Maxwell beta 1.2.2 wont start G5

Maxwell beta 1.2.2 wont start G5#47384

By OWF - Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:13 pm

- Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:13 pm #47384

Same old problem by the sound of it, but i've tried all the solutions i've seen posted before. I've run onyX to check permissions. I went through Kabe's [i think thats right!] install instructions, after already fully going through the instructions that come with Beta version 1.2.2. Nothing.
The Cinemaxwell 0.6 plugin for Cinema4D seems to be ok because it is making the .mxs files in the output folder in the Maxwell application, but nothing happens when I hit Render - sometimes it spins for a couple of seconds then nothing!
Nothing happens when i double click the test file rgb.mxs that comes with mawell.
Anyone any ideas?

I have a dual 2gz G5 with OS X 10.4.2 [which other people say is working fine] Cinema4D 9.102

cheers,

Rory.

Once Were Farmers
Digital Image & Animation

#47536

By jakegoat - Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:43 am

- Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:43 am #47536

Have you tried running mxcl in a shell?

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jakegoat

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i’m not on fire'

#47670

By OWF - Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:14 pm

- Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:14 pm #47670

Right... [i'm inexperienced at terminal stuff if you couldn't guess!]

I thought i had, but what i had tried was the commands from the manual.
mxcl -mxs:scene.mxs which results in - "tcsh: mxcl: Command not found."
I've tried the mxcl suggestion from an other post - $MAXWELL_ROOT/mxcl
this results in - "tcsh: /Applications/maxwell.app/Contents/MacOS//mxcl: Permission denied."

i've run the onyX permissions utillity again and still the same?
Is it just running the Verify and repair permissions Mac OS X option in Maintenace?

So it seems like it is a permissions issue? I still don't understand!

Once Were Farmers
Digital Image & Animation

#47679

By OWF - Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:51 pm

- Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:51 pm #47679

Also just tried completely wiping and reinstalling.
And your - chmod -R 777 /Applications/maxwell - suggestion this results in - chmod: /Applications/maxwell: No such file or directory - this i don't understand as the maxwell application is in the applications folder?

Once Were Farmers
Digital Image & Animation

#47690

By bbuxton - Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:31 pm

- Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:31 pm #47690

Same result here.

Funny as I just reinstalled the alpha successfully (to test) and it runs fine. I'm not very comfortable messing with the terminal and system files. Time for me to give up and wait for a much more mature beta or the final product.