The following section explains some issues unique to Maya for Linux, and suggests workarounds.
When holding down any key to enable snapping (for example, v, c, or x) snapping may remain active after the hotkey is released.
Click the middle-mouse button again without the hotkey held down.
A strange pattern may display when you select an isoparm of a NURBS surface.
Select the isoparm again to remove the pattern.
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.
Use the Shift+Alt-right mouse button instead.
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.
Move the cursor slightly to the left to deselect the menu, then go back to the menu and select a menu item.
Sometimes file placement dialog boxes do not display option sub-menus in a readable or visible form.
Try manually resizing the dialog boxes so the option sub-menu is completely visible.
The following are some issues that you might encounter when using Linux and GNOME with Maya.
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.