Problem
Launching Maya < 2017 with a binding for Qt 5 on your PYTHONPATH may cause Maya to segfault due to picking up either PyQt5 or PySide2, when it only supports PyQt4 and PySide.
- Affects Maya 2016 and below.
Solution
Limit preferred bindings to those supported by your version of Maya.
# Linux
$ export QT_PREFERRED_BINDING=PySide:PyQt4
# Windows
$ set QT_PREFERRED_BINDING=PySide;PyQt4
$ maya
Problem
Launching Maya < 2017 with a binding for Qt 5 on your
PYTHONPATHmay cause Maya to segfault due to picking up either PyQt5 or PySide2, when it only supports PyQt4 and PySide.Solution
Limit preferred bindings to those supported by your version of Maya.