date:20130115

RE: VM-Ware

2013-01-15 Thread Chris Chia

Vmware doesn't support hardware graphic card.
Has anyone else using Parallels instead?

Anyway, it's possible to run Softimage Linux on a vmware.

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Halim Negadi
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 3:55 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: VM-Ware

While working within linux environments, I personnally find more enjoyable 
using Softimage running in a windows VM than the linux version itself.
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Halim Negadi 
mailto:hneg...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Softimage 2011/2012 & 2013 works like a charm over here on vmware workstation 9 
running windows 7 workstation x64 sp1 under ubuntu 12.04 amd64.
Except from a few harmless display bugs ( more often in the schematic than in 
actual viewports ), it's definitely workable and has decent performance.
A very important thing is to make sure vmx processor acceleration is enabled in 
the bios and in the vm configuration to have maximum display and computing 
performance running your vms.

The most succesfull and stable attempt to run softimage in VMs was in parallels 
desktop though,
Very stable with almost no display bugs virtualizing  windows 7 64 sp1 using 
parallels desktop  7 on osx lion.

Never got the chance to test parallels workstation extreme ( 
http://www.parallels.com/products/extreme/ ) on linux because it's slightly 
expensive and only supported on redhat based distos as we stick on debian based 
ones over here.

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 7:42 PM, Gene Crucean 
mailto:emailgeneonthel...@gmail.com>> wrote:
To be fair though... getting Softimage running on Linux in general isn't for 
the faint of heart.

VirtualBox is cool... it's free and all. But performance wise it's quite bad. 
VMWareFusion is quite speedy on my home machine. It's the only way I run 
windows at home anymore.

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Alan Fregtman 
mailto:alan.fregt...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I think there's been some confusion... At work I'm on Linux (CentOS 6.2) and my 
VMWare VM is virtualizing Windows 7, where Softimage runs swimmingly.

Was it a VM virtualizing Linux and running Softimage that was the issue for 
you? I never tried that as we use Linux natively here.

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Ben Houston 
mailto:b...@exocortex.com>> wrote:
Hi Alan,

No way?  You mean you have a VM running Softimage on Linux?  What
Linux OS are you running inside of the VM?  Did you do anything
special to get it running?  I've wasted countless hours try to get the
required video card drivers to work on Linux inside of a VM.  I think
that cumulatively Exocortex has lost at least a couple of whole days
of effort trying to get to work over the last couple years -- but
maybe things got better with recent version of Softimage / VMWare?

Someone should make a webpage that describes the steps for VMWare or
VirtualBox as that is a huge thing, especially for us plugin
developers.  We've been forced to buy additional PCs or do dual boot
configurations.

--
Best regards,
Ben Houston
Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: 
@exocortexcom
http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.

--
Gene Crucean - Emmy winning - Oscar nominated VFX Supervisor / iOS-OSX 
Developer / Filmmaker / Photographer
** Freelance for hire **
www.genecrucean.com

~~ Please use my website's contact form on 
www.genecrucean.com for any personal emails. 
Thanks. I may not get them at this address. ~~

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Re: VM-Ware

2013-01-15 Thread Halim Negadi

Well, it does support hardware 3d acceleration as well as virtual box

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Chris Chia wrote:

> Vmware doesn't support hardware graphic card.
> Has anyone else using Parallels instead?
>
> Anyway, it's possible to run Softimage Linux on a vmware.
>
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Halim Negadi
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 3:55 AM
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: Re: VM-Ware
>
> While working within linux environments, I personnally find more enjoyable
> using Softimage running in a windows VM than the linux version itself.
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Halim Negadi  hneg...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Softimage 2011/2012 & 2013 works like a charm over here on vmware
> workstation 9 running windows 7 workstation x64 sp1 under ubuntu 12.04
> amd64.
> Except from a few harmless display bugs ( more often in the schematic than
> in actual viewports ), it's definitely workable and has decent performance.
> A very important thing is to make sure vmx processor acceleration is
> enabled in the bios and in the vm configuration to have maximum display and
> computing performance running your vms.
>
> The most succesfull and stable attempt to run softimage in VMs was in
> parallels desktop though,
> Very stable with almost no display bugs virtualizing  windows 7 64 sp1
> using parallels desktop  7 on osx lion.
>
> Never got the chance to test parallels workstation extreme (
> http://www.parallels.com/products/extreme/ ) on linux because it's
> slightly expensive and only supported on redhat based distos as we stick on
> debian based ones over here.
>
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 7:42 PM, Gene Crucean <
> emailgeneonthel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To be fair though... getting Softimage running on Linux in general isn't
> for the faint of heart.
>
> VirtualBox is cool... it's free and all. But performance wise it's quite
> bad. VMWareFusion is quite speedy on my home machine. It's the only way I
> run windows at home anymore.
>
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Alan Fregtman  > wrote:
> I think there's been some confusion... At work I'm on Linux (CentOS 6.2)
> and my VMWare VM is virtualizing Windows 7, where Softimage runs swimmingly.
>
> Was it a VM virtualizing Linux and running Softimage that was the issue
> for you? I never tried that as we use Linux natively here.
>
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Ben Houston  b...@exocortex.com>> wrote:
> Hi Alan,
>
> No way?  You mean you have a VM running Softimage on Linux?  What
> Linux OS are you running inside of the VM?  Did you do anything
> special to get it running?  I've wasted countless hours try to get the
> required video card drivers to work on Linux inside of a VM.  I think
> that cumulatively Exocortex has lost at least a couple of whole days
> of effort trying to get to work over the last couple years -- but
> maybe things got better with recent version of Softimage / VMWare?
>
> Someone should make a webpage that describes the steps for VMWare or
> VirtualBox as that is a huge thing, especially for us plugin
> developers.  We've been forced to buy additional PCs or do dual boot
> configurations.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Ben Houston
> Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter:
> @exocortexcom
> http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Gene Crucean - Emmy winning - Oscar nominated VFX Supervisor / iOS-OSX
> Developer / Filmmaker / Photographer
> ** Freelance for hire **
> www.genecrucean.com
>
> ~~ Please use my website's contact form on www.genecrucean.com<
> http://www.genecrucean.com/> for any personal emails. Thanks. I may not
> get them at this address. ~~
>
>
>

Re: Scene crash on load

2013-01-15 Thread Toonafish


I tried loading the scene on my PC at home, but same difference there.

- Ronald.


On 1/15/2013 06:48, ivan t wrote:


Hi Ronald,

Just a curiosity ,

are you able to open the file in another machine ?

Thanks
Ivan

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Toonafish > wrote:


I was able to retrieve some crucial bits from the corrupted scene
with the Journal File and reloading the scene several times, so
not everything is lost. Thanks for the tip Rob, and for the help
everyone.

cheers,

- Ronald



On 1/11/2013 18:54, Toonafish wrote:

Thanks, I'll need to give it a shot if I don't want to loose a
days work. Seems like all backups are corrupt as well.

The weird thing is I was able to load the last backup scene, and
saved it under a new name. Then started redoing what was lost.
But when reloading the redo scene Softimage crashes again, and
now I can also no longer load any of the backuped scenes I could
retrieve one of just 20 minutes ago. A scene that was fine and
has not been changed is suddenly corrupt...it's voodoo I tell you.

Gonna check it tomorrow, I suspect I need some beer as well ;-)

Have a nice weekend.

- Ronald




On 1/11/2013 18:33, Rob Chapman wrote:

Ronald think you just give the path for the journal - default is
nothing..

yes friday, drinking beer eating crisps time in the office!  :D
  its only emergency like scene crashing if you have a client
deadline!

hope it works for you but its not a magic solution, eg Fabrice
here said 2 out 10 times success rate



On 11 January 2013 17:27, Toonafish mailto:ron...@toonafish.nl>> wrote:


in preferences>data management as far as I remember when
I last had this and was helped, it creates a text file
that tells you what models are loading and then on the
next load it skips the ones that it finds bad?


Is that the "Recovery Journal file" ? Do you remember where
softimage writes the text file ?



its a shot in the dark at least

you do realise its friday > 5pm though and this kind of
stuff is *meant* to happen.


I smell a conspiracy ;-)


- Ronald

RE: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Eric Gunther

Hi Chris,

The computer is not on a network, just a single computer.  I have had
some confusion about what the appropriate "host" and "hostname" is/are
on linux, so that may be inappropriately labeled.  The license server
was running. I have not delved into the selinux stuff.

I need to know what user softimage runs as.

I do not know if the machine could detect the license server.  I think
the license server is running fine.

