Packet Errors

Deadline
1

Hello, I am getting this error on the farm a lot. Was wondering if I needed to tweak some settings with the repository. Thanks.

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Error

Error: RenderFrame: Exception caught in 3ds max: simple_socket::receive: Invalid packet size (given 1131770482)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage, AbortLevel& abortLevel)

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Type

RenderPluginException

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Stack Trace

at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.a(TaskLogWriter A_0)

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Log

2015-01-30 17:44:25: BEGIN - IBM001\Administrator
2015-01-30 17:44:25: 0: Start Job timeout is disabled.
2015-01-30 17:44:25: 0: Task timeout is disabled.
2015-01-30 17:44:25: 0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 706
2015-01-30 17:44:26: 0: INFO: Render Tasks called
2015-01-30 17:44:26: 0: INFO: ERROR: Exception caught in 3ds max: simple_socket::receive: Invalid packet size (given 1131770482)

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Details

Date: 01/30/2015 17:46:58
Frames: 706
Elapsed Time: 00:00:00:08
Job Submit Date: 01/30/2015 16:17:28
Job User: goose
Average RAM Usage: 2668319232 (21%)
Peak RAM Usage: 2670366720 (21%)
Average CPU Usage: 3%
Peak CPU Usage: 8%
Used CPU Clocks: 50544
Total CPU Clocks: 1684800

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Slave Information

Slave Name: IBM001
Version: v7.0.2.3 R (24b5c0a7f)
Operating System: Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (SP1)
Machine User: Administrator
IP Address: 10.12.30.137
MAC Address: 00:21:5E:91:17:34
CPU Architecture: x64
CPUs: 16
CPU Usage: 0%
Memory Usage: 2.5 GB / 12.0 GB (20%)
Free Disk Space: 184.261 GB
Video Card: Matrox G200eV (Maxim)

2

I get this too occasionally, and when it happens the whole frame is lost which can push a render delivery back an hour or two. Very interested to hear if there’s a solution.

3

Hi guys,
This is actually a really old error/bug and we spent quite a bit of time playing with this internally recently. We believe we have it fixed (tweaked a couple of settings within the c++ of Lightning) and this fix shipped in beta 1 of Deadline v7.1 (beta 2 released yesterday) which is currently just started up in private beta for existing customers to try and verify if it’s all sorted. Our internal testing showed a 95% reduction in this error. Not a silver bullet but close. Email beta [at] thinkboxsoftware [dot] com for NDA to sign & access.