libmicrohttpd-dev \
libmodplug-dev libmp3lame-dev:armhf libmpeg2-4-dev libmysqlclient-dev \
libncurses5-dev libnspr4-dev libnss3-dev libogg-dev:armhf libopenal-dev:armhf \
libp11-kit-dev libpam0g-dev:armhf libpango1.0-dev libpcre++-dev libpcre3-dev \
libpixman-1-dev libpng12-dev libprotobuf-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev:armhf \
libpulse-dev:armhf librtmp-dev libsamplerate0-dev:armhf \
libsdl-image1.2-dev:armhf libsdl1.2-dev libslang2-dev:armhf \
libsm-dev:armhf libsmbclient-dev:armhf libspeex-dev:armhf \
libsqlite3-dev libssh-dev libssh2-1-dev libssl-dev libstdc++6-4.6-dev \
libtagcoll2-dev libtasn1-3-dev libtiff4-dev libtinfo-dev:armhf libtinyxml-dev \
libts-dev:armhf libudev-dev libv8-dev libva-dev:armhf libvdpau-dev:armhf \
libvorbis-dev:armhf libvpx-dev:armhf libwebp-dev:armhf libwibble-dev \
libx11-dev:armhf libx11-xcb-dev libxapian-dev libxau-dev:armhf \
libxcb-glx0-dev:armhf libxcb-render0-dev:armhf libxcb-shm0-dev:armhf \
libxcb1-dev:armhf libxcomposite-dev libxcursor-dev:armhf libxdamage-dev \
libxdmcp-dev:armhf libxext-dev:armhf libxfixes-dev libxft-dev libxi-dev \
libxinerama-dev:armhf libxml2-dev:armhf libxmu-dev:armhf libxrandr-dev \
libxrender-dev:armhf libxslt1-dev libxss-dev:armhf libxt-dev:armhf \
libxtst-dev:armhf libxxf86vm-dev libyajl-dev libzip-dev linux-libc-dev:armhf \
lzma-dev mesa-common-dev python-dev python2.7-dev x11proto-composite-dev \
x11proto-core-dev x11proto-damage-dev x11proto-dri2-dev x11proto-fixes-dev \
x11proto-gl-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev x11proto-randr-dev \
x11proto-record-dev x11proto-render-dev x11proto-scrnsaver-dev \
x11proto-xext-dev x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev xtrans-dev \
zlib1g-dev:armhf
sudo cp -R /opt/vc/include/* /usr/include
sudo cp /opt/vc/include/interface/vcos/pthreads/* /usr/include/interface/vcos
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libEGL.so /usr/lib/libEGL.so
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libEGL.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libEGL.so
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libEGL.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libEGL.so.1
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libEGL_static.a /usr/lib/libEGL_static.a
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libEGL_static.a /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libEGL_static.a
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libGLESv2.so /usr/lib/libGLESv2.so
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libGLESv2.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLESv2.so
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libGLESv2.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLESv2.so.2
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libGLESv2_static.a /usr/lib/libGLESv2_static.a
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libGLESv2_static.a /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGLESv2_static.a
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libbcm_host.so /usr/lib/libbcm_host.so
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libbcm_host.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libbcm_host.so
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libvchiq_arm.a /usr/lib/libvchiq_arm.a
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libvchiq_arm.a /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libvchiq_arm.a
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libvchiq_arm.so /usr/lib/libvchiq_arm.so
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libvchiq_arm.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libvchiq_arm.so
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libvcos.a /usr/lib/libvcos.a
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libvcos.a /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libvcos.a
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libvcos.so /usr/lib/libvcos.so
sudo ln -fs /opt/vc/lib/libvcos.so /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libvcos.so
Building a headless standalone portable Blender version.
* Disabled blender's GPU accelerated rendering engine features
mkdir blender3d
cd blender3d
svn co
https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-blen ... nk/blender
cd blender
mkdir newbuild
cd newbuild
cmake -DWITH_MEM_JEMALLOC=OFF -DWITH_LIBMV=OFF WITH_LLVM=ON -DWITH_IK_ITASC=ON -DWITH_MOD_FLUID=ON -DPYTHON_VERSION=3.2 -DWITH_INTERNATIONAL=OFF -DWITH_PYTHON_INSTALL_NUMPY=ON -DWITH_OPENMP=ON -DWITH_SYSTEM_GLEW=OFF -DWITH_CYCLES=OFF -DWITH_IMAGE_OPENJPEG=ON -DWITH_X11_XF86VMODE=ON -DWITH_HEADLESS=ON -DWITH_GAMEENGINE=ON -DWITH_AUDASPACE=ON -DWITH_FFTW3=ON -DWITH_JACK=ON -DWITH_SDL=ON -DWITH_OPENAL=ON -DWITH_CODEC_FFMPEG=OFF -DWITH_CODEC_SNDFILE=ON -DWITH_X11_XINPUT=ON -DWITH_INPUT_NDOF=ON -DWITH_BUILTIN_GLEW=OFF -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING=" -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -fopenmp -pipe -fPIC -funsigned-char -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wcast-align -Werror=declaration-after-statement -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=return-type -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-char-subscripts -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wpointer-arith -Wunused-parameter -Wwrite-strings -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable " -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=" -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -fopenmp -pipe -fPIC -funsigned-char -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wno-invalid-offsetof -Wno-sign-compare " ..
make;make install;
Takes a few hours to compile.... even if clocking 950MHz

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Testing in headless console render mode will still throw an exception.
blender -d --debug-fpe --nojoystick --noglsl --noaudio --disable-autoexec --factory-startup --background test.blend -o //file -F JPEG -x 1 -f 1