I think that it is case where xsi does not have permission to access the
"screen" but that is just a guess.


thank you,

-e

On Mon, 2013-01-14 at 03:14 +, Chris Chia wrote:
> It seems like there's some connection to license server problem.
> "hostname: Name or service not known"
> 
> Could your machine detect the license server? Is there any network?
> 
> Chris
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Gunther
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:47 AM
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thank You very much for the reply::
> 
> 
> *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> ./xsi
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> 
> xset:  unable to open display ":0"
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> 
> xset:  unable to open display ":0"
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> 
> xset:  unable to open display ":0"
> hostname: Name or service not known
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> 
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> 
> Cannot open X display ":0".
> 
> *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -e
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2013-01-12 at 14:39 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > There's always an error in the setup log.
> > What happened when you tried to run XSI?
> > 
> > Here's a thread about installing on linux (fedora mostly) 
> > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/xsi_list/_oBqQwXZKAw/discussion
> > 
> > 
> > On 12/01/2013 2:26 PM, Eric Gunther wrote:
> > > I want to install
> > > Autodesk_Softimage_2011_English_Linux_64bit_r1.tar.gz
> > >
> > > on opensuse 12.1, but have not been successful.
> > >
> > > Is there someone who can provide me generic step by step 
> > > installation tips?  Or a link/hint for them
> > >
> > > I have looked at the InstallGuide on the wiki, and googled a bit, 
> > > but to no avail.
> > >
> > > the last time I tried I logged on as root and tried the installation...
> > >
> > > as root(csh) I ran setup and the end of the resulting log reads as 
> > > follows.
> > >
> > >
> > > failed:
> > >
> > > Running: [(cd /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export
> > > SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export
> > > MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export
> > > MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export
> > > PYTHONPATH=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin;export
> > > PYTHONHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin;
> > > ${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl 
> > > Application/bin/mwpython
> > > Application/bin/win32com/axscript/client/pyscript.py) >& /dev/null] 
> > > Error during the installation
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have asked about this before, so If this sounds familiar it 
> > > probably is...  I have used blender for a while since, and soft on 
> > > windows when I get the opportunity.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help,
> > >
> > > -e
> > >
> > 
> 
> --
> some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in a 
> small pond.  I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean
> 

-- 
some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in
a small pond.  I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean

RE: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Eric Gunther

Hi Konstatin,

I think so too.  (display problem)

I CAN run other programs but I think it is likely that they were
properly installed using the YAST program, and that something was not
specified (by me) at installation.

I logged in as root, rather than su-c or sudo.  No dice.

thank you,

-e










On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 02:56 +, Konstantin Levinski wrote:
> It is a display problem, I suspect it is not specific to XSI. Can you run any 
> graphical program (firefox, for example) from the same prompt?
> 
> Another possibility here is that you might be trying to run XSI as root. Can 
> you try starting XSI as a normal user? This is how it should be run, anyway.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Gunther
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:47 AM
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thank You very much for the reply::
> 
> 
> *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> ./xsi
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> 
> xset:  unable to open display ":0"
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> 
> xset:  unable to open display ":0"
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> 
> xset:  unable to open display ":0"
> hostname: Name or service not known
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> 
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> 
> Cannot open X display ":0".
> 
> *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -e
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2013-01-12 at 14:39 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > There's always an error in the setup log.
> > What happened when you tried to run XSI?
> > 
> > Here's a thread about installing on linux (fedora mostly) 
> > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/xsi_list/_oBqQwXZKAw/discussion
> > 
> > 
> > On 12/01/2013 2:26 PM, Eric Gunther wrote:
> > > I want to install
> > > Autodesk_Softimage_2011_English_Linux_64bit_r1.tar.gz
> > >
> > > on opensuse 12.1, but have not been successful.
> > >
> > > Is there someone who can provide me generic step by step 
> > > installation tips?  Or a link/hint for them
> > >
> > > I have looked at the InstallGuide on the wiki, and googled a bit, 
> > > but to no avail.
> > >
> > > the last time I tried I logged on as root and tried the installation...
> > >
> > > as root(csh) I ran setup and the end of the resulting log reads as 
> > > follows.
> > >
> > >
> > > failed:
> > >
> > > Running: [(cd /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export
> > > SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export
> > > MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export
> > > MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export
> > > PYTHONPATH=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin;export
> > > PYTHONHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin;
> > > ${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl 
> > > Application/bin/mwpython
> > > Application/bin/win32com/axscript/client/pyscript.py) >& /dev/null] 
> > > Error during the installation
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have asked about this before, so If this sounds familiar it 
> > > probably is...  I have used blender for a while since, and soft on 
> > > windows when I get the opportunity.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help,
> > >
> > > -e
> > >
> > 
> 
> --
> some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in a 
> small pond.  I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean
> 

-- 
some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in
a small pond.  I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean

RE: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Thomas Volkmann

You are using a c-shell and did so during installation?
What graphic-card/driver are you running?
SE-Linux is disabled?
Why Suse?

cheers,
Thomas

> Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 14:00
> geschrieben:
>
>
> Hi Konstatin,
>
> I think so too. (display problem)
>
> I CAN run other programs but I think it is likely that they were
> properly installed using the YAST program, and that something was not
> specified (by me) at installation.
>
> I logged in as root, rather than su-c or sudo. No dice.
>
> thank you,
>
> -e
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 02:56 +, Konstantin Levinski wrote:
> > It is a display problem, I suspect it is not specific to XSI. Can you run
> > any graphical program (firefox, for example) from the same prompt?
> >
> > Another possibility here is that you might be trying to run XSI as root. Can
> > you try starting XSI as a normal user? This is how it should be run, anyway.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
> > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Gunther
> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:47 AM
> > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> > Subject: Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thank You very much for the reply::
> >
> >
> > *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> ./xsi
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> > xset: unable to open display ":0"
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> > xset: unable to open display ":0"
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> > xset: unable to open display ":0"
> > hostname: Name or service not known
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> > Cannot open X display ":0".
> >
> > *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -e
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2013-01-12 at 14:39 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > There's always an error in the setup log.
> > > What happened when you tried to run XSI?
> > >
> > > Here's a thread about installing on linux (fedora mostly)
> > > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/xsi_list/_oBqQwXZKAw/discussion
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12/01/2013 2:26 PM, Eric Gunther wrote:
> > > > I want to install
> > > > Autodesk_Softimage_2011_English_Linux_64bit_r1.tar.gz
> > > >
> > > > on opensuse 12.1, but have not been successful.
> > > >
> > > > Is there someone who can provide me generic step by step
> > > > installation tips? Or a link/hint for them
> > > >
> > > > I have looked at the InstallGuide on the wiki, and googled a bit,
> > > > but to no avail.
> > > >
> > > > the last time I tried I logged on as root and tried the installation...
> > > >
> > > > as root(csh) I ran setup and the end of the resulting log reads as
> > > > follows.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > failed:
> > > >
> > > > Running: [(cd /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export
> > > > SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export
> > > > MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export
> > > > MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export
> > > > PYTHONPATH=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin;export
> > > > PYTHONHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin;
> > > > ${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl
> > > > Application/bin/mwpython
> > > > Application/bin/win32com/axscript/client/pyscript.py) >& /dev/null]
> > > > Error during the installation
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have asked about this before, so If this sounds familiar it
> > > > probably is... I have used blender for a while since, and soft on
> > > > windows when I get the opportunity.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help,
> > > >
> > > > -e
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in a
> > small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean
> >
>
> --
> some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in
> a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean
>
>

RE: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Eric Gunther

Hi Thomas,

Just tried again, 

Logged in as root

Yes  using csh

-to start lmgrd -c 'license file'

-to start /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Applcation/bin/xsi

Yes  used csh to Install, although I could try again. ( take a bit though )

I cannot see if there is SE-Linux on this system or not.  I have checked out 
all 
the administration facilities in YAST and couldn't find any specific reference 
to SE-Linux,


There are many facilities for Administration (security policy, login 
enviroment, boot) 
although none specifically mention SE-Linux.

I would have to do more searching...

a quick look, it seems as though SE-Linux is not used in opensuse.


OpenSuse I have found to be the best overall system for me after various 
distros.  Previously
I had tried Fedora because I saw that it was supported (by SI) but had 
difficulty then as well.
So, because I use the system for other stuff also, and I have a windows 
installation of SI, I moved on 
in terms of linux OS.

Thank You,

-e





On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 14:19 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> You are using a c-shell and did so during installation? 
> What graphic-card/driver are you running? 
> SE-Linux is disabled? 
> Why Suse? 
>   
> cheers, 
> Thomas 
> 
> > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 14:00
> geschrieben: 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Konstatin, 
> > 
> > I think so too. (display problem) 
> > 
> > I CAN run other programs but I think it is likely that they were 
> > properly installed using the YAST program, and that something was
> not 
> > specified (by me) at installation. 
> > 
> > I logged in as root, rather than su-c or sudo. No dice. 
> > 
> > thank you, 
> > 
> > -e 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 02:56 +, Konstantin Levinski wrote: 
> > > It is a display problem, I suspect it is not specific to XSI. Can
> you run any graphical program (firefox, for example) from the same
> prompt? 
> > > 
> > > Another possibility here is that you might be trying to run XSI as
> root. Can you try starting XSI as a normal user? This is how it should
> be run, anyway. 
> > > 
> > > -Original Message- 
> > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric
> Gunther 
> > > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:47 AM 
> > > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
> > > Subject: Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1 
> > > 
> > > Hi, 
> > > 
> > > Thank You very much for the reply:: 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> ./xsi 
> > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > Xlib: No protocol specified 
> > > 
> > > xset: unable to open display ":0" 
> > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > Xlib: No protocol specified 
> > > 
> > > xset: unable to open display ":0" 
> > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > Xlib: No protocol specified 
> > > 
> > > xset: unable to open display ":0" 
> > > hostname: Name or service not known 
> > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > Xlib: No protocol specified 
> > > 
> > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > Xlib: No protocol specified 
> > > 
> > > Cannot open X display ":0". 
> > > 
> > > *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -e 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 2013-01-12 at 14:39 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote: 
> > > > Hi 
> > > > 
> > > > There's always an error in the setup log. 
> > > > What happened when you tried to run XSI? 
> > > > 
> > > > Here's a thread about installing on linux (fedora mostly) 
> > > >
> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/xsi_list/_oBqQwXZKAw/discussion 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 12/01/2013 2:26 PM, Eric Gunther wrote: 
> > > > > I want to install 
> > > > > Autodesk_Softimage_2011_English_Linux_64bit_r1.tar.gz 
> > > > > 
> > > > > on opensuse 12.1, but have not been successful. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is there someone who can provide me generic step by step 
> > > > > installation tips? Or a link/hint for them 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have looked at the InstallGuide on the wiki, and googled a
> bit, 
> > > > > but to no avail. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > the last time I tried I logged on as root and tried the
> installation... 
> > > > > 
> > > > > as root(csh) I ran setup and the end of the resulting log
> reads as 
> > > > > follows. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > failed: 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Running: [(cd /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export 
> > > > > SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export 
> > > > >
> MWHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/mainwin/mw;export 
> > > > >
> MWREGISTRY=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/registry;export 
> > > > >
> PYTHONPATH=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin;export 
> > > > > PYTHONHOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin; 
> > > > > ${MWHOME}/bin-amd64_linux/mwperl
> ${MWHOME}/scripts/mwgeneric.pl 
> > > > > Application/bin/mwpython

RE: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Thomas Volkmann

Are you trying to run Softimage as root (which you shouldn't do) or is the error
the same no matter if root or regular user?


> Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 15:01
> geschrieben:
>
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Just tried again,
>
> Logged in as root
>
> Yes using csh
>
> -to start lmgrd -c 'license file'
>
> -to start /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Applcation/bin/xsi
>
> Yes used csh to Install, although I could try again. ( take a bit though )
>
> I cannot see if there is SE-Linux on this system or not. I have checked out
> all
> the administration facilities in YAST and couldn't find any specific reference
> to SE-Linux,
>
>
> There are many facilities for Administration (security policy, login
> enviroment, boot)
> although none specifically mention SE-Linux.
>
> I would have to do more searching...
>
> a quick look, it seems as though SE-Linux is not used in opensuse.
>
>
> OpenSuse I have found to be the best overall system for me after various
> distros. Previously
> I had tried Fedora because I saw that it was supported (by SI) but had
> difficulty then as well.
> So, because I use the system for other stuff also, and I have a windows
> installation of SI, I moved on
> in terms of linux OS.
>
> Thank You,
>
> -e
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 14:19 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > You are using a c-shell and did so during installation?
> > What graphic-card/driver are you running?
> > SE-Linux is disabled?
> > Why Suse?
> >
> > cheers,
> > Thomas
> >
> > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 14:00
> > geschrieben:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Konstatin,
> > >
> > > I think so too. (display problem)
> > >
> > > I CAN run other programs but I think it is likely that they were
> > > properly installed using the YAST program, and that something was
> > not
> > > specified (by me) at installation.
> > >
> > > I logged in as root, rather than su-c or sudo. No dice.
> > >
> > > thank you,
> > >
> > > -e
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 02:56 +, Konstantin Levinski wrote:
> > > > It is a display problem, I suspect it is not specific to XSI. Can
> > you run any graphical program (firefox, for example) from the same
> > prompt?
> > > >
> > > > Another possibility here is that you might be trying to run XSI as
> > root. Can you try starting XSI as a normal user? This is how it should
> > be run, anyway.
> > > >
> > > > -Original Message-
> > > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
> > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric
> > Gunther
> > > > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:47 AM
> > > > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> > > > Subject: Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Thank You very much for the reply::
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> ./xsi
> > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > > Xlib: No protocol specified
> > > >
> > > > xset: unable to open display ":0"
> > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > > Xlib: No protocol specified
> > > >
> > > > xset: unable to open display ":0"
> > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > > Xlib: No protocol specified
> > > >
> > > > xset: unable to open display ":0"
> > > > hostname: Name or service not known
> > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > > Xlib: No protocol specified
> > > >
> > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > > Xlib: No protocol specified
> > > >
> > > > Cannot open X display ":0".
> > > >
> > > > *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -e
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 2013-01-12 at 14:39 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote:
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > > There's always an error in the setup log.
> > > > > What happened when you tried to run XSI?
> > > > >
> > > > > Here's a thread about installing on linux (fedora mostly)
> > > > >
> > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/xsi_list/_oBqQwXZKAw/discussion
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 12/01/2013 2:26 PM, Eric Gunther wrote:
> > > > > > I want to install
> > > > > > Autodesk_Softimage_2011_English_Linux_64bit_r1.tar.gz
> > > > > >
> > > > > > on opensuse 12.1, but have not been successful.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there someone who can provide me generic step by step
> > > > > > installation tips? Or a link/hint for them
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have looked at the InstallGuide on the wiki, and googled a
> > bit,
> > > > > > but to no avail.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > the last time I tried I logged on as root and tried the
> > installation...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > as root(csh) I ran setup and the end of the resulting log
> > reads as
> > > > > > follows.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > failed:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Running: [(cd /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export
> > > > > > SI_HOME=/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/;export
> > > > > >
> > MWHOME=/usr/Softi

RE: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Eric Gunther

Hi,

Same error either way.  

Thanks,

-e


On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 15:16 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> Are you trying to run Softimage as root (which you shouldn't do) or is
> the error the same no matter if root or regular user? 
>   
>   
> > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 15:01
> geschrieben: 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Thomas, 
> > 
> > Just tried again, 
> > 
> > Logged in as root 
> > 
> > Yes using csh 
> > 
> > -to start lmgrd -c 'license file' 
> > 
> > -to start /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Applcation/bin/xsi 
> > 
> > Yes used csh to Install, although I could try again. ( take a bit
> though ) 
> > 
> > I cannot see if there is SE-Linux on this system or not. I have
> checked out all 
> > the administration facilities in YAST and couldn't find any specific
> reference 
> > to SE-Linux, 
> > 
> > 
> > There are many facilities for Administration (security policy, login
> enviroment, boot) 
> > although none specifically mention SE-Linux. 
> > 
> > I would have to do more searching... 
> > 
> > a quick look, it seems as though SE-Linux is not used in opensuse. 
> > 
> > 
> > OpenSuse I have found to be the best overall system for me after
> various distros. Previously 
> > I had tried Fedora because I saw that it was supported (by SI) but
> had difficulty then as well. 
> > So, because I use the system for other stuff also, and I have a
> windows installation of SI, I moved on 
> > in terms of linux OS. 
> > 
> > Thank You, 
> > 
> > -e 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 14:19 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote: 
> > > You are using a c-shell and did so during installation? 
> > > What graphic-card/driver are you running? 
> > > SE-Linux is disabled? 
> > > Why Suse? 
> > > 
> > > cheers, 
> > > Thomas 
> > > 
> > > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um
> 14:00 
> > > geschrieben: 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Konstatin, 
> > > > 
> > > > I think so too. (display problem) 
> > > > 
> > > > I CAN run other programs but I think it is likely that they
> were 
> > > > properly installed using the YAST program, and that something
> was 
> > > not 
> > > > specified (by me) at installation. 
> > > > 
> > > > I logged in as root, rather than su-c or sudo. No dice. 
> > > > 
> > > > thank you, 
> > > > 
> > > > -e 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 02:56 +, Konstantin Levinski wrote: 
> > > > > It is a display problem, I suspect it is not specific to XSI.
> Can 
> > > you run any graphical program (firefox, for example) from the
> same 
> > > prompt? 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Another possibility here is that you might be trying to run
> XSI as 
> > > root. Can you try starting XSI as a normal user? This is how it
> should 
> > > be run, anyway. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > -Original Message- 
> > > > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
> > > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of
> Eric 
> > > Gunther 
> > > > > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:47 AM 
> > > > > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
> > > > > Subject: Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi, 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thank You very much for the reply:: 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >
> *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> ./xsi 
> > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > > > Xlib: No protocol specified 
> > > > > 
> > > > > xset: unable to open display ":0" 
> > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > > > Xlib: No protocol specified 
> > > > > 
> > > > > xset: unable to open display ":0" 
> > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > > > Xlib: No protocol specified 
> > > > > 
> > > > > xset: unable to open display ":0" 
> > > > > hostname: Name or service not known 
> > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > > > Xlib: No protocol specified 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > > > Xlib: No protocol specified 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Cannot open X display ":0". 
> > > > > 
> > > > > *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > -e 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Sat, 2013-01-12 at 14:39 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote: 
> > > > > > Hi 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > There's always an error in the setup log. 
> > > > > > What happened when you tried to run XSI? 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Here's a thread about installing on linux (fedora mostly) 
> > > > > > 
> > > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/xsi_list/_oBqQwXZKAw/discussion 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 12/01/2013 2:26 PM, Eric Gunther wrote: 
> > > > > > > I want to install 
> > > > > > > Autodesk_Softimage_2011_English_Linux_64bit_r1.tar.gz 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > on opensuse 12.1, but have not been successful. 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Is there someone who can provide me generic step by step 
> > > > > >

RE: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Thomas Volkmann

And from that same commandline (what are you using?) you can start other
programs like xterm or xeyes or whatever without a problem?
If so, I have absolutely no clue what could be going on. If you get the same
error something Xauthority related seems to be fxxxed (in that terminal at
least) and I would recommend googling in that direction.

> Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 15:37
> geschrieben:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Same error either way.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -e
>
>
> On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 15:16 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > Are you trying to run Softimage as root (which you shouldn't do) or is
> > the error the same no matter if root or regular user?
> >
> >
> > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 15:01
> > geschrieben:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Thomas,
> > >
> > > Just tried again,
> > >
> > > Logged in as root
> > >
> > > Yes using csh
> > >
> > > -to start lmgrd -c 'license file'
> > >
> > > -to start /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Applcation/bin/xsi
> > >
> > > Yes used csh to Install, although I could try again. ( take a bit
> > though )
> > >
> > > I cannot see if there is SE-Linux on this system or not. I have
> > checked out all
> > > the administration facilities in YAST and couldn't find any specific
> > reference
> > > to SE-Linux,
> > >
> > >
> > > There are many facilities for Administration (security policy, login
> > enviroment, boot)
> > > although none specifically mention SE-Linux.
> > >
> > > I would have to do more searching...
> > >
> > > a quick look, it seems as though SE-Linux is not used in opensuse.
> > >
> > >
> > > OpenSuse I have found to be the best overall system for me after
> > various distros. Previously
> > > I had tried Fedora because I saw that it was supported (by SI) but
> > had difficulty then as well.
> > > So, because I use the system for other stuff also, and I have a
> > windows installation of SI, I moved on
> > > in terms of linux OS.
> > >
> > > Thank You,
> > >
> > > -e
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 14:19 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > > > You are using a c-shell and did so during installation?
> > > > What graphic-card/driver are you running?
> > > > SE-Linux is disabled?
> > > > Why Suse?
> > > >
> > > > cheers,
> > > > Thomas
> > > >
> > > > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um
> > 14:00
> > > > geschrieben:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Konstatin,
> > > > >
> > > > > I think so too. (display problem)
> > > > >
> > > > > I CAN run other programs but I think it is likely that they
> > were
> > > > > properly installed using the YAST program, and that something
> > was
> > > > not
> > > > > specified (by me) at installation.
> > > > >
> > > > > I logged in as root, rather than su-c or sudo. No dice.
> > > > >
> > > > > thank you,
> > > > >
> > > > > -e
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 02:56 +, Konstantin Levinski wrote:
> > > > > > It is a display problem, I suspect it is not specific to XSI.
> > Can
> > > > you run any graphical program (firefox, for example) from the
> > same
> > > > prompt?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Another possibility here is that you might be trying to run
> > XSI as
> > > > root. Can you try starting XSI as a normal user? This is how it
> > should
> > > > be run, anyway.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Original Message-
> > > > > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
> > > > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of
> > Eric
> > > > Gunther
> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:47 AM
> > > > > > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> > > > > > Subject: Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank You very much for the reply::
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> ./xsi
> > > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > > > > Xlib: No protocol specified
> > > > > >
> > > > > > xset: unable to open display ":0"
> > > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > > > > Xlib: No protocol specified
> > > > > >
> > > > > > xset: unable to open display ":0"
> > > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > > > > Xlib: No protocol specified
> > > > > >
> > > > > > xset: unable to open display ":0"
> > > > > > hostname: Name or service not known
> > > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > > > > Xlib: No protocol specified
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > > > > Xlib: No protocol specified
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cannot open X display ":0".
> > > > > >
> > > > > > *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -e
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sat, 2013-01-12 at 14:39 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > There's always an error in the

Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Stephen Blair


Same problem with a resolution:
http://softimage.ru/forums/index.php?s=c55a23a4a3394528f5518d8269a872ad&showtopic=6845&st=15

On 15/01/2013 9:49 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server

RE: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Eric Gunther

Hi,

yes. xterm.

tried xeyes. it works.

Well, I have been through this so many times I might have easily messed
up something or not done something.

Thank You kindly for the help and the suggestion.

-e


xx
I am putting together a mail with all of the relevant information 

ldd 

strace

history of commands and such.  If nothing else when someone else has
this issue they may have a source of info.


xx
On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 15:49 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> And from that same commandline (what are you using?) you can start
> other programs like xterm or xeyes or whatever without a problem? 
> If so, I have absolutely no clue what could be going on. If you get
> the same error something Xauthority related seems to be fxxxed (in
> that terminal at least) and I would recommend googling in that
> direction. 
> 
> > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 15:37
> geschrieben: 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > Same error either way. 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > 
> > -e 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 15:16 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote: 
> > > Are you trying to run Softimage as root (which you shouldn't do)
> or is 
> > > the error the same no matter if root or regular user? 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um
> 15:01 
> > > geschrieben: 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Thomas, 
> > > > 
> > > > Just tried again, 
> > > > 
> > > > Logged in as root 
> > > > 
> > > > Yes using csh 
> > > > 
> > > > -to start lmgrd -c 'license file' 
> > > > 
> > > > -to start /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Applcation/bin/xsi 
> > > > 
> > > > Yes used csh to Install, although I could try again. ( take a
> bit 
> > > though ) 
> > > > 
> > > > I cannot see if there is SE-Linux on this system or not. I have 
> > > checked out all 
> > > > the administration facilities in YAST and couldn't find any
> specific 
> > > reference 
> > > > to SE-Linux, 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > There are many facilities for Administration (security policy,
> login 
> > > enviroment, boot) 
> > > > although none specifically mention SE-Linux. 
> > > > 
> > > > I would have to do more searching... 
> > > > 
> > > > a quick look, it seems as though SE-Linux is not used in
> opensuse. 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > OpenSuse I have found to be the best overall system for me
> after 
> > > various distros. Previously 
> > > > I had tried Fedora because I saw that it was supported (by SI)
> but 
> > > had difficulty then as well. 
> > > > So, because I use the system for other stuff also, and I have a 
> > > windows installation of SI, I moved on 
> > > > in terms of linux OS. 
> > > > 
> > > > Thank You, 
> > > > 
> > > > -e 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 14:19 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote: 
> > > > > You are using a c-shell and did so during installation? 
> > > > > What graphic-card/driver are you running? 
> > > > > SE-Linux is disabled? 
> > > > > Why Suse? 
> > > > > 
> > > > > cheers, 
> > > > > Thomas 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013
> um 
> > > 14:00 
> > > > > geschrieben: 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi Konstatin, 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I think so too. (display problem) 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I CAN run other programs but I think it is likely that they 
> > > were 
> > > > > > properly installed using the YAST program, and that
> something 
> > > was 
> > > > > not 
> > > > > > specified (by me) at installation. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I logged in as root, rather than su-c or sudo. No dice. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > thank you, 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > -e 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 02:56 +, Konstantin Levinski
> wrote: 
> > > > > > > It is a display problem, I suspect it is not specific to
> XSI. 
> > > Can 
> > > > > you run any graphical program (firefox, for example) from the 
> > > same 
> > > > > prompt? 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Another possibility here is that you might be trying to
> run 
> > > XSI as 
> > > > > root. Can you try starting XSI as a normal user? This is how
> it 
> > > should 
> > > > > be run, anyway. 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > -Original Message- 
> > > > > > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
> > > > > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of 
> > > Eric 
> > > > > Gunther 
> > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:47 AM 
> > > > > > > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
> > > > > > > Subject: Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Hi, 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Thank You very much for the reply:: 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > *me*@*here*:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> ./xsi 
> > > > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > > > > > Xlib: No protocol specified 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > xset: unable to open display ":0" 
> > > > > > > Xlib:

Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Eric Gunther

Hi,

I had thought that might be it.  What is the 'user' that xsi runs as?

thanks,

-e

On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 09:55 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote:
> Same problem with a resolution:
> http://softimage.ru/forums/index.php?s=c55a23a4a3394528f5518d8269a872ad&showtopic=6845&st=15
> 
> On 15/01/2013 9:49 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> 

-- 
some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in
a small pond.  I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean

Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Thomas Volkmann

type whoami in the terminal

> Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 16:24
> geschrieben:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I had thought that might be it. What is the 'user' that xsi runs as?
>
> thanks,
>
> -e
>
> On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 09:55 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote:
> > Same problem with a resolution:
> > http://softimage.ru/forums/index.php?s=c55a23a4a3394528f5518d8269a872ad&showtopic=6845&st=15
> >
> > On 15/01/2013 9:49 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> >
>
> --
> some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in
> a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean
>
>

Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Eric Gunther

you mean, when running ./xsi?

root


but I get a different error with 

#xhost +local:linux-hq44

hostname: Name or service not know 

is the only error.


according to the man page for xhost, you can enter user or host, but I
get the same error in either case...

I think now the problem may be with the LICENSE I generated.

Thank You,

-e

On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:30 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> type whoami in the terminal 
> 
> > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 16:24
> geschrieben: 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I had thought that might be it. What is the 'user' that xsi runs
> as? 
> > 
> > thanks, 
> > 
> > -e 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 09:55 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote: 
> > > Same problem with a resolution: 
> > >
> http://softimage.ru/forums/index.php?s=c55a23a4a3394528f5518d8269a872ad&showtopic=6845&st=15
>  
> > > 
> > > On 15/01/2013 9:49 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote: 
> > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish
> in 
> > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean 
> > 
> > 

-- 
some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in
a small pond.  I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean

Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Thomas Volkmann

When whoami gives you root, it means you are logged in as root in that terminal.
Make sure whoami returns your username (linux-hq44?) before you try to start
XSI.

> Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 16:48
> geschrieben:
>
>
> you mean, when running ./xsi?
>
> root
>
>
> but I get a different error with
>
> #xhost +local:linux-hq44
>
> hostname: Name or service not know
>
> is the only error.
>
>
> according to the man page for xhost, you can enter user or host, but I
> get the same error in either case...
>
> I think now the problem may be with the LICENSE I generated.
>
> Thank You,
>
> -e
>
> On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:30 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > type whoami in the terminal
> >
> > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 16:24
> > geschrieben:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I had thought that might be it. What is the 'user' that xsi runs
> > as?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > -e
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 09:55 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote:
> > > > Same problem with a resolution:
> > > >
> > http://softimage.ru/forums/index.php?s=c55a23a4a3394528f5518d8269a872ad&showtopic=6845&st=15
> > > >
> > > > On 15/01/2013 9:49 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish
> > in
> > > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in
> a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean
>
>

Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Eric Gunther

You mean that particular xterm?
(linux-hq44 is the hostname)

OK 

I tried both, same error.


