> > I will see tomorrow if I can dig out which Nvidia driver I used!

> thanks a lot - greatly appreciated!

> cheers!
> chris

> 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-...

>> and:

>> http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/rpcss-servicemain-failed-w...

>> ------

>> Here it goes:

>> after installation as root:

>> yum -y localinstall --nogpgcheck
>> http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-sta...

>> http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-relea...

>> 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: softim...@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_...
>> 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 M tze
>> http://www.glarestudios.de

> Note: without this patch you may notice viewport performance problems.  So this should not be used as a permanent solution to your problem.

> Sean

> -----Original Message-----
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Christoph Muetze
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:50 AM
> To: softim...@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

> yes, i have...

> On 05/23/2012 05:36 PM, Sean Donnelly wrote:
>> Have you disabled selinux?

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
>> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of
>> Christoph Muetze
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:13 AM
>> To: softim...@listproc.autodesk.com
>> Subject: Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

>> i'm wondering, has anyone ever tried running the license server on the same fedora14-machine as softimage? could this possibly be problem?
>> chris

>> On 05/22/2012 04:42 PM, Vladimir Jankijevic wrote:
>>> 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-
>>>> w ith-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-st
>>>> a
>>>> ble.noarch.rpm

>>>> http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-rele
>>>> a
>>>> se-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: softim...@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

> thanks for jumping in and helping out! this actually helped a lot to
> narrow the problem down..

> if i try what you suggested then soft starts up (very slowly) and gets
> past the splashscreen, opens the netview and then segfaults the moment the
> ogl-viewports are drawn.

> disabling the ogl-viewports (via this description ->
> http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/**servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=**
> 123112&id=14691242&linkID=**12544120<http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=1469...>)
> lets me fully start softimage, it takes ages and i can't do a thing without
> ogl-views, but there are no segfaults and no freezing.. so that's a partial
> success, i guess :)

> interestingly enough, if if just disable the the ogl-viewports without
> removing the x11-patch then soft freezes up right after the splashscreen
> again..

> here is the end of the segfault-strace, i can provide the full log (which
> is over 17megs) if necessary...

> ----------------
> [...]
> stat("/home/gizmo/Autodesk/**Softimage_2013/_DSRTL.MTT",
> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=38808, ...}) = 0
> chmod("/home/gizmo/Autodesk/**Softimage_2013/DSRTL.MTT", 0100664) = 0
> lstat("/home/gizmo/Autodesk/**Softimage_2013/wireframe5d7bee**
> a2a52d11e135f74f68.bt <http://wireframe5d7beea2a52d11e135f74f68.bt>",
> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=2539, ...}) = 0
> close(43)                               = 0
> write(27, "Failed to save scene before syst"..., 43) = 43
> write(27, "\n", 1)                      = 1
> lseek(45, 1024, SEEK_SET)               = 1024
> write(45, "R\0o\0o\0t\0 \0E\0n\0t\0r\0y\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\**0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
> 512) = 512
> close(45)                               = 0
> stat("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_11756/**ViewSetup.DSViewSettings",
> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=1536, ...}) = 0
> access("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_**11756/ViewSetup.**DSViewSettings", W_OK) = 0
> unlink("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_**11756/ViewSetup.**DSViewSettings") = 0
> munmap(0x7fa15004c000, 16384)           = 0
> unlink("/var/tmp/Mw_gizmo/**B95CB68D7A32B46ED2E7DB90B5DDF2**95.1052890.tmp. 53")
> = 0
> munmap(0x7fa11e4f7000, 2097152)         = 0
> unlink("/var/tmp/Mw_gizmo/**B95CB68D7A32B46ED2E7DB90B5DDF2**95.1052890.tmp. 52")
> = 0
> lseek(55, 1024, SEEK_SET)               = 1024
> write(55, "R\0o\0o\0t\0 \0E\0n\0t\0r\0y\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\**0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
> 512) = 512
> close(55)                               = 0
> stat("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_11756/**ViewSetupSequence.**DSViewSettings",
> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=1536, ...}) = 0
> access("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_**11756/ViewSetupSequence.**DSViewSettings",
> W_OK) = 0
> unlink("/var/tmp/XSI_Temp_**11756/ViewSetupSequence.**DSViewSettings") = 0
> munmap(0x7fa1495f6000, 16384)           = 0
> unlink("/var/tmp/Mw_gizmo/**B95CB68D7A32B46ED2E7DB90B5DDF2**95.1052890.tmp. 56")
> = 0
> munmap(0x7fa1197cf000, 2097152)         = 0
> unlink("/var/tmp/Mw_gizmo/**B95CB68D7A32B46ED2E7DB90B5DDF2**95.1052890.tmp. 55")
> = 0
> sched_yield()                           = 0
> --- {si_signo=SIGSEGV, si_code=SEGV_MAPERR, si_addr=0} (Segmentation
> fault) ---
> +++ killed by SIGSEGV (core dumped) +++
> ----------------

> has anyone any idea on how to proceed from here?

> (thanks for hanging on in there with me!)

> cheers!
> chris

> On 05/23/2012 10:35 PM, Sean Donnelly wrote:

>> Are you still stuck at the problem where once you start XSI it shows the
>> splashscreen and then hangs?  If so then you can try removing the X11 patch
>> by editing the " ${MWHOME}/scripts/.mwenv" file and looking for the
>> x11patch line.  There you should see where it checks for various fedora
>> versions and sets the x11patch for fc14.  You could temporarily comment
>> that line (should be line 17) and then source the .xsi??? file again.  This
>> will remove that X11 patch folder from your LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  Now see if
>> XSI starts up correctly.

>> Note: without this patch you may notice viewport performance problems.
>>  So this should not be used as a permanent solution to your problem.

>> Sean

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: softimage-bounces@listproc.**autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>[mailto:
>> softimage-bounces@**listproc.autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>]
>> On Behalf Of Christoph Muetze
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:50 AM
>> To: softim...@listproc.autodesk.**com <softim...@listproc.autodesk.com>
>> Subject: Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

>> yes, i have...

>> On 05/23/2012 05:36 PM, Sean Donnelly wrote:

>>> Have you disabled selinux?

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: softimage-bounces@listproc.**autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>
>>> [mailto:softimage-bounces@**listproc.autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>]
>>> On Behalf Of
>>> Christoph Muetze
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:13 AM
>>> To: softim...@listproc.autodesk.**com <softim...@listproc.autodesk.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

>>> i'm wondering, has anyone ever tried running the license server on the
>>> same fedora14-machine as softimage? could this possibly be problem?
>>> chris

>>> On 05/22/2012 04:42 PM, Vladimir Jankijevic wrote:

>>>> 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<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<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-<http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/rpcss-servicemain-failed->
>>>>> w ith-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-st<http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-st>
>>>>> a
>>>>> ble.noarch.rpm

>>>>> http://download1.rpmfusion.**org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-**
>>>>> nonfree-rele<http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-rele>
>>>>> a
>>>>> se-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<http://dl.dropbox.com/u/XXXXXXX/libflashplayer.so>

>>>>> #Dropbox

>>>>> cd /etc/yum.repos.d

>>>>> wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/**XXXXXXX/dropbox.repo<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<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