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Still check the shares. Windows has a nasty way of grabbing shares when
you're not looking and not letting go. I've had unpleasant experiences with
this at severaly sites over the last few years.
If it's not that, though, I've no idea.
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of Ben Kilgore
> Sent: 03 May 2004 16:58
> To: XSI@(protected)
> Subject: Re: 'fatal errors' accessing image files on network renders
>
> Kim,
>
> Forgot to mention--the farm completed other scenes without a
> hitch. It just seems to be this texture and/or scene that's
> having this effect.
>
> Ben
>
> -- -- Original Message -- --
> From: "kim aldis" <kim@(protected)>
> To: <XSI@(protected)>
> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 3:49 AM
> Subject: RE: 'fatal errors' accessing image files on network renders
>
>
> > Sounds like that could your problem. Localhost connected to the same
> machine
> > will lift a client licence, so you've effectively taken 6
> licences. Go to
> > control panel->administrative tools->Computer Management
> and look under
> > shared folders->sessions, see how many sessions are active.
> You can close
> > sessions from there.
> >
> > This is one of the many reasons to consider Linux, at least
> as a file
> > server. The only other way is to buy more MS client
> license. The fact that
> > Windows does this is bad enough. That it does it so badly
> and consts som
> > much is outrageous.
> >
> > > -- --Original Message-- --
> > > From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> > > [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of Ben Kilgore
> > > Sent: 02 May 2004 19:44
> > > To: XSI@(protected)
> > > Subject: Re: 'fatal errors' accessing image files on
> network renders
> > >
> > > It's 2000 Professional.
> > >
> > > 5 machines (10 CPUs), plus the render control (localhost?) is
> > > rendering, as well.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -- -- Original Message -- --
> > > From: "kim aldis" <kim@(protected)>
> > > To: <XSI@(protected)>
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 2:09 PM
> > > Subject: RE: 'fatal errors' accessing image files on
> network renders
> > >
> > >
> > > > How many machines do you have trying to access the files on
> > > the remote
> > > > machine? Remember, if you're serving files from NT
> > > Workstation or XP,
> > > > Microsoft limits you to 10 connections only. In practice
> > > this usually
> > > works
> > > > out to be around 6 after you take into consdiration browsr
> > > connections and
> > > > the fact that a connection usually won't be dropped for
> > > quite a while
> > > after
> > > > it's no longer needed. Take a look in computer management,
> > > under sharing.
> > > >
> > > > > -- --Original Message-- --
> > > > > From: owner-xsi@(protected)
> > > > > [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of Ben Kilgore
> > > > > Sent: 02 May 2004 02:21
> > > > > To: XSI@(protected)
> > > > > Subject: Re: 'fatal errors' accessing image files on
> > > network renders
> > > > >
> > > > > Amazing...no one has seen this before?
> > > > >
> > > > > -- -- Original Message -- --
> > > > > From: "Ben Kilgore" <ben@(protected)>
> > > > > To: <XSI@(protected)>
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:06 PM
> > > > > Subject: 'fatal errors' accessing image files on
> network renders
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > List,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I know in advance I am probably not supplying enough
> > > > > information but I
> > > > > have
> > > > > > the problem of not being able to access my list account
> > > > > from where the
> > > > > > render farm is:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a scene that's consistently crashing xsi (or
> > > > > xsibatch) on a render.
> > > > > > It'll actually get partway through some frame, actually
> > > > > displaying tiles
> > > > > if
> > > > > > I try and render from the UI, but every time, it'll give me
> > > > > a file error
> > > > > > message about net being able to find a texture (and of
> > > > > course the texture
> > > > > is
> > > > > > right where it is looking and was accessed earlier in the
> > > > > render) and
> > > > > it'll
> > > > > > stop. The textures are not on the local blades (couldn't
> > > > > set that up last
> > > > > > night), are all .map, and none of them are over
> > > 2048x2048. The .map
> > > > > > versions of these textures will actually cause the same
> > > > > crash if projected
> > > > > > all alone in a bare scene onto a sphere, but the targas did
> > > > > not--although
> > > > > > the targas do crash the complex scene. We are not
> > > using batchserve.
> > > > > Scene
> > > > > > renders fine on a completely local render--obviously it's a
> > > > > network-related
> > > > > > problem. I know diddly about network rendering, but this
> > > > > had even someone
> > > > > > quite experienced with network rendering scratching his
> > > > > head well into the
> > > > > > wee hours.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Poked around the archives a bit--found nothing related to
> > > > > this issue.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As I left the farm at 5:30 in the morning, I forgot to
> > > bring more
> > > > > > information with me, but would greatly appreciate any
> > > of your input.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ben Kilgore
> > > > > > FIT
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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