title: maya.standalone.initialize() hangs forever
body: <p>Steps to repeat:</p>
  
  <pre><code>gfixler@gigabox:/autodesk/maya2012-x64/bin$ ./mayapy
  Python 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Nov  3 2009, 14:09:42) 
  [GCC 4.1.2 20070626 (Red Hat 4.1.2-14)] on linux2
  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
  &gt;&gt;&gt; import maya.standalone
  &gt;&gt;&gt; maya.standalone.initialize() # this hangs until I ^C
  ^CResult: untitled
  Fatal Error. Attempting to save in /usr/tmp/gfixler.20120908.1953.ma
  gfixler@gigabox:/autodesk/maya2012-x64/bin$
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I think it's a library path issue of some sort, but I don't know how to find out.</p>