Ah thanks for reminding me about the old Wacom-XSI issues. I think I've got a temporary solution. Go into Services, stop the tablet service, start Softimage & then re-start the tablet service.
So far, so good. -Paul On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]>wrote: > by default, softimage should completely ignore tablets, unless you > specifically went and set the environment variable to re-enable the > buggy tablet pressure that was in older versions. > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Paul Griswold > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Does anyone know what Softimage might be doing when it first starts up > that > > a Cintiq-like (Bosto) tablet would cause it to freeze? > > > > For a while now everything has run fine, then suddenly yesterday whenever > > the tablet is plugged in, Softimage starts up and just when you'd > normally > > see the camera view & grid, it just freezes. > > > > I've checked the task manager & Softimage sits and uses 4-10% of the CPU > and > > slowly eats ram. It doesn't show "Not Responding" and it never crashes. > It > > just sits there - almost like a dialog box is hidden off-screen and it's > > waiting for you to click "ok". > > > > If I disconnect the tablet, it works fine. > > > > I haven't installed anything new recently and other software isn't having > > the same problems (though some are) - MOI3D, Lightwave & general purpose > > apps work fine. Softimage & 3D-Coat both do the same thing - boot up, > then > > freeze. > > > > I've tried all the usual stuff - uninstalled, re-installed, tried > different > > USB ports, etc. No luck. > > > > Has anyone had something like this happen before? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Paul > > >
