Maya Not Working On Fc6

[nexus-06]

Guys, I've read a few post here about how to go about installing and getting Maya to run on Linux.

I've tried to get it running myself but it doesn't like me or something.

I'm using Fedora Core 6 and using an Nvidia card which works, yes because I can play Quake 3 and other stuff.

So this is the process I did:

1) Install Maya using RPM
2) Copy the libGLU.so.1.3 from the support/gl/ directory to the Maya lib directory.
3) Renamed the libGLU.so.1.3 to " libGLU.so.1 "
4) Typed "maya" from the command line and the same error about Signall: 11, Attempting to save in . . .

How come it still isn't working?

[deke-kincaid]

First you need to install the opengl accelerated video drivers for your card. Most linux distributions come with a crappy 2d only driver.

Second, stop copying and moving stuff in linux. The system installed things with a specific name and place for a reason and now your moving stuff around and renaming it which results in breaking your system. You need to link stuff instead (like making an alias or a shortcut).
for example: "ln -s /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1.4 /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1"

[nexus-06]

Uh . . .

1) I've already got 3D acceleration set up. I said I can play Quake 3 - of course I'd need 3D acceleration for that.

2) I'm not moving files from the Fedora Core 6 default packages. I'm moving the libGLU.so.1.3 FROM THE MAYA CD. It has nothing to do with moving stuff from my computer.

[deke-kincaid]

QUOTE(Twig @ 11/09/06, 08:43 PM) [snapback]252053[/snapback]
1) I've already got 3D acceleration set up. I said I can play Quake 3 - of course I'd need 3D acceleration for that.
Quake 3 is 7 years old, it can play in software mode with most machines. What video card and which driver version are you running?

QUOTE(Twig @ 11/09/06, 08:43 PM) [snapback]252053[/snapback]
2) I'm not moving files from the Fedora Core 6 default packages. I'm moving the libGLU.so.1.3 FROM THE MAYA CD. It has nothing to do with moving stuff from my computer.
Ahh got it, you never said that If you installed your video card drivers then you don't need the libGLU off the cd.

[suljan]

Hello all. I am also getting this error on FC6 with an 8800gts and the Nvidia 9742 beta drivers.
When I run Maya 7, it shows the initialization screen, and and opens for a fraction of a second, only to close instantaneously.

I get the following error:

CODE
Signal: 11 (Unknown Signal)
Attempting to save in
        /usr/tmp/mtw.20061126.2011.ma

I ran maya through a debugger, and got the following output:
CODE
GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.5-13.fc6rh)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".

(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/aw/maya7.0/bin/maya.bin
[Thread debugging using libthread\_db enabled]
[New Thread 10603680 (LWP 4606)]
[New Thread -1218110576 (LWP 4609)]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 10603680 (LWP 4606)]
0x004d53ec in GLFunctionTable::populate () from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libHWGL.so
(gdb) (gdb) bt
#0  0x004d53ec in GLFunctionTable::populate ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libHWGL.so
#1  0x004e679f in GLStartupContext::GLStartupContext ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libHWGL.so
#2  0x00555696 in OGLRenderBackEnd::createResourceContext ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libHWRender.so
#3  0x042906c1 in T3dView::updateViewingParameters ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libDataModel.so
#4  0x04272b0e in TidleRefreshCmd::refresh ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libDataModel.so
#5  0x0426d6cc in TtoolRefresh::refreshFast ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libDataModel.so
#6  0x04293f68 in T3dView::doUpdate () from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libDataModel.so
#7  0x0294dd5b in Tresponder::handleEvent ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libExtensionLayer.so
#8  0x0048101d in T3dPort::exposeXtCB ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/lib3dGraphics.so
#9  0x00480ca1 in T3dPort::exposeXtCBCB ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/lib3dGraphics.so
#10 0x037154cb in XtCallCallbackList () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6
#11 0x00486996 in TdragEvent::~TdragEvent$delete ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/lib3dGraphics.so
#12 0x03723193 in XtAddExposureToRegion () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6
#13 0x037236c6 in XtDispatchEventToWidget () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6
#14 0x03723da8 in _XtSendFocusEvent () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6
#15 0x03722d17 in XtDispatchEvent () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6
#16 0x0294a9b3 in TeventHandler::analyzeEvent ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libExtensionLayer.so
#17 0x0294a90f in TeventHandler::processXEvent ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libExtensionLayer.so
#18 0x0294a652 in TunixEventHandler::handleEvents ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libExtensionLayer.so
#19 0x02943d99 in TGUIapplication::run ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libExtensionLayer.so
#20 0x0294040b in Tapplication::start ()
   from /usr/aw/maya7.0/lib/libExtensionLayer.so
#21 0x0805261d in appmain ()
#22 0x0806a57b in main ()

Can someone please help me fix this problem? It is pretty urgent.

[suljan]

Still isn't working. Has anyone gotten Maya to work with Fedora Core 6?

[nexus-06]

New discovery!

I ran Maya like this:

maya gdb

My maya started up without crashing. As soon as I try to make a new scene or show the 3D viewport, the maya crashes as usual, returning the signal 11 attempting to save etc.

I can change the preference, access menus and the other menu related stuff but I can't start show the 3D viewport.

Could it be something related to the Nvidia config about drawing graphics to screen that is causing the signall 11 error?

I hope that helps. . . . even if it's just a bit.

EDIT: Actually, running maya with a non-existing maya file will make maya not crash.

However, the script editor gave these errors:

Error: Object not found.
Error: Cannot use data of type no type in a scalar operation.
Error: No object match name: strokeGlobals.wrapH

FUTHER EDIT: Upon following someone's suggestion and renaming all libGL.so files in the /usr/lib directory, Maya works on Fedora Core 6.

Not sure what critical potential errors might happen but I can still play quake 3, super tux, use Gimp, Audacity.

EVEN MORE EDIT: Upon further investigation, it appears that Maya requires libGL.so.1 to run.

Don't bother renaming the libGL.so files inside /usr/lib directory.

All you need to do to make Maya work is copy the libGL.so.1 from /usr/lib directory to your Maya lib directory and it should work.

Nice and clean

[mosc]

im running maya 7 and 8 on fc6 without any kind of trouble, even within xgl and aiglx it runs smoothly

with the beta nvidia drivers (from livna testing repo) and last stables worked fine for me in my 2 wrksts at home (atlhon 4800++ fx7600GTX, pentium extreme 6700 7900GTZ)