ND - the undocumented maya env variable "MAYA_GEFORCE_SKIP_OVERLAY" iwas removed with the QT api. So from maya 2010 onward it does nothing! Which once again leads me to believe it's something about the Qt API causing the no refresh problem.

However, when you consider the number of people other then me using geforce cards just on the simply maya site alone I find it hard to believe that it's a nvidia geforce issue. I doubt I am the only peerson on this site using a GTX 480 and the latest geforce drivers 306.97.

If it was a geforce issue I have to believe more people would be seeing the problem. it's pissing me off because this issue has been plaguing me for the last four releases of maya! It occurs on every installation of maya I have made. That is at least 4 fresh installs, if you add in updates that require a complete uninstall and reinstall that's now at least 10 installations of various versions and updates to maya. I have a laptop and two primary systems, which have had different hardware, os's, and software and I just rebuilt a brand new system and all of them, that is every installation of maya since 2010, have this problem with the display no longer refreshing!

Now on this latest build not only does the display stop refreshing and the outliner and the channel box go blank and stop updating but now I cannot exit maya and have to kill the process from the task manager! I SIMPLY CANNOT WORK THIS WAY!

What makes it more maddening is it can take anywhere from instantly to infinately for the problem to manifest! I cannot force the problem so it is impossible for me to try and determine any specific sequence of things that is causing it.

I have 20+ years experience as a senior systems manager so I know how to install and debug software issues. I use dozens of applications on my primary systems. All legally licensed and all working just fine! Maya is the only application I have any issue with and unfortunately it's one of the applications that I really need to work! I have submitted countless tickets to Autodesk about this problem since maya 2010! I have used maya since version 1 and until maya 2009 never had any complaints beyond the lack of development or even maintenance of the poly, nurbs, and subd modeling tools. I had occasional niggling display driver issues but never something that rendered maya practically unusable as this problem!

I cannot work when I have to keep closing and reopening maya and now I have to freaking kill the process from the task manager! Something that severe happening consistently for every versions and update of maya since 2010 deserves at least some attention from support!