Deadline 4: softimage 2010 x64 sp1 error

Deadline
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Hi can anyone shed some light on this error message? im using the demo license of deadline 4

Error Message
An error occurred in StartJob(): Monitored managed process “XSIProcess0” has exited or been terminated.

Slave Log
es the regular expression “.progr:\s+rendering\sfinished.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Render completed (100% done).” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.INFO : 4000 - Comp.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.INFO : 4000 - Done.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.INFO : Rendering pass (.)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.ERROR - Could not open script file.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Rendering with XSI version 8
0: INFO: Enforcing 64 bit build of XSI
0: INFO: Render Executable: “c:\softimage\softimage_2010_sp1_x64\application\bin\xsibatch.bat”
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “c:\softimage\softimage_2010_sp1_x64\application\bin”
0: INFO: Process Priority: Normal
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: INFO: Waiting for XSI connection: 300 seconds remaining
0: WARNING: Monitored managed process XSIProcess0 is no longer running
Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:
Scheduler Thread - An error occurred in StartJob(): Monitored managed process “XSIProcess0” has exited or been terminated.

Error Type
RenderPluginException

Error Stack Trace
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.StartJob(Job job)
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.StartJob(Job job)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()

2

What’s strange is that between these two lines:

There should be a "Render Arguments: ". It would appear that no args are being passed to XSI, so it just exits. Can you try reinstalling the repository to see if that makes a difference? Just install over the existing repository (don’t uninstall first).

Cheers,

  • Ryan
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ah here we go, error message updated:

Error Message
An error occurred in StartJob(): Monitored managed process “XSIProcess0” has exited or been terminated.

Slave Log
es the regular expression “.progr:\s+rendering\sfinished.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.Render completed (100% done).” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.INFO : 4000 - Comp.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.INFO : 4000 - Done.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.INFO : Rendering pass (.)” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Any stdout that matches the regular expression “.ERROR - Could not open script file.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Rendering with XSI version 8
0: INFO: Enforcing 64 bit build of XSI
0: INFO: Render Executable: “c:\softimage\softimage_2010_sp1_x64\application\bin\xsibatch.bat”
0: INFO: Render Argument: -script “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.NOTTOSCALE\Local Settings\Application Data\Prime Focus\Deadline\slave\plugins\XSIBatchStartup.vbs” -main RenderMain -args -commandFilename “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.NOTTOSCALE\Local Settings\Application Data\Prime Focus\Deadline\slave\jobsData\command0” -ackFilename “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.NOTTOSCALE\Local Settings\Application Data\Prime Focus\Deadline\slave\jobsData\ack0”
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “c:\softimage\softimage_2010_sp1_x64\application\bin”
0: INFO: Process Priority: Normal
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: INFO: Waiting for XSI connection: 300 seconds remaining
0: WARNING: Monitored managed process XSIProcess0 is no longer running
Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:
Scheduler Thread - An error occurred in StartJob(): Monitored managed process “XSIProcess0” has exited or been terminated.

Error Type
RenderPluginException

Error Stack Trace
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.StartJob(Job job)
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.StartJob(Job job)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()

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Thanks. So it looks like XSI is crashing, now the question is why? :slight_smile:

Submit a new job, but this time, disable the Use XSIBatch option in the submission options. This will run XSI in command line mode, and if XSI crashes again, it might print out a better error message.

Thanks!

  • Ryan
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Error Message
Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, 255. If this error code is not fatal to your render, you can add it to the list of error codes to ignore in the XSI Plugin Configuration.
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

Slave Log
e regular expression “.INFO : 4000 - Done.” will be handled as appropriate
0: INFO: About: XSI Plugin for Deadline
0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 1
0: INFO: Stdout Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Popup Handling Enabled: True
0: INFO: Using Process Tree: True
0: INFO: Hiding DOS Window: True
0: INFO: Creating New Console: False
0: INFO: Rendering with XSI version 8
0: INFO: Enforcing 64 bit build of XSI
0: INFO: Render Executable: “c:\softimage\softimage_2010_sp1_x64\application\bin\xsibatch.bat”
0: INFO: Rendering using new batch mode introduced in XSI 6.01
0: INFO: Rendering to network drive
0: INFO: Render Argument: -render “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.NOTTOSCALE\Local Settings\Application Data\Prime Focus\Deadline\slave\jobsData\test.scn” -frames 1,1,1 -pass “Beauty_Blue” -output_dir “\server\work\TEST” -skip False -mb False -verbose on -script “C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.NOTTOSCALE\Local Settings\Application Data\Prime Focus\Deadline\slave\plugins\AdditionalRenderOptions.vbs” -main SetAdditionalRenderOptions -args -passName “Beauty_Blue” -width “1280” -height “720” -sampleMin “0” -sampleMax “2” -sampleFilter “gauss” -sampleJitter “True” -outputPrefix “” -xMin “” -yMin “” -xMax “” -yMax “”
0: INFO: Startup Directory: “c:\softimage\softimage_2010_sp1_x64\application\bin”
0: INFO: Process Priority: Normal
0: INFO: Process is now running
0: STDOUT: The syntax of the command is incorrect.
0: INFO: Process exit code: 255
Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:
Scheduler Thread - Exception during render: An error occurred in RenderTasks(): Error in CheckExitCode(): Renderer returned non-zero error code, 255. If this error code is not fatal to your render, you can add it to the list of error codes to ignore in the XSI Plugin Configuration.

at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage)

Error Type
RenderPluginException

Error Stack Trace
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()

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Hmm, interesting. Can you go to the machine that is producing this error, copy test.scn to the machine, and then open up a command prompt, and run the following:

“c:\softimage\softimage_2010_sp1_x64\application\bin\xsibatch.bat” -render “c:\path\to\test.scn” -frames 1,1,1 -pass “Beauty_Blue” -output_dir “\server\work\TEST” -skip False -mb False -verbose on

Of course, replace “c:\path\to\test.scn” with the actual path of the scene where you copied it locally. I’m just curious if you get the same error outside of Deadline.

Thanks!

  • Ryan
7

hmm just get :

The syntax of the command is incorrect.

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It’s starting to look like the problem is with XSI. Let’s dumb down the command even more, just to confirm. Try running this:

“c:\softimage\softimage_2010_sp1_x64\application\bin\xsibatch.bat” -render “c:\path\to\test.scn” -frames 1,1,1 -pass “Beauty_Blue” -output_dir “\server\work\TEST”

Finally, let’s try just running xsibatch.bat without any arguments:

“c:\softimage\softimage_2010_sp1_x64\application\bin\xsibatch.bat”

Let us know what the output is for both tests.

Thanks!

  • Ryan
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unfortunately it does exactly the same again:
The syntax of the command is incorrect.

ok looks like its a problem for the I.T guys… no batch license… :frowning:
Error: there is no batch license available to run Softimage
Error: there is no interactive license available to run Softimage