Some slaves seem to hang trying to load the 3dsmax.py plugin:
2013-07-16 10:50:02: Scheduler Thread - Seconds before next job scan: 2
2013-07-16 10:50:04: Scheduler - Successfully dequeued 1 task(s). Returning.
2013-07-16 10:50:04: Scheduler - Returning limit stubs not in use.
2013-07-16 10:50:04: Scheduler Thread - Synchronizing job auxiliary files from \inferno2\deadline\repository6\jobs\51e586be8b1b0f2804008867
2013-07-16 10:50:04: Scheduler Thread - Synchronization time for job files: 0.000 s
2013-07-16 10:50:05: 0: Got task!
2013-07-16 10:50:05: Constructor: 3dsmax
2013-07-16 10:50:05: 0: Loaded plugin: 3dsmax
2013-07-16 10:50:05: 0: Task timeout is disabled.
2013-07-16 10:50:05: 0: Loaded job: deadlineConfigTest (51e586be8b1b0f2804008867)
2013-07-16 10:50:05: 0: INFO: Executing plugin script C:\Documents and Settings\ScanlineVFX\Local Settings\Application Data\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\LAPRO0314\plugins\3dsmax.py
2013-07-16 11:00:32: Listener Thread - 172.19.6.114 has connected
2013-07-16 11:00:33: Listener Thread - Received message: StreamLog
2013-07-16 11:00:33: Listener Thread - Responded with: Success
Been like that for 13 minutes now, no apparent activity. Attaching a process monitor shows that deadlineslave does some registry & license checks regularly, so it still seems ‘alive’
