Last Updated: March 30 2001

Qualification of Maya 3.0 on Red Hat Linux 6.2
Products Version Software Date
Maya Builder
3.0
200103131609
Maya Complete 3.0 200103131609
Maya Unlimited  3.0 200103131609

System

Maya 3.0 is qualified on the following systems with Red Hat 6.2.
Company Model Web
sgi Visual Workstation 230/330/550 www.sgi.com
HP HP FX10 www.hp.com

Graphics

Maya is qualified with the following graphics adapters (with the specified driver for the specified operating systems). Alias has tested only drivers listed under each OS. While it may be possible to use Maya successfully on earlier or later drivers, Alias cannot guarantee their performance or behaviour. If you encounter problems with a driver, we strongly suggest that you contact the graphic card vendor to report your problem.
Company Graphics Controller Driver Version on
Red Hat 6.2		 Driver Version on 
Red Hat 7.0 (with glibc update)
sgi VR3 0.9-769 Not Qualified on 7.0
HP Visualize FX10 1.2.0 Not Qualified on 7.0
NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro 0.9-769 Not Qualified on 7.0
Sonic Blue Fire GL2 Not Qualified on 6.2 1.31
see below for important details about each of these graphics cards.

Video Cards without Hardware Overlay Planes

There will be visual differences compared with Hardware overlays that may result in difficulty seeing or manipulating aspects of the scene or Maya interface.
Examples of Graphics cards without Hardware overlays include (but are not restricted to):
  • VR3
  • Quadro line of cards
    • Although Maya may be used successfully on systems containing these Graphics Cards, only those specifically  listed here have been tested. Please review the notes below carefully as some of these cards have limitations which may make them unsuitable for your purposes.
    Important Notes:
    Please Read
    • A three button mouse is required. 
    • At least 128 MB of RAM is required and 256 MB or more is strongly recommended. 
    • It may be possible to successfully use Maya with a non-qualified or partially qualified configuration, but support and maintenance programs will be subject to the Alias Support services guidelines. 
    • The configurations shown are subject to change, and additional qualified configurations may be added after qualification testing has been carried out. 
    • Where Graphics Controllers are configurable, you must have at least 16MB of texture memory (TRAM). Due to the differences in the manner in which hardware vendors approach display memory, we suggest that you consult your hardware vendor to ensure that your configuration will support your required resolution. 
    • The graphics drivers specified in this table are the drivers that were used for the qualification process. While it may be possible to use Maya successfully on earlier or later drivers, Alias cannot guarantee their performance or behaviour.
    • We do not recommend saving data directly from Maya to NFS or other remote mounted file systems. We strongly recommend that you save the files locally and then copy the data to the mounted storage system. 

    Specific Graphics/Driver Information:
    VR3
    Model Version Driver Settings
    VR3 (sgi) Red Hat 6.2: 0.9-769
    Not qualified on
    Red Hat 7.0    		 Requires VWE3.0 available from SGI.
    Limitations and Solutions
    Limitation No Hardware Overlay Planes - Features making use of the the overlay planes (brush outlines, timeline indicators, texture placements, etc) will appear grey instead of the appropriate highlight colour.
    Solution None

    FX10
    Model Version Driver Settings
    FX10 (HP) Red Hat 6.2: 1.2.0
    Not qualified on
    Red Hat 7.0    		 default settings
    Limitations and Solutions
    Limitation Multipass hardware renders in textured mode can result in black renders.
    Solution None. We are currently working with HP to correct the problem.
    Limitation Hardware rendering of sprites sometimes render as grey rectangles.
    Solution None. We are currently working with HP to correct the problem.

    Quadro2 Pro
    Model Version Driver Settings
    Quadro 2 Pro (NVIDIA) Red Hat 6.2: 0.9-769
    Not qualified on
    Red Hat 7.0    		 default settings
    Limitations and Solutions
    Limitation No Hardware Overlay Planes - Features making use of the the overlay planes (brush outlines, timeline indicators, texture placements, etc) will appear grey instead of the appropriate highlight colour.
    Solution None

    Fire GL2
    Model Version Driver Settings
    Fire GL2 (sonicblue) Red Hat 7.0: 1.31
    Not qualified on
    Red Hat 6.2     		Requires XFree86 4.0.2 and the glibc update for Red Hat 7.0
    Limitations and Solutions
    Limitation May sometimes fail to display painted skin weights.
    Solution None