Hi all, this is my first post on this community, i just have a question it’s just me or maya 2012 is too innestable on linux, i’m using FEDORA 16(64bit) and MAYA 2012 SP2, i know maya 2012 is certified for FEDORA 14, but i cant make it to work stable for more than 30 min, itś simple close the program with a kill signal… :S im using a DELL M6600(quadro 3000m, FERMI), 16GB RAM.. and the lastest stable driver from nvidia 290.10…

thanks!!!!

Without seeing the crash stack trace its hard to know what is the cause
are you using. X11 Compositing ?

There are lots of possibilities more info is needed
output from nvidia-bug-report.sh. Crash trace
Run
maya -d gdb
r

When maya crashes
Use gdb command bt to get backtrace

Nvidia posted new 295.20 drivers today.  Give them a try

Hello,

I am also trying to install Maya 2012 on Fedora 16 64bit.

This is what I have done so far:

Downloaded the Hotfix 1 for Linux from the Autodesk site

from a terminal logged on as root
and enter ./setup

to kick the installation process off.

I get the following messages in the terminal window:
[root@andrew Downloads]# ./setup

(process:8704): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
QGtkStyle cannot be used together with the GTK_Qt engine.
Qt: Session management error: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported

(process:8704): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

Then the GUI maya installer interface pops up, I follow all the prompts.

At the end I am informed Maya was loaded successfully.

However, when I try and launch the application I get an error:

Can you believe it, when I clicked the application to run it the License activation window popped up, and after activating Maya is now working.

So, I don’t need any help. 

I have posted this to let you know Maya 2012 will install on Fedora 16.

What I have noticed though was my terminal window is still logged on as root when I tried to launch Maya, maybe that had a bearing on the license activation window popping up.

Also, I had trouble installing Nuke and Hiero. It turns out Fedora 15/16 have changed the way network devices are labeled.

If you follow the instructions here : http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/support/faqs/#question_97

It will set it back to normal, that’s the only change I have made to my system.

Hope it helps.

rgds

Andrew

System Spec:
Dell T5500
X5650 * 2
20GB ram
Quadro 4000
3 Monitors (27” 3D Asus and 2 22” Dell and Acer)