Hi Dan, awesome, thanks! :-)
I just dug out the old thread I vaguely remembered - if you want you can check it out here.<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!searchin/xsi_list/ubuntu$20segfault/xsi_list/OgyvRv4X22w/yQOE9qb5UxsJ> That was a year ago on Ubuntu 11.04 - keeping my fingers crossed that the issue is solved in 12.04! :-) Cheers, Martin -- Martin Chatterjee [ Freelance Technical Director ] [ http://www.chatterjee.de ] [ https://vimeo.com/chatterjee ] On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Dan Yargici <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Martin, > > No production work no. Opening and Saving definitely worked! I don't > recall having had to merge and I wasn't doing any caching with ICE (but I > was using ICE extensively)... > > I didn't encounter any issues at all and it seemed very stable to me. > I've used 2011 and 2013 with Ubuntu 12.04. > > I'll try to test the ICE caching for you... > > DAN > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Martin Chatterjee < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dan, >> >> cool - have you actually done any production work on this install? >> >> Does opening/saving/merging scenes work for you? And can you read/write >> icecaches? >> >> I personally haven't spent any time trying to get it to work because I've >> read all these reports about these show stopper type problems regarding >> Softimage on Ubuntu... >> >> Cheers, Martin >> >> -- >> Martin Chatterjee >> >> [ Freelance Technical Director ] >> [ http://www.chatterjee.de ] >> [ https://vimeo.com/chatterjee ] >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Dan Yargici <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I've made Soft work on 12.04, but if you were to now ask me how.... the >>> bottom line is that if you go through all the Linux related posts on >>> Stephen's blog you'll get it running totally fine in the end. >>> >>> As an aside, I have to say that I love Gnome Shell (just called Gnome >>> now in 12.04). Unity sucks utter balls IMO but Gnome Shell feels quite >>> nice. >>> >>> DAN >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Stefan Andersson >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Maybe I spoke too soon :) I felt a bit lost, so I'm back into Linux >>>> now. Trying a bit newer distro (Ubuntu 12.04). I know it can't run >>>> Softimage, but I don't use Softimage at home that much anyhow. >>>> It was a nice try, but it felt there were too many gremlins under the >>>> hood that I had no idea of what they were up to. >>>> Too many reboots and too many processes that started working for no >>>> apparent reason, and popups, my god.... it felt like using firefox without >>>> a adblocker. But besides that it was a better experience that my last >>>> attempt which was with Vista. >>>> >>>> I'm back home now. Hell did not freeze over, it's still warm and cozy. >>>> >>>> regards >>>> stefan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Andreas Bystrom < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> ". So... I've installed Windows7 on my workstation at home. And so far >>>>> I'm really impressed with the speed and the response from the system. >>>>> Softimage works a lot smoother on Windows7 than on CentOS 6.3." >>>>> >>>>> hmm, it's not april.... did hell just freeze over? actually the day >>>>> alan jones writes something like that will be the day hell truly freezes >>>>> over.. >>>>> >>>>> on a serious note, for every single windows release that's about to >>>>> come out since win2k I've heard the same exact thing "this will be >>>>> terrible, I'm staying with win xxxx forever" yet those same people somehow >>>>> upgraded throughout the years and found themselves quite happy... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Stefan Andersson <[email protected] >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> It's not any better in the Linux Camp. Everyone is moving towards >>>>>> tablet use. But what boggles me is that... how can the >>>>>> developers themselves stand it? >>>>>> >>>>>> On a side note. >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been using Linux for a long time now, but got fed up with crappy >>>>>> wacom drivers and the crippled paint applications. So... I've installed >>>>>> Windows7 on my workstation at home. And so far I'm really impressed with >>>>>> the speed and the response from the system. Softimage works a lot >>>>>> smoother >>>>>> on Windows7 than on CentOS 6.3. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyhow, going to take a shower now since I feel quite dirty. >>>>>> >>>>>> And I think Windows 8 will be as Vista, a "side-note". They are >>>>>> already talking about Windows9. >>>>>> >>>>>> regards >>>>>> stefan >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Sylvain Lebeau <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> this makes me think about Apple rumour to let go the dev on the mac >>>>>>> pros... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Seem's everybody is going nuts on the mobile thing. And all >>>>>>> professional market get's ignored!! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> i wont be able to do Arnold render regions on my f-ing iphone!!!!! >>>>>>> wtf is going on with these guys!? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> sly >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *Sylvain Lebeau // SHED** >>>>>>> *V-P/Visual effects supervisor >>>>>>> 1410, RUE STANLEY, 11E ÉTAGE MONTRÉAL (QUÉBEC) H3A 1P8 >>>>>>> T 514 849-1555 F 514 849-5025 WWW.SHEDMTL.COM<http://www.shedmtl.com/>< >>>>>>> http://WWW.SHEDMTL.COM <http://www.shedmtl.com/>>**** >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Paul Griswold <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Friday, August 17, 2012 12:18 PM >>>>>>> My main Win 7 workstation has been really acting flaky lately. >>>>>>> Microsoft has just release Windows 8 RTM, so I was wondering if anyone >>>>>>> had >>>>>>> tested it out yet? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I realize there are plenty of opinions on the whole Metro interface, >>>>>>> but I'm just wondering if it's stable and if Softimage will run under >>>>>>> it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I need to take a weekend and reformat this machine & start over >>>>>>> anyway. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Paul >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> stefan andersson - digital janitor - http://sanders3d.wordpress.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Andreas Byström >>>>> Lighting TD - Weta Digital >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> stefan andersson - digital janitor - http://sanders3d.wordpress.com >>>> >>> >>> >> >
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