The following section explains some issues unique to Maya for Linux, and suggests workarounds.
Putting menu items or option windows on the shelf
When you post a menu in Maya, then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt and click a menu item or option window to put it on the shelf, nothing happens.
Menu items do not seem to be selected
If you click an extended tab panel to show the pop-up menu on a tab panel (as in the Attribute Editor), the cursor appears just inside the left edge of the menu but no menu items are highlighted. The item beneath the cursor is actually selected, but it is not highlighted.
Option sub-menus not always visible
Sometimes file placement dialog boxes do not display option sub-menus in a readable or visible form.
The following are some issues that you might encounter when using Linux and GNOME with Maya.
Mouse pointer appears as a black “X”
Sometimes when you right-click and the mouse pointer becomes a black “X” it remains so for the Maya session and even after restarting Maya.
Set the environment variable MAYA_MMSET_DEFAULT_XCURSOR; the value does not matter. If this variable is set, Maya will set the cursor to the left pointing arrow Cursor on exiting the Marking Menu/Hotbox.
When exiting the hotbox with the workaround already in place, the cursor may remain as the right-pointing red arrow. To remedy this, right-click the scene after exiting the hotbox. The cursor becomes the default left-pointing black arrow. However, the red arrow won’t show up again when you enter the hotbox until you log out and log in again.
When using GNOME window manager on Linux, on exiting from the Marking Menu/Hotbox the cursor may be reset to the default desktop "X" cursor.
Set the environment variable MAYA_MMSET_DEFAULT_XCURSOR; the value does not matter. If this variable is set, Maya will set the cursor to the left pointing arrow Cursor on exiting the Marking Menu/Hotbox.
When exiting the hotbox with the workaround already in place, the cursor may remain as the right-pointing red arrow. To remedy this, right-click the scene after exiting the hotbox. The cursor becomes the default left-pointing black arrow. However, the red arrow won’t show up again when you enter the hotbox until you log out and log in again.