Maya1.5 Qualification

Products	Version	Software Cut	Inst version	CD Date	Notes
Maya	1.5	9810151513	Maya, 1.5: 150164488 Developers' Kit: 150164492 Maya Artisan: 150164492	Oct `98	Maya 1.5, Developer's Kit, Artisan, On-line documentation
Composer Lite	5.0	9806101334	Composer, 5.0: 500000014	June `98	Composer & VizPaint2D
Purchasers of Maya PowerModeler should refer to the Alias qualification chart Purchasers of Maya Live should refer to the Maya Live Qualification Information. Purchasers of Maya Cloth should refer to the Maya Cloth Qualification Information.

• The 1.5 distribution consists of:
  • Maya, Maya F/X, Maya Artisan, Maya Developer's Tool Kit, On-line Help.
  • Composer and VizPaint2D
• Purchasers of Maya PowerModeler will receive an additional PowerModeler box.
  • Maya PowerModeler

Please Note The Following:

• IRIX 5.3 Notification:

  Maya 1.0 is fully qualified and supported only under IRIX 6.2 and higher OS/Hardware configurations and will not load or run under IRIX5.3.

• How To Obtain IRIX 6.2 (or higher)

  Customers with valid SGI software support should have already received IRIX 6.2, which was sent out starting in May 1996. Customers in North America who have not received IRIX 6.2 yet, should call the Technical Assistance Center at 1-800-800-4744. International customers should call their local SGI office.

• Patch Sets:

  Qualification for this release was performed using the specified recommended patch sets from SGI. We strongly recommend that all indicated patches be installed for the proper operation of the Maya software.

  Patch sets are patches that Silicon Graphics recommends you install on your system. These patches are considered crucial for successful system operation. Patch sets are updated every month and new patches are regularly added and replaced as required. Alias will usually only attempt to qualify with quarterly or half-yearly patch sets.
  It is possible for new workstations to have a more recent patch set installed than Alias's recommended one. In such a case we do not recommended that you remove that patch set to downgrade to an older one. It is unlikely that the new patch set will cause any problems but in the event that a patch related problem occurs you may have to contact SGI support at the above listed number.

• How To Obtain IRIX Patch sets

  Customers with valid SGI software support can gain access to patches through the worldwide web:

  http://support.sgi.com

  Customers without worldwide web access should call the Technical Assistance Center or their local SGI office as indicated above.
  You can subscribe to an e-mail notification service for patch sets. This service will give you a detailed account of patch set modifications and additions. Subscription is located in the Supportfolio Online Membership section.

File Compatibility:

Maya 1.0 NT and IRIX	Maya 1.5 has the ability to export Maya 1.0 files. Maya 1.5 can read Maya 1.0 format files. See What's new in File Formats inWhat's New in Maya 1.5, and also Data compatibility between Maya 1.5 & previous versions in Late Breaking News for details.
Maya Cloth	Maya Cloth 1.0 is compatible with Maya 1.5.
Maya Live	Maya Live 1.5 is compatible with Maya 1.5. Maya Live 1.0 will not work with Maya 1.5. You must install Maya Live 1.5 for use with Maya 1.5.
Alias	Maya 1.5 reads Alias 9.0 wire files. Maya 1.5 exports Alias 8.1 wire files.
MediaStudio	Maya 1.5 will also import any 3Design Geo files created since 4.2.
StudioPaint	Maya 1.5 is compatible with StudioPaint 9.0. See the StudioPaint documentation for more details.

Maya Cloth 1.0, Maya Live 1.5, Alias 9.0 and StudioPaint 9.0 are scheduled for distribution later this year (1998).

Maya Developer's Tool Kit:

Usage of Maya Developers' Kit requires MIPSpro 7.1 or 7.2 compilers. The MIPSpro 7.2 compiler is strongly preferred. Please see note [p9] under Patch Related information and solutions below.

