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. >
