Can't login with Autodesk ID SSO on Linux
I was able to get passed "ERROR: Error Information: Maya 2026 : [IDSDK] 3073: The PC has not installed WebKitGTK yet, please install WebKitGTK." By doing the following, very similar solution to @jimmy_christensenMSURY.
sudo apt install rpmcat > ~/mk_webkit2gtk3_dummy.sh <<'Bash'
#!/bin/bash
set -e
cat > webkit2gtk3.spec <<'SPEC'
Name: webkit2gtk3
Version: 1
Release: 0
Summary: Dummy Provides: webkit2gtk3 for Autodesk Licensing
License: Public-Domain
Provides: webkit2gtk3
%description
Empty placeholder so rpm -q webkit2gtk3 returns success.
%files
SPEC
rpmbuild -bb --define "_rpmdir $(pwd)" webkit2gtk3.spec
sudo rpm -i --nodeps --force x86_64/webkit2gtk3-1-0.x86_64.rpm
echo "Dummy RPM installed."
Bash
bash ~/mk_webkit2gtk3_dummy.shNow I'm getting the below window but no browser window opens up.
At first I couldn't get a browser window to open. I restarted my machine and it worked, I assume that there is an easier way but it worked and a browser opened and I was able to authenticate through Autodesk. Then I ran into this issue:
In order to register AdskIdentityManager so that Ubuntu would recognize it as an app I did this:
/opt/Autodesk/AdskIdentityManager/Current/AdskIdentityManager --registerI noted that the file it created in ~/.local/share/applications/com.autodesk.AdskIdentityManager.desktop had the AdskIdentityManager's version number in the path instead of "Current" so I updated that file to future proof it.
Then I updated the database and set adskidmgr as the default app:
# make sure the desktop database picks up the new entry
update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
# set it as the default for this scheme
xdg-mime default com.autodesk.AdskIdentityManager.desktop x-scheme-handler/adskidmgrAnd now Maya 2026 works on Ubuntu 24.10
Seems like there are still a few little quirks like complaining about not having access to the internet:
There are also some new errors I don't recall seeing on Maya 2024, here's my startup output:
Detected locale "C" with character encoding "ANSI_X3.4-1968", which is not UTF-8.
Qt depends on a UTF-8 locale, and has switched to "C.UTF-8" instead.
If this causes problems, reconfigure your locale. See the locale(1) manual
for more information.
[2025-04-29 23:57:20.156] [warning] cannot create Service Data folder at path /var/lib/Autodesk/CER, Access to file denied: /var/lib/Autodesk
Warning: Setting a new default format with a different version or profile after the global shared context is created may cause issues with context sharing.
Initialized VP2.0 renderer {
Version : 2016.11.62.12. Feature Level 5.
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090/PCIe/SSE2
Vendor ID: 4318. Device ID :
Driver : 4.6.0 NVIDIA 560.35.03.
API : OpenGL V.4.6.
Max texture size : 16384 * 16384.
Max texture coords : 32
Shader versions supported (Vertex: 5, Geometry: 5, Pixel 5).
Shader compiler profile : (Best card profile)
Active stereo support available : 0
GPU Memory Limit : 24564 MB.
CPU Memory Limit : 119992 MB.
MultiDraw consolidation : enabled
}
OpenCL evaluator is attempting to initialize OpenCL.
Detected 1 OpenCL Platforms:
0: NVIDIA Corporation. NVIDIA CUDA. OpenCL 3.0 CUDA 12.6.65.
Supported extensions: cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_fp64 cl_khr_3d_image_writes cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_icd cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_nv_compiler_options cl_nv_device_attribute_query cl_nv_pragma_unroll cl_nv_copy_opts cl_nv_create_buffer cl_khr_int64_base_atomics cl_khr_int64_extended_atomics cl_khr_device_uuid cl_khr_pci_bus_info cl_khr_external_semaphore cl_khr_external_memory cl_khr_external_semaphore_opaque_fd cl_khr_external_memory_opaque_fd
Selected matching OpenCL Platform: NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA CUDA OpenCL 3.0 CUDA 12.6.65.
OpenCL evaluator choosing OpenCL platform NVIDIA Corporation.
Choosing OpenCL Device NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. Device Type: GPU Device is available.
Detected locale "C" with character encoding "ANSI_X3.4-1968", which is not UTF-8.
Qt depends on a UTF-8 locale, and has switched to "C.UTF-8" instead.
If this causes problems, reconfigure your locale. See the locale(1) manual
for more information.
Detected locale "C" with character encoding "ANSI_X3.4-1968", which is not UTF-8.
Qt depends on a UTF-8 locale, and has switched to "C.UTF-8" instead.
If this causes problems, reconfigure your locale. See the locale(1) manual
for more information.Running these two lines fixed the permissions issue, it's just me on this machine:
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/Autodesk/CER
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/lib/AutodeskAnd I removed "LC_ALL=C" from my Maya.env and that fixed the "UTF-8" issues.
I then created a fresh account to be to see what the default Maya.env looked like and it was empty. I removed everything from my Maya.env and Maya starts fine without any extra complaints. The entries must have been carried over from a previous Maya version.
I found a fix for the above problem. After installing each of Maya's packages with sudo rpm -ivh --nodigest --nofiledigest and following the guides above you will have to grab webkit2gtk4 and javascriptcoregtk from the Fedora 42 repositories. This can be done with the following commands
sudo dnf install 'https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/42/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/j/javascriptcoregtk4.0-2.47.2-3.fc42.x86_64.rpm'
sudo dnf install 'https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/42/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/w/webkit2gtk4.0-2.47.2-3.fc42.x86_64.rpm'
I am not sure if this will conflict with the proper webkit2gtk4.1 which Fedora 43 ships with, but its something to get the Identity manager working again
Good news! Maya 2024 launches in Fedora 44 beta on GNOME! After installing manually using the RPM packages, and being sure to install the latest identity manager first, Maya launched just as I remember. As for differences, GDM and the Plasma-Login-Manager cannot launch X11 sessions anymore. So you will need to use LightDM or SDDM to launch your desktops, as you will need to launch Maya in X11 at least once for the Identity Manager to check you in. I would recommend installing a window manager like WindowMaker for this as it is super light and wont cause a ruckus in your system. Also for the newer licensing services you will need openssl1 installed. Here is the link to the RPM you will need