Maya 1.5 Qualification Chart
Hardware	Qualified on IRIX...	Known Problems	Required patches
Octane SI/SSI/MXI/ESI/ESSI/EMXI	IRIX 6.4 for Origin, Onyx2 and Octane	[14]	[p0] [p4] [p9] [p10] June 1 `98
	IRIX 6.5.0	[1] [9] [11] [13]
Octane Dual/Duo	Untested: IRIX 6.4 for Origin, Onyx2 and Octane		[p0] [p4] [p9] June 1 `98
	Untested: IRIX 6.5.0
Onyx2 Infinite Reality2	IRIX 6.4 for Origin, Onyx2 and Octane	Severe Problem: [10]	[p0][p5][p9] June 1 `98
Origin 200/2000	IRIX 6.4 for Origin, Onyx2 and Octane		[p0][p5][p9] June 1 `98
	Untested: IRIX 6.5.0
O2 R5000/R10000	IRIX 6.3 for the O2 including R10000	[13]	[p0][p3][p9] June 1 `98
	IRIX 6.5.0	[9] [13]
Indigo2 R10000 Impact Graphics	IRIX 6.2		[p0] [p1] [p9] June 1 `98
Indigo2 R10000 Extreme	Untested: IRIX 6.2		[p0] [p1] [p9] June 1 `98
Indigo2 R4400/R4600 Impact Graphics	IRIX 6.2	[3] [6]	[p0] [p1] [p9] June 1 `98
Indigo2 R4000/R4400/R4600 Extreme	IRIX 6.2	[5]	[p0] [p1] [p9] June 1 `98
Indigo2 R4000/R4400/R4600 XZ	IRIX 6.2	[4]	[p0] [p1] [p9] June 1 `98
Indigo2 R4000/R4400/R4600 XL	Untested: IRIX 6.2	[5]	[p0] [p1] [p9] [p11] June 1 `98
Power Indigo2 R8000	Untested: IRIX 6.2		[p0] [p1] [p9] June 1 `98
Onyx R10000 InfiniteReality	IRIX 6.2	[7]	[p0] [p6] [p9] June 1 `98
Onyx R10000 VTX/RealityEngine2	Untested: IRIX 6.2		[p0] [p2] [p6] [p9] June 1 `98+patch2739
Onyx R4400 InfiniteReality	Untested: IRIX 6.2		[p0] [p6] [p9] June 1 `98
Onyx R4400 RealityEngine2	IRIX 6.2	[8]	[p0] [p2] [p6] [p9] June 1 `98+patch2739
Power Onyx R8000	Untested: IRIX 6.2		[p0] [p6] [p9] June 1 `98
Crimson All Models	Untested: IRIX 6.2		[p0] [p7] [p9] June 1 `98
Challenge R4400	IRIX 6.2		[p0] [p6] [p9] June 1 `98
Power Challenge R8000/R10000	Untested: IRIX 6.2		[p0] [p6] [p9] June 1 `98
Indy R4000/R4400/R4600/R5000 with 24bit graphics	IRIX 6.2	[6] [12]	[p0] [p1] [p9] [p11] June 1 `98 (minus 2779)
Any Indy with 8bit graphics	INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS CANNOT RUN. For other purposes refer to Indy
Indigo R4000 with 24 bit graphics	Unsupported: IRIX 6.2	[2]	[p0] [p1] [p9] June 1 `98
Indigo R4000 with 8 bit graphics	INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS CANNOT RUN. For other purposes refer to Indigo

• For any product other than Render Software, all SGIs require a z-buffer, except Indy XL, and
  Indigo2 XL. Eight-bit graphics configurations are not supported.
• A minimum of 128MB RAM is required.

Platforms marked Untested have not been tested in any way by Alias, and at time of press are NOT Qualified. However, based on all the information we have, if you encounter any problems we recommend you install the indicated patch set.

Tip when installing patchsets:

When installing patchsets you should use the option to install all applicable patches. In inst by using the i A command. In Software Manager select Panes->Command from the menu, and enter i A in the command field when in Customize Installation mode.

Patch Related information and solutions

[p0] IMPORTANT! Patch 2715 is part of all June patchsets but should NOT be installed. If you install the June patchset on any platform you MUST install patch 3135 which supersedes patch 2715. Patch 3135 is available for download from http://support.sgi.com. Installing patch 2715 will cause software instability and possible crashes.

[p1] All noted IRIX 6.2 machines should have the June 1 patch set installed which includes:

1397, 1417, 1472, 1482, 1492, 1598, 1615, 1638, 1639, 1678, 1723, 1961, 1973, 1982, 2030, 2070, 2090, 2122, 2133, 2143, 2181, 2200, 2213, 2239, 2253, 2262, 2271, 2278, 2314, 2331, 2373, 2383, 2414, 2422, 2423, 2431, 2575, 2580, 2673, 2677, 2678, 2687, 2777, 2779, 2851, 2852, 2861, 2870, 2956, 2968, 3135.

