thanks steven, I had the same problem here and this is really something that makes me puke. If you state that the only supported distro of linux is Fedora14 and when you first run your setup it returns with an error, then something is really wrong with your testing on the supported platform. I mean, if you guys are about to merge every damn aspect of softimage with the autodesk doctrine, then I would like to see some stuff done on the linux side of things. What do you think?
Cheers Vladimir On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Stephen Blair <stephen.bl...@autodesk.com>wrote: > The libcustomdisplayhost.so error will not prevent Softimage from running. > I get the same error here, and I can run Softimage 2013. > > > > > > Here's a recipe for setting up Softimage on CentOS: > http://groups.google.com/group/xsi_list/msg/6d2d0f483a400e4e > > > > Here's a Fedora recipe posted by another user: > > > > > Stefan Andersson wrote an install-guide for FC13 (see below) that can > be used for FC14 (newer versions of Flash and NVidia available probably). > Most > important is the Nouveau and SeLinux section. I guess you don't need the > update-stuff if you just want a quick test. > > Also important for FC14: > > > http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/the-case-of-the-slow-2011-startup-on-fedora-14/ > > and: > > > http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/rpcss-servicemain-failed-with-1702-000006a6-the-binding-handle-is-invalid/ > > > > > > ------ > > Here it goes: > > > > after installation as root: > > > > yum -y localinstall --nogpgcheck > http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm > > http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm > > > > yum -y update > > > > REBOOT > > > > yum -y groupinstall "Development Tools" > > yum -y install nfs-utils ypbind wget PyQt4 PyQt4-devel > python-pyside libXpm control-center-extra wine.i686 libquicktime vlc > filezilla > gimp gimp-libs ufraw-gimp openssh-server MySQL-python xorg-x11-apps > python-sqlite2 > > > > #Flash > > cp /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins > > #wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/XXXXXXX/libflashplayer.so > > > > #Dropbox > > cd /etc/yum.repos.d > > wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/XXXXXXX/dropbox.repo > > > > yum -y install nautilus-dropbox > > > > #NVIDIA > > cd /root > > wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/XXXXXXX/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.53.run > > > > #------------DISABLE NOUVEAU (opensource nvidia crap) > #GRUB.CONF Edits nano /etc/grub.conf last in the kernel line: > nouveau.modeset=0 > > > > #MODPROBECONF edits > > nano /etc/modprobe/blacklist.conf > > blacklist nouveau > > > > #SELINUX > > nano /etc/selinux/config > > disabled > > > > #REBOOT > > install Nvidia > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Christoph Muetze > Sent: May-22-12 9:52 AM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please! > > Hi everyone, > > I recently upgraded my Softimage Network license to the Maya > Entertainment Creation Suite Premium - mainly for finally being able to > switch over to Linux (i had used mudbox2009 before, which was > windows-only). > > First let me say: Maya2013 and Mudbox2013 install and work _fine_. On > every (rpm based-)System i tried them on. > > (though i wish i didn't have to google up on how to install these > programs (for real). because the documentation provided by autodesk is > really "limited". things like "use tcsh to install" and "you will need > redhat-lsb" are spread all over their site (IF they are there at all and > not buried in some user-forums somewhere else...) > > My problem is Softimage2013, the one tool i truly need and can't get to > work under linux. I tried Fedora14, Centos, even unsupported Distros > like Debian. I tried it with different machines, several different > Geforces & Quadros, different Kernelversions and Nvidia drivers > (recommended and unrecommended ones). i have no idea what is wrong. > > Here is what happens: > > When i install softimage (using tcsh or csh) it installs supposedly > correctly but spits out a "setup did not complete sucessfully" in the end. > A look at the logfile reveals that cmdreg failed to complete the > XSICOMDLLs list (see > http://www.pixelz.de/stuff/softimage2013_fedora_install-log.txt). > So i tried to manually run it with cmdreg -f > "Application/bin/XSICOMDLLs.lst after sourcing .xsi_2013, here is the > result: http://www.pixelz.de/stuff/cmdreg_xsicommdlls-lst.txt <- it > complains it can't load the custom display host (the error warning looks > more like a windows error, though - so i'm not sure how much this > actually reveals..). > Next i ldd'ed the customdisplayhost.so manually to see what happens. > this is the log: > http://www.pixelz.de/stuff/ldd-libcustomdisplayhost-so.txt <- everything > looks fine as far as i can tell.. > Starting Softimage shows the splashscreen, the gui is drawn partially > and then the program hangs forever. > Here is the strace (1.3mb, might take a while to load): > > http://www.pixelz.de/stuff/strace_soft2013_fed14_hangs_forever_after_splashscreen_appears.txt > The last line is a "futex(0x2cd65b0, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL" > > This happened with every Softimage version i tried to install and start > so far (2011-2013) on every machine i have (several desktops and two > laptops) > > The system i used to do this latest testrun and generated the above > mentioned Logfiles: i7quad, 6gigs ram, Kernel Linux > 2.6.35.14-106.fc14_x86_64, Gnome 2.32.0, Geforce GT 330M - nividia > driver 280.13 > > Any help on how to further investigate or solve this problem is highly > appreciated! > > Thanks in advance, > > cheers! > Chris > > -- > --- > Christoph Mütze > http://www.glarestudios.de > > > > -- --------------------------------------- Vladimir Jankijevic Technical Direction Elefant Studios AG Lessingstrasse 15 CH-8002 Zürich +41 44 500 48 20 www.elefantstudios.ch ---------------------------------------