Thanks,

-e



On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:58 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> When whoami gives you root, it means you are logged in as root in that
> terminal. Make sure whoami returns your username (linux-hq44?) before
> you try to start XSI. 
> 
> > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 16:48
> geschrieben: 
> > 
> > 
> > you mean, when running ./xsi? 
> > 
> > root 
> > 
> > 
> > but I get a different error with 
> > 
> > #xhost +local:linux-hq44 
> > 
> > hostname: Name or service not know 
> > 
> > is the only error. 
> > 
> > 
> > according to the man page for xhost, you can enter user or host, but
> I 
> > get the same error in either case... 
> > 
> > I think now the problem may be with the LICENSE I generated. 
> > 
> > Thank You, 
> > 
> > -e 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:30 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote: 
> > > type whoami in the terminal 
> > > 
> > > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um
> 16:24 
> > > geschrieben: 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi, 
> > > > 
> > > > I had thought that might be it. What is the 'user' that xsi
> runs 
> > > as? 
> > > > 
> > > > thanks, 
> > > > 
> > > > -e 
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 09:55 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote: 
> > > > > Same problem with a resolution: 
> > > > > 
> > >
> http://softimage.ru/forums/index.php?s=c55a23a4a3394528f5518d8269a872ad&showtopic=6845&st=15
>  
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 15/01/2013 9:49 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote: 
> > > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest
> fish 
> > > in 
> > > > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the
> ocean 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish
> in 
> > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean 
> > 
> > 

-- 
some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in
a small pond.  I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean

Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Thomas Volkmann

mmmhh, ok.
you were doing:
#xhost +local:hostname
try:
#xhost +local:username

so just to get it right:
you open a terminal (xterm?)
you run whoami and it prints your username
you run: csh (or tcsh)
you run: /usr/Application/Softimage/Softimage_20/Application/bin/xsi
ERROR
you can run xeyes without error
run: env

like that?


> Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 18:13
> geschrieben:
>
>
> You mean that particular xterm?
> (linux-hq44 is the hostname)
>
> OK
>
> I tried both, same error.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -e
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:58 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > When whoami gives you root, it means you are logged in as root in that
> > terminal. Make sure whoami returns your username (linux-hq44?) before
> > you try to start XSI.
> >
> > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 16:48
> > geschrieben:
> > >
> > >
> > > you mean, when running ./xsi?
> > >
> > > root
> > >
> > >
> > > but I get a different error with
> > >
> > > #xhost +local:linux-hq44
> > >
> > > hostname: Name or service not know
> > >
> > > is the only error.
> > >
> > >
> > > according to the man page for xhost, you can enter user or host, but
> > I
> > > get the same error in either case...
> > >
> > > I think now the problem may be with the LICENSE I generated.
> > >
> > > Thank You,
> > >
> > > -e
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:30 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > > > type whoami in the terminal
> > > >
> > > > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um
> > 16:24
> > > > geschrieben:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I had thought that might be it. What is the 'user' that xsi
> > runs
> > > > as?
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > -e
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 09:55 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote:
> > > > > > Same problem with a resolution:
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > http://softimage.ru/forums/index.php?s=c55a23a4a3394528f5518d8269a872ad&showtopic=6845&st=15
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 15/01/2013 9:49 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > > > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest
> > fish
> > > > in
> > > > > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the
> > ocean
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish
> > in
> > > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in
> a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean
>
>
>

Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Eric Gunther

Hi,

attached.

thanks,

-e
On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 18:27 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> mmmhh, ok. 
> you were doing: 
> #xhost +local:hostname 
> try: 
> #xhost +local:username 
>   
> so just to get it right: 
> you open a terminal (xterm?) 
> you run whoami and it prints your username 
> you run: csh (or tcsh) 
> you
> run: /usr/Application/Softimage/Softimage_20/Application/bin/xsi  
> ERROR 
> you can run xeyes without error 
> run: env 
>   
> like that? 
>   
> 
> > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 18:13
> geschrieben: 
> > 
> > 
> > You mean that particular xterm? 
> > (linux-hq44 is the hostname) 
> > 
> > OK 
> > 
> > I tried both, same error. 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > 
> > -e 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:58 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote: 
> > > When whoami gives you root, it means you are logged in as root in
> that 
> > > terminal. Make sure whoami returns your username (linux-hq44?)
> before 
> > > you try to start XSI. 
> > > 
> > > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um
> 16:48 
> > > geschrieben: 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > you mean, when running ./xsi? 
> > > > 
> > > > root 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > but I get a different error with 
> > > > 
> > > > #xhost +local:linux-hq44 
> > > > 
> > > > hostname: Name or service not know 
> > > > 
> > > > is the only error. 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > according to the man page for xhost, you can enter user or host,
> but 
> > > I 
> > > > get the same error in either case... 
> > > > 
> > > > I think now the problem may be with the LICENSE I generated. 
> > > > 
> > > > Thank You, 
> > > > 
> > > > -e 
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:30 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote: 
> > > > > type whoami in the terminal 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013
> um 
> > > 16:24 
> > > > > geschrieben: 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi, 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I had thought that might be it. What is the 'user' that xsi 
> > > runs 
> > > > > as? 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > thanks, 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > -e 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 09:55 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote: 
> > > > > > > Same problem with a resolution: 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > >
> http://softimage.ru/forums/index.php?s=c55a23a4a3394528f5518d8269a872ad&showtopic=6845&st=15
>  
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > On 15/01/2013 9:49 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote: 
> > > > > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the
> biggest 
> > > fish 
> > > > > in 
> > > > > > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the 
> > > ocean 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest
> fish 
> > > in 
> > > > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the
> ocean 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish
> in 
> > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean 
> > 
> > 
> > 

-- 
some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in
a small pond.  I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean
LESSKEY=/etc/lesskey.bin
XDG_VTNR=7
NNTPSERVER=news
MANPATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man
XDG_SESSION_ID=1
HOSTNAME=linux-hq44
GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE_PID=5624
XKEYSYMDB=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/keyring-N2Z6dC/gpg:0:1
HOST=linux-hq44
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm
XDG_MENU_PREFIX=gnome-
PROFILEREAD=true
HISTSIZE=1000
XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=f0c5dfe8522105885423d547077f-1358267361.398756-589093042
TMPDIR=/tmp
GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
WINDOWID=35651618
MORE=-sl
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-N2Z6dC
GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
XSESSION_IS_UP=yes
XTERM_SHELL=/bin/bash
USER=eric
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=00;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=41;33;01:ex=00;32:*.cmd=00;32:*.exe=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.btm=01;32:*.dll=01;32:*.tar=00;31:*.tbz=00;31:*.tgz=00;31:*.rpm=00;31:*.deb=00;31:*.arj=00;31:*.taz=00;31:*.lzh=00;31:*.lzma=00;31:*.zip=00;31:*.zoo=00;31:*.z=00;31:*.Z=00;31:*.gz=00;31:*.bz2=00;31:*.tb2=00;31:*.tz2=00;31:*.tbz2=00;31:*.xz=00;31:*.avi=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.aiff=00;32:*.au=00;32:*.mid=00;32:*.mp3=00;32:*.ogg=00;32:*.voc=00;32:*.wav=00;32:
XNLSPATH=/usr/share/X11/nls
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-N2Z6dC/ssh
HOSTTYPE=x86_64-linux
SESSION_MANAGER=local/linux-hq44:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1945,unix/linux-hq44:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1945
CONFIG_SITE=/usr/share/site/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
FROM_HEADER=
USERNAME=eric
PAGER=less
GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE=/usr/share/applications/xterm.desktop
CSHEDIT=emacs
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg
MINICOM=-c on
MAI

Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Stephen Blair

you get the same errors when you try to source .xsi_2011, right?

On 15/01/2013 12:56 PM, Eric Gunther wrote:

Hi,

attached.

thanks,

-e
On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 18:27 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:

mmmhh, ok.
you were doing:
#xhost +local:hostname
try:
#xhost +local:username

so just to get it right:

you open a terminal (xterm?)
you run whoami and it prints your username
you run: csh (or tcsh)
you
run: /usr/Application/Softimage/Softimage_20/Application/bin/xsi
ERROR
you can run xeyes without error
run: env

like that?

Eric Gunther hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 18:13

geschrieben:

You mean that particular xterm?
(linux-hq44 is the hostname)

I tried both, same error.

Thanks,

-e

On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:58 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:

When whoami gives you root, it means you are logged in as root in

that

terminal. Make sure whoami returns your username (linux-hq44?)

before

you try to start XSI.

Eric Gunther hat am 15. Januar 2013 um

16:48

geschrieben:

you mean, when running ./xsi?

root

but I get a different error with

#xhost +local:linux-hq44

hostname: Name or service not know

is the only error.

according to the man page for xhost, you can enter user or host,

but

get the same error in either case...

I think now the problem may be with the LICENSE I generated.