[p2] IRIX 6.2 systems with RealityEngine2 graphics require patch 2739. This should be installed instead of patch 2327.

[p3] In addition to IRIX6.3 O2 R10000, the June 1 patch set should be installed which includes:

1759, 1860, 1894, 1959, 1974, 1995, 2023, 2037, 2077, 2087, 2090, 2094, 2112, 2133, 2144, 2148, 2153, 2180, 2213, 2232, 2240, 2244, 2257, 2275, 2279, 2334, 2383, 2392, 2413, 2422, 2432, 2447, 2485, 2537, 2575, 2603, 2652, 2680, 2704, 2747, 2753, 2757, 2774, 2796, 2801, 2838, 2852, 2862, 2933, 2957, 2969, 3135.

The qualified OS can be identified in the following way: uname -R displays "6.3 O2 R10000"

[p4] In addition to IRIX6.4 S2MP+OCTANE, the June 1 patch set should be installed which includes:

1831, 1847, 1853, 1859, 1894, 1902, 1908, 1975, 1984, 2024, 2078, 2091, 2107, 2133, 2149, 2152, 2213, 2233, 2241, 2258, 2280, 2291, 2294, 2335, 2344, 2367, 2372, 2392, 2394, 2395, 2426, 2448, 2538, 2560, 2600, 2753, 2754, 2781, 2798, 2823, 2837, 2839, 2842, 2863, 2871, 2877, 2878, 2880, 2895, 2911, 2923, 3135.

The qualified OS can be identified in the following way: uname -R displays "6.4 S2MP+OCTANE"

All configurations of single and dual processor SI, SI+TRAM, SSI, MXI, SE, SSE and MXE are qualified.

Dual and Duo Octane configurations have not been tested in any way by Alias, and at time of press are NOT Qualified.

[p5] In addition to IRIX6.4 S2MP+OCTANE, the June 1 patch set should be installed which includes:

1765, 1776, 1975, 1984, 2014, 2024, 2047, 2048, 2071, 2078, 2091, 2110, 2133, 2149, 2213, 2233, 2258, 2280, 2294, 2332, 2344, 2370, 2394, 2395, 2413, 2426, 2560, 2600, 2645, 2753, 2754, 2781, 2789, 2795, 2823, 2837, 2839, 2842, 2863, 2871, 2878, 2898, 2911, 2923, 2945, 2958, 2970, 3135

The qualified OS can be identified in the following way: uname -R displays "6.4 S2MP+OCTANE"

[p6] In addition to IRIX6.2, the June 1 patch set should be installed which includes:

1253, 1397, 1417, 1492, 1503, 1591, 1598, 1638, 1639, 1678, 1723, 1746, 1964, 1973, 2070, 2086, 2133, 2143, 2147, 2181, 2200, 2213, 2239, 2253, 2314, 2327, 2331, 2365, 2369, 2371, 2414, 2431, 2673, 2678, 2761, 2777, 2851, 2861, 2870, 2968, 3135.

[p7] In addition to IRIX6.2, the June 1 patch set should be installed which includes:

1227, 1270, 1397, 1417, 1485, 1492, 1499, 1550, 1598, 1613, 1615, 1639, 1666, 1678, 1703, 1717, 1723, 1746, 1753, 1768, 1861, 1918, 1973, 1982, 2022, 2042, 2044.

[p8] Systems running under IRIX 6.5 may encounter minor graphics related problems that are not listed here in detail. These problems should not affect your workflow. This does not affect qualification for this release.

[p9] Maya 1.0.x plug-ins that require support for C++ exceptions will not function correctly on IRIX 6.2, 6.3 or 6.4 unless patch 2758 is installed on the system. The only plug-in provided with Maya 1.5 that requires this functionality is ribExport, however, third party plug-ins may require it. If you attempt to use such a plug-in without the patch installed, Maya will crash with the error:
Assertion failed in file "../../c++runtime/throw.cxx", line 841
(For the interested: Patch 2758 consists of just the necessary parts of the previously required and now superseded Patch 2483 which was very large.)

