[solved] No Collada export option, DS 4.9.2.70 pro, Xubuntu 16.10, wine

SkpFX

Just updated my Linux(clean reinstall) to Xubuntu(Ubuntu) 16.10. Installed wine from the reposotory(1.8.5) And DAZ Studio pro, 32 bit, both 4.9.2.70 and 4.9.1.30. Neither installed version had an option to export as .dae. The only export options are .bvh, .cr2, .fbx, .obj, .u3d, .mdd. Running DS in a terminal doesn't give any errors that point me toward a solution. My previous Linux(Mint 17.3) with the same DS(4.9.2.70) exported correctly.

Here's the terminal output...

user@Lapbox:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/DAZ 3D/DAZStudio4$ wine DAZStudio.exe err:winediag:xrandr12_init_modes Broken NVIDIA RandR detected, falling back to RandR 1.0. Please consider using the Nouveau driver instead.(common error, repeated multiple times.)err:winediag:SECUR32_initNTLMSP ntlm_auth was not found or is outdated. Make sure that ntlm_auth >= 3.0.25 is in your path. Usually, you can find it in the winbind package of your distribution.(common error, repeated multiple times.)The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "user".This user must also own the server process.The database cluster will be initialized with locale "C".The default text search configuration will be set to "english".Data page checksums are disabled.fixing permissions on existing directory C:/users/skip/Application Data/DAZ 3D/cms/ContentCluster ... okcreating subdirectories ... okselecting default max_connections ... 10selecting default shared_buffers ... 400kBcreating configuration files ... okcreating template1 database in C:/users/skip/Application Data/DAZ 3D/cms/ContentCluster/base/1 ... err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"pg_ctl: database system initialization failed\n"Execution of PostgreSQL by a user with administrative permissions is notpermitted.The server must be started under an unprivileged user ID to preventpossible system security compromises.  See the documentation formore information on how to properly start the server.child process exited with exit code 1initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/users/skip/Application Data/DAZ 3D/cms/ContentCluster"err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {82c5ab54-c92c-4d52-aac5-27e25e22604c} not registerederr:ole:CoGetClassObject class {82c5ab54-c92c-4d52-aac5-27e25e22604c} not registerederr:ole:create_server class {82c5ab54-c92c-4d52-aac5-27e25e22604c} not registerederr:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {82c5ab54-c92c-4d52-aac5-27e25e22604c} could be created for context 0x17err:module:import_dll Library S3Dmouse.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\DAZ 3D\\DAZStudio4\\plugins\\dzsandio.3dm") not foundpg_ctl: no server runningpg_ctl: no server running

The top two errors are common wine, and were present before the upgrade. As I read it the PostgreSQL CMS tries to start and doesn't(which is common) and I'm guessing that the err:ole is OLE errors when it realizes the CMS isn't there. The S3Dmouse.dll doesn't sound like it's related.

Any ideas? Something isn't meshing and I don't know whether to fight with the Linux version, or wine. DS should work. It has before.

Thanks up front. :)

SkpFX

OK, I got it sorted. Moved the Linux to Mint 18, with wine 1.6.2. I'm fairly sure it was wine that was causing it. 

mjc1016

Even when running the 32 bit version of Studio, I hadn't encountered that on my Slackware install, even with the 1.8 WINE builds.  But, then again I've been compiling my own WINE builds for quite some time, so it may be something with the Ubuntu packages, too.

Generally, I find Ubuntu to be an exercise in frustration...I like Mint much better (of course, I don't think either one is a 'nice' as good old Slack...).

I'm currently running 64-bit Studio in WINE 1.9.20 and it runs at least as, if not more, stable than it does on the Win7 machine I was using to do Iray on, before.

SkpFX

Thanks for the reply mjc1016. I don't follow up very well do I? I haven't played with Slackware since the days when it was the only choice. Ran RedHat when it was free, and then Fedora for a long time. Been on some kind of *buntu for ages, and just recently on Mint. Oh, and I can build a fairly capable Linux from Scratch machine, but quickly get tired of keeping it updated.

I'm happy with the the wine I got and my 32bit DS, since I don't think my GPU cuts mustard. It's a 9800M GS. It's got CUDA, but it's like one point release too early to be compatible with any sort of power tools.

Have Fun!

 

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