Thank You,

-e

On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:30 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:

type whoami in the terminal

Eric Gunther hat am 15. Januar 2013

16:24

geschrieben:

Hi,

I had thought that might be it. What is the 'user' that xsi

runs

as?

thanks,

-e

On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 09:55 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote:

Same problem with a resolution:

http://softimage.ru/forums/index.php?s=c55a23a4a3394528f5518d8269a872ad&showtopic=6845&st=15

On 15/01/2013 9:49 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote:

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server

--
some people are particularly preoccupied with being the

biggest

fish

a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the

ocean

--
some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest

fish

a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the

ocean

--
some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish

a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean

Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Thomas Volkmann

Unfortunately I'm not in front of a linux-box right now
but you could try:
xhost +localhost:eric

since XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=localhost
I don't know about that one:
XAUTHORITY=/var/run/gdm/auth-for-eric-nRFtsF/database
I never hat to deal with stuff like that, but that is the direction I would be
googling for. It is strange that you can run other apps though :/
What does your /etc/hosts look like? No idea if is causing this, but that file
has fxxxed up things so often for me.
I'm off for today.

cheers,
Thomas


> Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 18:56
> geschrieben:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> attached.
>
> thanks,
>
> -e
> On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 18:27 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > mmmhh, ok.
> > you were doing:
> > #xhost +local:hostname
> > try:
> > #xhost +local:username
> >
> > so just to get it right:
> > you open a terminal (xterm?)
> > you run whoami and it prints your username
> > you run: csh (or tcsh)
> > you
> > run: /usr/Application/Softimage/Softimage_20/Application/bin/xsi
> > ERROR
> > you can run xeyes without error
> > run: env
> >
> > like that?
> >
> >
> > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 18:13
> > geschrieben:
> > >
> > >
> > > You mean that particular xterm?
> > > (linux-hq44 is the hostname)
> > >
> > > OK
> > >
> > > I tried both, same error.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > -e
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:58 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > > > When whoami gives you root, it means you are logged in as root in
> > that
> > > > terminal. Make sure whoami returns your username (linux-hq44?)
> > before
> > > > you try to start XSI.
> > > >
> > > > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um
> > 16:48
> > > > geschrieben:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > you mean, when running ./xsi?
> > > > >
> > > > > root
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > but I get a different error with
> > > > >
> > > > > #xhost +local:linux-hq44
> > > > >
> > > > > hostname: Name or service not know
> > > > >
> > > > > is the only error.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > according to the man page for xhost, you can enter user or host,
> > but
> > > > I
> > > > > get the same error in either case...
> > > > >
> > > > > I think now the problem may be with the LICENSE I generated.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank You,
> > > > >
> > > > > -e
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:30 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > > > > > type whoami in the terminal
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013
> > um
> > > > 16:24
> > > > > > geschrieben:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I had thought that might be it. What is the 'user' that xsi
> > > > runs
> > > > > > as?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > thanks,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -e
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 09:55 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote:
> > > > > > > > Same problem with a resolution:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > http://softimage.ru/forums/index.php?s=c55a23a4a3394528f5518d8269a872ad&showtopic=6845&st=15
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 15/01/2013 9:49 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the
> > biggest
> > > > fish
> > > > > > in
> > > > > > > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the
> > > > ocean
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest
> > fish
> > > > in
> > > > > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the
> > ocean
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish
> > in
> > > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in
> a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean

Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Eric Gunther

Hi,

I thought at the beginning that I was getting something that had to do
with environment stuff.

Well, thank you very much for all of your help,

-e

On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 19:14 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> Unfortunately I'm not in front of a linux-box right now 
> but you could try: 
> xhost +localhost:eric 
>   
> since XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=localhost 
> I don't know about that
> one: XAUTHORITY=/var/run/gdm/auth-for-eric-nRFtsF/database  
> I never hat to deal with stuff like that, but that is the direction I
> would be googling for. It is strange that you can run other apps
> though :/ 
> What does your /etc/hosts look like? No idea if is causing this, but
> that file has fxxxed up things so often for me. 
> I'm off for today. 
>   
> cheers, 
> Thomas 
>   
> 
> > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 18:56
> geschrieben: 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > attached. 
> > 
> > thanks, 
> > 
> > -e 
> > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 18:27 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote: 
> > > mmmhh, ok. 
> > > you were doing: 
> > > #xhost +local:hostname 
> > > try: 
> > > #xhost +local:username 
> > > 
> > > so just to get it right: 
> > > you open a terminal (xterm?) 
> > > you run whoami and it prints your username 
> > > you run: csh (or tcsh) 
> > > you 
> > >
> run: /usr/Application/Softimage/Softimage_20/Application/bin/xsi 
> > > ERROR 
> > > you can run xeyes without error 
> > > run: env 
> > > 
> > > like that? 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um
> 18:13 
> > > geschrieben: 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > You mean that particular xterm? 
> > > > (linux-hq44 is the hostname) 
> > > > 
> > > > OK 
> > > > 
> > > > I tried both, same error. 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks, 
> > > > 
> > > > -e 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:58 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote: 
> > > > > When whoami gives you root, it means you are logged in as root
> in 
> > > that 
> > > > > terminal. Make sure whoami returns your username
> (linux-hq44?) 
> > > before 
> > > > > you try to start XSI. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013
> um 
> > > 16:48 
> > > > > geschrieben: 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > you mean, when running ./xsi? 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > root 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > but I get a different error with 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > #xhost +local:linux-hq44 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > hostname: Name or service not know 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > is the only error. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > according to the man page for xhost, you can enter user or
> host, 
> > > but 
> > > > > I 
> > > > > > get the same error in either case... 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I think now the problem may be with the LICENSE I
> generated. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thank You, 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > -e 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:30 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote: 
> > > > > > > type whoami in the terminal 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar
> 2013 
> > > um 
> > > > > 16:24 
> > > > > > > geschrieben: 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Hi, 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > I had thought that might be it. What is the 'user' that
> xsi 
> > > > > runs 
> > > > > > > as? 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > thanks, 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > -e 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 09:55 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote: 
> > > > > > > > > Same problem with a resolution: 
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > >
> http://softimage.ru/forums/index.php?s=c55a23a4a3394528f5518d8269a872ad&showtopic=6845&st=15
>  
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > On 15/01/2013 9:49 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote: 
> > > > > > > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server 
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > > > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the 
> > > biggest 
> > > > > fish 
> > > > > > > in 
> > > > > > > > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in
> the 
> > > > > ocean 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the
> biggest 
> > > fish 
> > > > > in 
> > > > > > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the 
> > > ocean 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest
> fish 
> > > in 
> > > > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the
> ocean 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish
> in 
> > a small pond. I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean 

-- 
some people are particularly preoccupied with being the biggest fish in
a small pond.  I would rather be a small strong fish in the ocean

Re: Pipes and tools u can't live without

2013-01-15 Thread olivier jeannel


What is Ciaran's distance field emitter ?
Sounds good...


Le 15/01/2013 04:38, Andy Moorer a écrit :

Hi all. I'm interested in what people consider as the essentials for a small 
studio Softimage pipeline, in terms of essential tools, scripts and 
customization. I have my own ideas and opinions but want to get a sanity check 
in case I'm missing some cool workflow or toolset, and just out of interest.

I'd also be interested in hearing what people have in their personal toolkits. 
For instance wherever I bring along a personal workgroup which contains a 
plethora of ICE nodes, a small script library of example code and esoteric 
tools, a set of useful addons by others, and a custom menu with a set of more 
personal tools, mostly little time savers, things like general purpose models 
and lighting rigs, etc.

A lot of these things are little but I'd hate to be without 'em. For instance a 
simple menu command which removes screen widgets and makes the BG dark grey is 
so trivial but I'd really miss it. Same goes for Ciaran's signed distance field 
emitter, I love that thing...

Re: Pipes and tools u can't live without

2013-01-15 Thread Daniel Brassard

http://blog.blackredking.org/?p=47

Here you go!

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:26 PM, olivier jeannel wrote:

> What is Ciaran's distance field emitter ?
> Sounds good...
>
>
> Le 15/01/2013 04:38, Andy Moorer a écrit :
>
>  Hi all. I'm interested in what people consider as the essentials for a
>> small studio Softimage pipeline, in terms of essential tools, scripts and
>> customization. I have my own ideas and opinions but want to get a sanity
>> check in case I'm missing some cool workflow or toolset, and just out of
>> interest.
>>
>> I'd also be interested in hearing what people have in their personal
>> toolkits. For instance wherever I bring along a personal workgroup which
>> contains a plethora of ICE nodes, a small script library of example code
>> and esoteric tools, a set of useful addons by others, and a custom menu
>> with a set of more personal tools, mostly little time savers, things like
>> general purpose models and lighting rigs, etc.
>>
>> A lot of these things are little but I'd hate to be without 'em. For
>> instance a simple menu command which removes screen widgets and makes the
>> BG dark grey is so trivial but I'd really miss it. Same goes for Ciaran's
>> signed distance field emitter, I love that thing...
>>
>>
>

Re: Pipes and tools u can't live without

2013-01-15 Thread Peter Agg

Funnily enough the ones I'm most attached to aren't the big asset
management tools; it's my 'Select All Children/Immediate Children/Parents',
'Create Control Root & Target', 'Reset Control Root'  and 'Parent like
Maya' plugins which take the most use. I think the most complicated one
there is about 5 lines long...

