Render Slave Error

Deadline
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Hi, i’m using the trial version of DeadLine ( i’va got the licence from you )



I’ve installated the repository and the render slave on my maschine, i’m using Xsi ( and so mental ray ) to render.



It all works on my pc, with the local slave ( server and slave on the same pc )



But when i try to render with another pc (configured to watch in the same repository on my first pc )



The render slave gives me this error: progress return code error 130, and the render never starts



What should i do ?


2

Hi there,



I found an XSI wiki page that explains what certain error codes mean:

http://softimage.wiki.avid.com/index.php/INFO:_XSIBatch_Return_Values_and_Error_Codes



For error code 130, it means “Rendering failed”. Not very helpful eh? :slight_smile:



Can you post the full error report? It includes part of the slave log,

which will hopefully contain some more details on why the render job is

failing with error code 130.



Thanks!

3

Hi Ryan

thx for the reply!



Here is the full log from the slave, i hope you can help me!



---- October 11 2007 – 06:06 PM ----

Scheduler Thread - Plugin loaded in 0.02 seconds.

0: Loaded job: New_Dist - fica (00o_050_o_120bb37a)

0: INFO: Script plugin for Deadline 2.7.29178, built Aug 22 2007 14:02:42 R

0: INFO: >> Softimage XSI Plugin for Deadline, 2004-08-24

0: INFO: job file: c:\deadline\slave\jobsData\00o_050_o_120bb37a.job

0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 1-25

0: INFO: Rendering using new batch mode introduced in XSI 6.01

0: INFO: Rendering with XSI version 6

0: INFO: Enforcing 32 bit build of XSI

0: INFO: Executable: “d:\softimage\xsi_6.5\application\bin\xsibatch.bat”

0: INFO: Arguments: " -render “c:\deadline\slave\jobsData\New_Dist.scn”

-frames 1,25,1 -pass “fica” -output_dir “N:\” -skip False -mb False

-script “c:\deadline\slave\plugins\AdditionalRenderOptions.vbs” -main

SetAdditionalRenderOptions -args -verbose 60 -width “720” -height “576”

-sampleMin “-1” -sampleMax “1” -sampleFilter “gauss” -sampleJitter

“True” -outputPrefix “” -xMin “” -yMin “” -xMax “” -yMax “”"

0: INFO: StartupDir: “d:\softimage\xsi_6.5\application\bin”

0: INFO: UseJobObject: true

0: INFO: HideDosWindow: true

---- October 11 2007 – 06:07 PM ----

0: STDOUT: ==================================================

0: STDOUT: SOFTIMAGE(r) | XSI(r) Batch Version 6.5.2007.0829

0: STDOUT: Copyright(c) 1998-2007 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights

reserved.

0: STDOUT: ==================================================

0: STDOUT:

0: STDOUT: License warning: feature [XSI Batch Win] not available

0: STDOUT: License information: using [XSI Batch All]

0: STDOUT: COMMAND: -render “c:\deadline\slave\jobsData\New_Dist.scn”

-frames 1,25,1 -pass “fica” -output_dir “N:\” -skip False -mb False

-script “c:\deadline\slave\plugins\AdditionalRenderOptions.vbs” -main

SetAdditionalRenderOptions -args -verbose 60 -width “720” -height “576”

-sampleMin “-1” -sampleMax “1” -sampleFilter “gauss” -sampleJitter

“True” -outputPrefix “” -xMin “” -yMin “” -xMax “” -yMax “”

0: STDOUT: >Loading: c:\deadline\slave\jobsData\New_Dist.scn…

0: STDOUT: MSG 0.0 warn 012211: mi_msg_close: close2 failed. -

Tentativo di operazione su un elemento diverso dal socket. ( attempt to operate on a different element by the socket )

0: INFO: Process return code: 130

Scheduler Thread - Render Thread 0 threw an error:

Scheduler Thread - Exception during render: Renderer returned non-zero

error code, 130. 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.



Exception Details
RenderPluginException -- Exception during render: Renderer returned
non-zero error code, 130. 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.
RenderPluginException.Cause: JobError (2)
Exception.TargetSite: Void RenderTasks(Int32, Int32)
Exception.Source: DeadlinePluginLoader
Exception.StackTrace:
at Deadline.Plugins.PluginLoader.RenderTasks(Int32 startTask, Int32
endTask)
at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.RenderTask(Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.RenderCurrentTask()

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----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 5:30 PM
Subject: Render Slave Error


From: "Ryan Russell" (rrussell@franticfilms.com)
Hi there,

I found an XSI wiki page that explains what certain error codes mean:
http://softimage.wiki.avid.com/index.php/INFO:_XSIBatch_Return_Values_and_Error_Codes

For error code 130, it means "Rendering failed". Not very helpful eh? :)

Can you post the full error report? It includes part of the slave log,
which will hopefully contain some more details on why the render job is
failing with error code 130.

Thanks!
- Ryan

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Frantic Films Software
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So I’m guessing that this line is the problem:



0: STDOUT: MSG 0.0 warn 012211: mi_msg_close: close2 failed. -

Tentativo di operazione su un elemento diverso dal socket. ( attempt to

operate on a different element by the socket )





I couldn’t find anything with Google on this error message though. The

first thing we should do is rule out whether or not this is a Deadline

specific problem, or a general XSI problem. To do this, open a command

prompt on the slave machine that is producing this error and run this

from the command line:


“d:\softimage\xsi_6.5\application\bin\xsibatch.bat” -render

“c:\deadline\slave\jobsData\New_Dist.scn” -frames 1,25,1 -pass “fica”

-output_dir “N:\” -skip False -mb False





Note that this requires the scene file “New_Dist.scn” to be located in

"c:\deadline\slave\jobsData". If the file isn’t there, just copy it

over. If you still see the same error message above (MSG 0.0 warn

012211: mi_msg_close: close2 failed…), then we know that Deadline

isn’t the cause, and it would probably be best to contact the XSI guys

about it.



Let us know how the test goes!



Thanks!