It's not because it is fragile in Linux but there are so many flavours of Linux and the system lib versions differ in these flavours.
To make sure the installation works 100% on your machine, do check the release note for the list of supported OSes. Else, one would probably have to customise his lib to be in sync with Softimage's. Cheers, Chris On 27 Jul, 2013, at 4:53 PM, "Christoph Muetze" <c...@glarestudios.de> wrote: > Hi Sylvain, > > ...i came across the same problem. Softimage seems to becoming more and more > fragile on the Linux side of things, an install becomes harder with every > release :/ > > Fortunately the solution to your problem is fairly simple: > > mv > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2014_SP2/Application/mainwin/mw/lib-amd64_linux/X11/libX11.so.6 > > /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2014_SP2/Application/mainwin/mw/lib-amd64_linux/X11/~libX11.so.6 > > Cheers, > Chris > > > On 07/27/2013 03:12 AM, Sylvain Lebeau wrote: >> Hi thomas and Christoph.... >> >> i am struggling to make Softimage work in Fedora 18. I remember seeing some >> errors in the install log too. But i dont have it underhands right now. >> >> here's the error i get when i try to launch XSI >> if any of you could help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. >> >> /usr/Softimage/Softimage_2014_SP2/Application/bin/XSI.bin: symbol lookup >> error: /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6: undefined symbol: _XGetRequest >> >> thanks! >> >> sly >> >> >> >> On 07/26/2013 04:25 AM, Thomas Volkmann wrote: >>> Nope, I'm on Fedora19. I'm not a 100% sure if I get that problem with all >>> Windowmanagers (KDE/Gnome/Fluxbox). I can check later. >>> >>> > Chris Chia <chris.c...@autodesk.com> hat am 26. Juli 2013 um 10:14 >>> > geschrieben: >>> > >>> > >>> > Just curious, is everyone using just CentOS? >>> > >>> > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com >>> > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Raffaele >>> > Fragapane >>> > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 6:51 AM >>> > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >>> > Subject: Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"? >>> > >>> > Hadn't noticed you guys referred specifically to 2014. Ignore my previous >>> > post, we don't use 2014 yet, only 12 and 13. >>> > >>> > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Alan Fregtman >>> > <alan.fregt...@gmail.com<mailto:alan.fregt...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> > Yep, exact same symptoms... it doesn't register in the window manager at >>> > all. Not sure why, but I'm betting it's Mainwin. :( >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Christoph Muetze >>> > <c...@glarestudios.de<mailto:c...@glarestudios.de>> wrote: >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > i can relate, i'm experiencing exactly the same problem :( >>> > >>> > Softimage 2014 ignores the windowmanager completely, when maximized it >>> > goes beyond the usual borders (almost like fullscreen), it doesn't show >>> > up in taskbar either and when minimized then it becomes a little >>> > icon-like square that is floating on top of every other application or >>> > window. Also it stays fixed to the screen, no matter what workspace i'm >>> > on. So switching spaces always drags Softimage with, no matter what you >>> > do... >>> > >>> > The same behaviour is true for the mainwin control app after the >>> > update... it's the usual suspect for this, i guess - but it is still >>> > noteworthy imho, especially since Softimage 2013 still behaves a 100% >>> > correctly on the same machine... (So do Mudbox 2014 and Maya 2014).. >>> > >>> > If any of the Developers is up for troubleshooting i'm more than willing >>> > to step in and help out as much as i can on my side... just drop me a >>> > line. >>> > >>> > Cheers, >>> > Chris >>> > >>> > >>> > On 07/09/2013 11:54 PM, Alan Fregtman wrote: >>> > Hey guys, >>> > >>> > Anybody out there using Soft2014 with Linux have the problem that it sits >>> > always-on-top of every other window? >>> > >>> > It's pretty annoying and I'm wondering if it's just me. We're on CentOS at >>> > work. >>> > >>> > Cheers, >>> > >>> > -- Alan >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it >>> > and let them flee like the dogs they are! >> >> >
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