[p10] We have unconfirmed reports of crashes with Patch3108 which appears in SGI's Octane patch set for July and later. Patch 3108 is not in any of the currently qualified patch sets for Maya. Since Alias has not yet qualified Maya with Patchsets beyond June, at time of press, we cannot offer any advice.

[p11] On some systems with "NG1" graphics (use /usr/gfx/gfxinfo to find out what your graphic system is) attempting to open the Color Picker or switching between wireframe and shaded mode may cause Maya to crash. Removing Patch 2779 prevents this problem. (So far we've encountered this bug on some R5000 & R4600 Indys and on R4400 Indigo2 XL.)

Known Qualification related problems

[1] [IRIX 6.5] You may see minor graphics discrepancies compared with other systems, but these should not affect your workflow.

[2] Although Maya 1.5 will run on R4000 Indigo and Indy systems, the performance of Indigo R4000s is inadequate for most practical usages of Maya, Indigo R4000 is no longer supported. Alias cannot guarantee that all functionality in this or future versions of Maya will operate. Due to a limitation of some models of R4000 Indigo and Indy systems, they may be unable to run some features of Maya or may be unable to launch it, resulting in "WARNING: Too many contiguous end-of-page jump or divide problems in [maya.exe]". There is no workaround for this.

[3] On Indigo2-HighImpact systems, the Render View window displays a banded (as if 8-bit) view of images even though the data is actually good (24-bit)

[4] Indigo2-XZ systems will experience a variety of graphics related limitations:

• in X-ray shaded mode; not all objects appear semi-transparent, surfaces may change color when displayed with cloud particles present in the scene, geometry may vanish during interactive camera moves.
• CVs and other components may change color during interactive camera moves.
• Hardware Render Buffer may display surfaces in incorrect colors.

[5] Indigo2-Extreme systems will experience the following limitations:

• in X-ray shaded mode, mapped textures are displayed incorrectly and other surfaces may change color during interactive camera moves.
• Hardware Render Buffer may display surfaces in incorrect colors.

[6] Indigo2-SolidImpact and Indy-XZ will occasionally display NURBS surfaces in black instead of the correct texture in shaded mode.

[7] Onyx InfiniteReality systems will experience the following limitations:

• Selection Handles, 1st and 2nd CVs, emitters, fields and edit points appear as black squares instead of their correct graphic.
• Hardware Render Buffer may not display procedural textures correctly, especially ramps. Attempting to perform a Render Sequence may result in all black frames.

[8] On Onyx-RE2 systems, attempting to perform a Hardware Render Buffer - Render Sequence may result in all black frames.

[9] On Octanes and O2s running IRIX 6.5, the first execution of the playblast command can take 30-180 seconds to initialize. During this time, the application may appear to be frozen. When initialization is complete performance will be normal. Subsequent playblasts will not have this delay.not relevant

[10] Onyx2 InfiniteReality (IR2) systems will experience the following limitations:

• In shaded mode with hardware lighting, some polygon surfaces may appear completely black.
• Hardware Render Buffer may not display 2d textures correctly.
• Fields and emitters are displayed as brown 2d boxes instead of their correct graphic.
• Diverse crashes when opening and displaying in shaded mode: Some files cause instant crashes, importing files with textures combined with tgl texture ON can crash.
• Occasional crashes looking through selected (directional) light.

[11] On Octane MaxImpact (MXI) running IRIX 6.5, Hardware Render Buffer does not correctly interpret alpha channel in texture files.

[12] Indy-XZ systems will experience the following limitations in shaded mode:

• surfaces do not display transparency correctly.
• Occasionally, NURBS surfaces display in black and do not display textures.

[13] image planes jitter and resize when doing track/dolly/tumble.

[14] On all Octanes but more noticeably on SolidImpact, ESI and EMXI graphics, occasionally during click-drag selection of CVs some appear not to be selected (they remain the deselected color) although they are selected. Additionally, some selected CVs may be visible through other objects in shaded mode.

NOT SUPPORTED

Maya 1.5 IS NOT QUALIFIED and NOT SUPPORTED on R2000 and R3000 based systems:

• Professional Series
• Power Series
• Personal Iris
• R3000 Indigo

In addition, the following Graphics Systems ARE NOT QUALIFIED and NOT SUPPORTED:

• GT Graphics
• GTX Graphics
• VGX Graphics
• VGXT Graphics
• ANY 8-bit Graphics platform

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