On 15 January 2013 18:35, Daniel Brassard  wrote:

> http://blog.blackredking.org/?p=47
>
> Here you go!
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:26 PM, olivier jeannel 
> wrote:
>
>> What is Ciaran's distance field emitter ?
>> Sounds good...
>>
>>
>> Le 15/01/2013 04:38, Andy Moorer a écrit :
>>
>>  Hi all. I'm interested in what people consider as the essentials for a
>>> small studio Softimage pipeline, in terms of essential tools, scripts and
>>> customization. I have my own ideas and opinions but want to get a sanity
>>> check in case I'm missing some cool workflow or toolset, and just out of
>>> interest.
>>>
>>> I'd also be interested in hearing what people have in their personal
>>> toolkits. For instance wherever I bring along a personal workgroup which
>>> contains a plethora of ICE nodes, a small script library of example code
>>> and esoteric tools, a set of useful addons by others, and a custom menu
>>> with a set of more personal tools, mostly little time savers, things like
>>> general purpose models and lighting rigs, etc.
>>>
>>> A lot of these things are little but I'd hate to be without 'em. For
>>> instance a simple menu command which removes screen widgets and makes the
>>> BG dark grey is so trivial but I'd really miss it. Same goes for Ciaran's
>>> signed distance field emitter, I love that thing...
>>>
>>>
>>
>

Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Eric Gunther

I can't find that file,

find: `.xsi_2011': No such file or directory

searched the entire hard drive.

I hadn't seen it, but that makes me more confident.

there is however, an XSI.bin, and in that case I get

 
eric@linux-hq44:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> ./XSI.bin
./XSI.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libadlmint.so.1: cannot
open shared object file: No such file or directory

I looked and that is located in the same directory along with

eric@linux-hq44:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> ls *mint*
libadlmint_libFNP.so.1.3.34  libadlmint.so  libadlmint.so.1
libadlmint.so.1.3  libadlmint.so.1.3.34



before I was trying to change permissions and owner of the file but seem
to get the same result. if I run


eric@linux-hq44:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin>ldd ./XSI.bin

linux-vdso.so.1 (0x7fffc4dff000)
libadlmint.so.1 => not found
libctrls.so => not found
libsisdkplugin.so => not found
libscripthost.so => not found
libdscore.so => not found
libctrl.so => not found
libdsctl10.so => not found
libcts.so => not found
libsisdk.so => not found
libmfbas10.so => not found
libdssdk10.so => not found
libilcor10.so => not found
libspdlparse.so => not found
libsixmlparse.so => not found
libolepro32.so => not found
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x7fe670187000)
libgk10.so => not found
libsigeneral.so => not found
libsialloc.so => not found
libmfc400s.so => not found
liboleaut32.so => not found
libstub.so => not found
liburlmon.so => not found
libwininet.so => not found
libole32.so => not found
librpcrt4.so => not found
libversion.so => not found
libshell32.so => not found
libcomctl32.so => not found
libshlwapi.so => not found
libuuid.so => /usr/lib64/libuuid.so (0x7fe66ff82000)
libwsock32.so => not found
libgdiuser32.so => not found
libadvapi32.so => not found
libmsvcrt.so => not found
libkernel32.so => not found
libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1 (0x7fe66fc6a000)
libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x7fe66fa52000)
libGLU.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1 (0x7fe66f7e4000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6 (0x7fe66f5d1000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x7fe66f3b5000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x7fe66f0ab000)
libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x7fe66edb4000)
libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x7fe66ea0f000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x7fe66e7f9000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x7fe66e5f5000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x7fe66e3d8000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x7fe6704c8000)
libnvidia-tls.so.295.53
=> /usr/lib64/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.295.53 (0x7fe66e1d5000)
libnvidia-glcore.so.295.53
=> /usr/lib64/libnvidia-glcore.so.295.53 (0x7fe66be9b000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x7fe66bc97000)
eric@linux-hq44:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> 


I get a whole bunch of missing libs.  which may be the culprit.



Thank You,

-e




On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 13:13 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote:
> you get the same errors when you try to source .xsi_2011, right?
> 
> 
> On 15/01/2013 12:56 PM, Eric Gunther wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > attached.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > -e
> > On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 18:27 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
> >> mmmhh, ok.
> >> you were doing:
> >> #xhost +local:hostname
> >> try:
> >> #xhost +local:username
> >>
> >> so just to get it right:
> >> you open a terminal (xterm?)
> >> you run whoami and it prints your username
> >> you run: csh (or tcsh)
> >> you
> >> run: /usr/Application/Softimage/Softimage_20/Application/bin/xsi
> >> ERROR
> >> you can run xeyes without error
> >> run: env
> >>
> >> like that?
> >>
> >>
> >>> Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 18:13
> >> geschrieben:
> >>>
> >>> You mean that particular xterm?
> >>> (linux-hq44 is the hostname)
> >>>
> >>> OK
> >>>
> >>> I tried both, same error.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> -e
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:58 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:
>  When whoami gives you root, it means you are logged in as root in
> >> that
>  terminal. Make sure whoami returns your username (linux-hq44?)
> >> before
>  you try to start XSI.
> 
> > Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um
> >> 16:48
>  geschrieben:
> >
> > you mean, when running ./xsi?
> >
> > root
> >
> >
> > but I get a different error with
> >
> > #xhost +local:linux-hq44
> >
> > hostname: Name or service not know
> >
> > is the only error.
> >
> >
> > accord

Re: Do you have a fluid cache file for me?

2013-01-15 Thread Simon van de Lagemaat

Do you need bgeo content to test or are you all good?


On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Schoenberger  wrote:

> **
> > Houdini bgeo?  Not sure if it can spit out any other formats,
> > apparently openVDB is on the way but not sure.
> "OpenVDB will be fully integrated into the next major release of Houdini".
> Right, I forgot bgeo then.
>
> Holger Schönberger
> technical director
> The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night
>
>

Re: installing on opensuse64 12.1

2013-01-15 Thread Stephen Blair


Hi

The .xsi_2011 file is in /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011

In my case:

cd /usr/Softimage
find . -name .xsi_2013_SP1
./Softimage_2013_SP1/.xsi_2013_SP1

When you run this command:

/usr/Application/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin/xsi

it is actually a script that sources .xsi_2011 for you



On 15/01/2013 1:53 PM, Eric Gunther wrote:

I can't find that file,

find: `.xsi_2011': No such file or directory

searched the entire hard drive.

I hadn't seen it, but that makes me more confident.

there is however, an XSI.bin, and in that case I get

  
eric@linux-hq44:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> ./XSI.bin

./XSI.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libadlmint.so.1: cannot
open shared object file: No such file or directory

I looked and that is located in the same directory along with

eric@linux-hq44:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin> ls *mint*
libadlmint_libFNP.so.1.3.34  libadlmint.so  libadlmint.so.1
libadlmint.so.1.3  libadlmint.so.1.3.34



before I was trying to change permissions and owner of the file but seem
to get the same result. if I run


eric@linux-hq44:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin>ldd ./XSI.bin

 linux-vdso.so.1 (0x7fffc4dff000)
 libadlmint.so.1 => not found
 libctrls.so => not found
 libsisdkplugin.so => not found
 libscripthost.so => not found
 libdscore.so => not found
 libctrl.so => not found
 libdsctl10.so => not found
 libcts.so => not found
 libsisdk.so => not found
 libmfbas10.so => not found
 libdssdk10.so => not found
 libilcor10.so => not found
 libspdlparse.so => not found
 libsixmlparse.so => not found
 libolepro32.so => not found
 libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x7fe670187000)
 libgk10.so => not found
 libsigeneral.so => not found
 libsialloc.so => not found
 libmfc400s.so => not found
 liboleaut32.so => not found
 libstub.so => not found
 liburlmon.so => not found
 libwininet.so => not found
 libole32.so => not found
 librpcrt4.so => not found
 libversion.so => not found
 libshell32.so => not found
 libcomctl32.so => not found
 libshlwapi.so => not found
 libuuid.so => /usr/lib64/libuuid.so (0x7fe66ff82000)
 libwsock32.so => not found
 libgdiuser32.so => not found
 libadvapi32.so => not found
 libmsvcrt.so => not found
 libkernel32.so => not found
 libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libGL.so.1 (0x7fe66fc6a000)
 libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x7fe66fa52000)
 libGLU.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libGLU.so.1 (0x7fe66f7e4000)
 libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6 (0x7fe66f5d1000)
 libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x7fe66f3b5000)
 libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x7fe66f0ab000)
 libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x7fe66edb4000)
 libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x7fe66ea0f000)
 libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x7fe66e7f9000)
 libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x7fe66e5f5000)
 libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x7fe66e3d8000)
 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x7fe6704c8000)
 libnvidia-tls.so.295.53
=> /usr/lib64/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.295.53 (0x7fe66e1d5000)
 libnvidia-glcore.so.295.53
=> /usr/lib64/libnvidia-glcore.so.295.53 (0x7fe66be9b000)
 libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x7fe66bc97000)
eric@linux-hq44:/usr/Softimage/Softimage_2011/Application/bin>


I get a whole bunch of missing libs.  which may be the culprit.



Thank You,

-e




On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 13:13 -0500, Stephen Blair wrote:

you get the same errors when you try to source .xsi_2011, right?


On 15/01/2013 12:56 PM, Eric Gunther wrote:

Hi,

attached.

thanks,

-e
On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 18:27 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:

mmmhh, ok.
you were doing:
#xhost +local:hostname
try:
#xhost +local:username

so just to get it right:

you open a terminal (xterm?)
you run whoami and it prints your username
you run: csh (or tcsh)
you
run: /usr/Application/Softimage/Softimage_20/Application/bin/xsi
ERROR
you can run xeyes without error
run: env

like that?



Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um 18:13

geschrieben:

You mean that particular xterm?
(linux-hq44 is the hostname)

OK

I tried both, same error.


Thanks,

-e



On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 16:58 +0100, Thomas Volkmann wrote:

When whoami gives you root, it means you are logged in as root in

that

terminal. Make sure whoami returns your username (linux-hq44?)

before

you try to start XSI.


Eric Gunther  hat am 15. Januar 2013 um

16:48

geschrieben:

you mean, when running ./xsi?

root


but I get a different error with

#xhost +local:linux-hq44

hostname: Name or service not know

is the only er

capturing spherical HDRi's?

2013-01-15 Thread Paul Griswold

Hey guys -

I've been asked to help out on the show "Film Riot", and one of the things
we were discussing is creating your own HDR images.

I know HDRLabs has a ton of great info, but I was curious to know if anyone
else had any good info or resources on the subject that I could pass along.

It's not something I normally do, so I wanted to make sure I was giving
them up-to-date info.

Thanks,

Paul

Re: capturing spherical HDRi's?

2013-01-15 Thread Byron Nash

I found the book HDRI Handbook really helpful on that site. I think they
have a newer version since I read it.


On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Paul Griswold <
pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> wrote:

> Hey guys -
>
> I've been asked to help out on the show "Film Riot", and one of the things
> we were discussing is creating your own HDR images.
>
> I know HDRLabs has a ton of great info, but I was curious to know if
> anyone else had any good info or resources on the subject that I could pass
> along.
>
> It's not something I normally do, so I wanted to make sure I was giving
> them up-to-date info.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
>

Re: Pipes and tools u can't live without

2013-01-15 Thread Andy Moorer

I know, same here... The best scripts I use are tiny, like one that parents 
offset nulls on every object selected. And a 1-line script that cycles viewport 
background colors is great for making particles easier to see. Same goes for 
ice compounds, the simple ones are often the most useful, I have one which 
mimics Maya's sphRand function and I use it all the time.

On Jan 15, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Peter Agg  wrote:

> Funnily enough the ones I'm most attached to aren't the big asset management 
> tools; it's my 'Select All Children/Immediate Children/Parents', 'Create 
> Control Root & Target', 'Reset Control Root'  and 'Parent like Maya' plugins 
> which take the most use. I think the most complicated one there is about 5 
> lines long...

Re: Pipes and tools u can't live without

2013-01-15 Thread Simon Anderson

-Zip constrain tool, select 10 objects (A) then select 10 objects (B) and
every object gets constrained to there significant other, A1 const B1, A2
const B2. just speeds things up so much.
- create cluster with null on each point from a selection of points.

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Andy Moorer  wrote:

> I know, same here... The best scripts I use are tiny, like one that
> parents offset nulls on every object selected. And a 1-line script that
> cycles viewport background colors is great for making particles easier to
> see. Same goes for ice compounds, the simple ones are often the most
> useful, I have one which mimics Maya's sphRand function and I use it all
> the time.
>
> On Jan 15, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Peter Agg  wrote:
>
> > Funnily enough the ones I'm most attached to aren't the big asset
> management tools; it's my 'Select All Children/Immediate Children/Parents',
> 'Create Control Root & Target', 'Reset Control Root'  and 'Parent like
> Maya' plugins which take the most use. I think the most complicated one
> there is about 5 lines long...
>
>


-- 
---
Simon Ben Anderson
blog: http://vinyldevelopment.wordpress.com/

Re: Adjust Shadow density with Physical Sky/Sun?

2013-01-15 Thread Adam Sale

shadow softness when increased way past one will do this, while also
softening the shadow edges.
But, yeah, would be nice to decouple those controls.


On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Byron Nash  wrote:

> level of the shadows. I have the Photographic Exposure

Re: Pipes and tools u can't live without

2013-01-15 Thread Sebastian Kowalski

jep, the small tools are essential for day to day work. like:
-creating a point cloud with an ice tree (!!!)
-selection sensitive parenting primitive creation.
-all kinds of transform tools. switch transforms, add object(s) under srt at 
transform or component selection …
-uncountable compounds. 
-pass/ partition helpers
-utility shader creation

I've wrote so many small tools, that i need a pipeline just for organizing them 
;)

Am 16.01.2013 um 00:50 schrieb Simon Anderson :

> -Zip constrain tool, select 10 objects (A) then select 10 objects (B) and 
> every object gets constrained to there significant other, A1 const B1, A2 
> const B2. just speeds things up so much.
> - create cluster with null on each point from a selection of points. 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Andy Moorer  wrote:
> I know, same here... The best scripts I use are tiny, like one that parents 
> offset nulls on every object selected. And a 1-line script that cycles 
> viewport background colors is great for making particles easier to see. Same 
> goes for ice compounds, the simple ones are often the most useful, I have one 
> which mimics Maya's sphRand function and I use it all the time.
> 
> On Jan 15, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Peter Agg  wrote:
> 
> > Funnily enough the ones I'm most attached to aren't the big asset 
> > management tools; it's my 'Select All Children/Immediate Children/Parents', 
> > 'Create Control Root & Target', 'Reset Control Root'  and 'Parent like 
> > Maya' plugins which take the most use. I think the most complicated one 
> > there is about 5 lines long...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> ---
> Simon Ben Anderson
> blog: http://vinyldevelopment.wordpress.com/

Re: Adjust Shadow density with Physical Sky/Sun?

2013-01-15 Thread Jason S

Sorry didn't see your post, didn't know shadow softness also works for 
shadow transparency thanks!



Also saw that there is an extra "but" one of my sentances :)


/On a material level
*but* you can pipe Ambient Occlusion nodes in your materials' "ambient 
slot" /

Re: Pipes and tools u can't live without

2013-01-15 Thread César Sáez

That happens too!
A centralized launcher and some coding standards helps a lot, otherwise
everything will be a chaos sooner than later.


On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:25 AM, Sebastian Kowalski  wrote:

> I've wrote so many small tools, that i need a pipeline just for organizing
> them ;)
>
>

ICE rigid bodies

2013-01-15 Thread Nick Angus

Hi folks,

I have a simple simulation of particles emitting and colliding with an object, 
I am using the 'simulate rigid bodies' node to do this.  I want to spawn more 
particles on collision but cannot quite get my head around how.  The old method 
of 'spawn on collision' works fine for non rbd's but I want it to be a bit more 
accurate and realistic than that

Cheers for any thoughts

N

Re: Adjust Shadow density with Physical Sky/Sun?

2013-01-15 Thread Byron Nash

For the time being, I put an extra infinite light in there pointing
straight down. I ran across another post saying you needed to crank the
intensity way up to see it. Earlier I couldn't get any lights to make a
difference other than the sun but I am now aware of the need for extremely
strong lights in a physical setup. I'll look into your solution Jason.
Thanks for the very thorough response.

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Jason S  wrote:

> **
> Sorry didn't see your post, didn't know shadow softness also works for
> shadow transparency thanks!
>
>
> Also saw that there is an extra "but" one of my sentances :)
>
>
> *On a material level
>  but you can pipe Ambient Occlusion nodes in your materials' "ambient
> slot" *
>
>
>
>

RE: Do you have a fluid cache file for me?

2013-01-15 Thread Schoenberger

Hi

No, I only got a handful files. 
So if you have a file, please upload it to my website.

The more files I have, the better I can improve speed.
(And for the bafl format the disk size and filtering)

Thanks,
Holger Schönberger
technical director
The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night

  _  

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Simon van de 
Lagemaat
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 8:58 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Do you have a fluid cache file for me?

Do you need bgeo content to test or are you all good? 

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Schoenberger  wrote:

> Houdini bgeo?  Not sure if it can spit out any other formats, 
> apparently openVDB is on the way but not sure.

"OpenVDB will be fully integrated into the next major release of Houdini".
Right, I forgot bgeo then.

Holger Schönberger
technical director
The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night

Re: Pipes and tools u can't live without

2013-01-15 Thread Alan Fregtman

For the quick everyday tools I make strictly for personal use by myself
they often end up in my personal toolbar and it's been growing, and
growing, and growing...

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:56 PM, César Sáez  wrote:

> That happens too!
> A centralized launcher and some coding standards helps a lot, otherwise
> everything will be a chaos sooner than later.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:25 AM, Sebastian Kowalski wrote:
>
>> I've wrote so many small tools, that i need a pipeline just for
>> organizing them ;)
>>
>>
>

Re: Pipes and tools u can't live without

2013-01-15 Thread Martin

I guess It will depend on what you are doing.

I usually carry always my own modeling tools to do simple things like
merge and separate, separate clusters and preserve weights in one click
symetrize polygon and weights
clean Scene and objects according to the project
Mirror and flip FCurves
Copy Animation Branches
Copy Weights (through Gator)
Select mirror components
Align center, objects and components
change image clips and paths
reload scene
lock points
round weights
etc, etc.

Very simple things that I do a lot when I'm modeling or animating and it
really speeds up my workflow.

Some other tools I use:
Eric T.'s ET Naming , RCTools, MX_Roundish, Taut, blr vertex color, Gear,
Ahmidou Lyazidi UVStamp, Incremental Save

UVConnectFace
http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/xb1080/script/UV/UV6.html

and a bunch of basic scripts I customize according to my current project.

I also use a modified version of Gotetz's Non Registered Script to organize
scripts that I don't use all the time.
http://artifacts.sakura.ne.jp/sakanaya/2009/08/softimagenonregistered_script.htm

M.Yara

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