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thatoneguy
10-13-2005, 09:13 PM
I've run into a snag trying to get a render farm working.

My Network consists of 4 Linux Render Systems
With Hostnames Render1...Render4,

My maya.rayhosts file reads as:
"
RENDER1:7103
RENDER2:7103
"

I can ping Render1 and Render2, They don't have any firewalls up, I *think* I confirmed that Maya Sattelite Service was running on all of them. However whenever I go to Render -> Batch Render, uncheck "Render on this machine". Click Batch Render. The render completes (using my system) and then puts out an error into my render log as follows:


"
10/13/2005
mental ray for Maya 7.0
mental ray: version 3.4.5.2, 06 July 2005
Error: Cannot convert data of type int to type string[].
File read in 0 seconds.
Result: C:/Documents and Settings/gavin/My Documents/maya/projects/default/scenes/HDRIFly__2980.mb
mental ray: got 2 satellite CPUs.
// mental ray for Maya: using rayhosts file C:/Documents and Settings/gavin/My Documents/maya/7.0/prefs//maya.rayhosts
MSG 0.0 error 011329: mi-ray/tcp: not a service (check %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\services)
MSG 0.0 warn 012219: using fallback inet service 7003
MSG 0.0 warn 012214: bad response: '/usr/aw/mentalraysat34/bin/raysat: error while loa' (144/512)
MSG 0.0 warn 012215: check executable and version used on remote host:port RENDER1:7103
MSG 0.0 error 011213: cannot receive welcome message from host 1 (active)
MSG 0.0 error 011706: cannot add host RENDER1:7103
MSG 0.0 warn 012214: bad response: '/usr/aw/mentalraysat34/bin/raysat: error while loa' (144/512)
MSG 0.0 fatal 011513: SLAVE 1 DIED
MSG 0.0 fatal 011513: SLAVE 1 DIED
MSG 0.0 warn 012215: check executable and version used on remote host:port RENDER2:7103
MSG 0.0 fatal 011513: SLAVE 1 DIED
MSG 0.0 fatal 011513: SLAVE 1 DIED
"

It's not always identical to that, but the general story tends to be the same.

It says that mi-ray/tcp: not a service.

It then proceeds to attempts (I believe) to try Mental Ray Standalone instead. Which it then discovers doesn't exist and kicks back a rejection notice. But I don't understand why the Linux machines are kicking back "mi-ray/tcp: not a service" It is clearly running when I check.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

thatoneguy
10-14-2005, 01:22 PM
SOLVED:

Solution: Fedora 3.0 64bit is incompatible with Maya 7.0 Satellite Renderer for Mental Ray.

Solution: The "mi-ray/tcp: not a service..." glitch is still unexplained in my mind, however can be resolved by following the path to: "%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\" open 'services' with a text editor. At the bottom enter "mi-ray 7003/tcp #Mental Ray Remote". This should resolve that.

I would presume this would be true with all 64 bit Linux machines since they all use the 64 bit version of x11 which breaks the necessary paths.

I can vouch for Fedora 4.0 i386, it is now operating mostly flawlessly... couple bugs to work out, but it works.

I have been inspired by this Marathon experience to post a definitive guide on setting up and running Maya Satellite... look for it in the next couple of days.

BirdCatcher
10-19-2005, 06:03 AM
Thanks Gavin... i'll never use it... But i'm sure people will find it useful.

Machser
11-13-2005, 10:45 PM
@im_thatoneguy
i'm looking forward to that guide! Did you already posted it ? Can't find it....would be glad to read it...thanx.

Machser
11-13-2005, 10:48 PM
@im_thatoneguy
I'm looking forward to read your guide!
Did you already posted it ? Can't find it...

Steve McRae
11-14-2005, 01:24 PM
the port number for Maya 7.0 is also 7104 rather than 7103 =)

thatoneguy
11-16-2005, 07:58 AM
Sorry, I've gotten bogged down with work for Boeing, then got slammed with Spiderman 3 work, not to mention school full time. AUGH! I'll get around to writing it as soon as possible, I definitely believe its something the community needs, based on my experiences.

I don't know if I changed the default... but I'm pretty sure that the default port, in what little documentaiton exists, is 7104. Or at least its working for me.

-Gavin Greenwalt

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