Hi,
to all the people out there who have experienced the
following message while starting Maya 4.5 under Linux:
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/usr/aw/maya4.5/bin/maya.bin encountered a fatal error
Signal: 6 (Unknown Signal)
Attempting to save in
/usr/tmp/faeroon.030103.2223.ma
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and don't know what to do - I got the answer
After working on this for nearly a week (switching
distros, packing and unpacking libs, trying this and
that)
I've found that the clue lies with the ColorDepth
of your X-server!
The normal vesa driver seems not capable of handling more
than 16bit color , but to run Maya you need at least 24bit.
NVidia customers should download the newest nvidia driver
for their card (go here for the drivers:
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_archive )
other users should try drivers for their cards.
Here's a quick tutorial how to install the nvidia drivers
under Linux Redhat 8, but it's easy to convert it to other
distros:
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1890&page=2
Just make sure that in your /etc/X11/XF86Config file,
under Section "Screen" you've got:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screenname"
Device "(identifier of your graphics card)"
Monitor (identifier of your monitor)"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" (or whatever you got there)
EndSubsection
EndSection
This is it:
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DefaultDepth 24
Depth 24
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I hope this helped some of you - I've spend a WHOLE
lot of time and many many posts in various linux boards
to find that one out.
Who could've know that it was this that "Signal: 6 (Unknown Signal)" meant!
Anyway - have fun!
Cheers
Faeroon