Setup guide

Test your Linux environment
If any of these tests fail, contact your hardware vendor, or your Linux vendor for assistance. Autodesk
Customer Support does not provide support with Linux administration and configuration.
■ Confirm that you can use Linux in graphical mode at a resolution of 1900 by 1200 pixels.
■ Confirm that the proper version of Linux is installed. In a terminal, as root, run cat /etc/redhat-release
The version must match one of the OS versions listed at www.autodesk.com/flare-systemrequirements.
■ Test that the workstation has network access: ping 192.168.0.1
■ If you are using a Wacom pen tablet, test that the tablet driver works properly, by typing: wacdump
/dev/input/wacom. The command should display a number of parameters for the Wacom tablet. As you
move the stylus on the tablet, various parameters, such as POS_X and POS_Y should change.
■ If you plan to use audio, test that the ALSA sound driver:
1 Connect a pair of speakers or headphones to the audio output connector of your sound card.
2 Run alsamixer , unmute all sound channels, and set their volume to maximum.
3 Press Esc to quit alsamixer .
4 List the available sound devices by running: aplay -l.
5 Test the sound on one of the sound cards listed by aplay, for example: speaker-test
-D”plughw:<card>,<device>” -c2 -twav. Where <card> is the card number, and <device> is the
device number, as listed in the output of aplay. If your workstation has several sound cards, make
sure you test the one you have plugged your speakers into. If the sound system works properly, you
hear a voice in the speakers or headphones, and the command output contains several lines similar
to the following:
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
Time per period = 2.730375
0 - Front Left
1 - Front Right
Time per period = 2.986758
Prepare the installation media
Check the release announcement to find out on what media the installers are available.
Major releases are distributed on a USB device. To mount a USB device:
■ Attach the device. Log in to the terminal as root. On Red Hat 6, change directory to the USB mount point
at /media/AUTODESK/. On Red Hat 5, continue with the following steps.
■ Use the dmesg command to output something like sdf: sdf1 to list a recent device connected. Or list
the devices attached to your system with the command: fdisk -l | grep "/dev/sd". The device assigned
to the USB device should look similar to /dev/sds or /dev/sde
■ On a fresh Red Hat 5 installation, automount is enabled , but execution from the device is disabled by
default. So you must enable it:
1 unmount the USB drive with eject /<mountpoint> or eject /dev/<device id>.
2 Create a mount point directory for the disk with mkdir /mnt/usbdisk.
3 Mount the device mount -o shortname=winnt /dev/<device>1 /mnt/usbdisk. Or from the GUI
browse to /dev, right-click the USB device, and choose Mount.
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