asnowcappedromance

Hey guys,

This “screen window” feature is something that really annoys me. I'm constantly switching back and forth from viewing my geometry through a camera to freely moving around in the perspective viewport.
Every time I switch, the screen window appears.
Is there a way to permanently disable this feature?

Thanks,
Manu

Hi community,

I'm getting a conflict error when trying to import pymongo within Houdini. (See attached screenshot)
The SideFX support hinted that this R6034 runtime error occurs because they upgraded Houdini to Microsoft Visual C++ 14.1 from 14.0 recently, however I tried opening older builds from Houdini (Houdini 16.5, 17.0, 17.5) and they're all giving me the same problem.
I then thought maybe the problem lies with my version of pymongo, so I upgraded from 3.5.1 to 3.9.0 however the conflict remains.

SideFX support suggested then to recompile pymongo with Visual Studio 2017, however I don't have the knowledge to perform this task myself.

Has anybody run into this problem before? Any suggestions on how to solve this conflict?
This issue is really interfering with my pipeline and I need to fix this asap.

Thanks for any help in advance!
Cheers,

Manu

Hi Seelan,

Still struggling with the submission. I manually set the Python parameter on the Deadline Scheduler, see attached image.
While running 17.5.386 I'm trying to submit a single wedge to Deadline using “Submit Graph As Job”.
Interestingly, I see now 4 tasks in the Deadline Monitor, all of them failing. See the second image which I attached.

The log of the first Deadline job item is unique, the logs of items 2-4 are pretty much identical.

Here's the log for Deadline job item 1:

=======================================================
Error
=======================================================
Error: Process returned non-zero exit code: 1
at Deadline.Plugins.PluginWrapper.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage, AbortLevel& abortLevel)

=======================================================
Type
=======================================================
RenderPluginException

=======================================================
Stack Trace
=======================================================
at Deadline.Plugins.SandboxedPlugin.d(DeadlineMessage arh)
at Deadline.Plugins.SandboxedPlugin.RenderTask(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.c(TaskLogWriter ahl)

=======================================================
Log
=======================================================
2019-09-23 12:16:42: 0: Loading Job's Plugin timeout is Disabled
2019-09-23 12:16:44: 0: Executing plugin command of type ‘Sync Files for Job’
2019-09-23 12:16:44: 0: All job files are already synchronized
2019-09-23 12:16:44: 0: Synchronizing Plugin PDGDeadline from P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/13328/plugins\PDGDeadline took: 0 seconds
2019-09-23 12:16:44: 0: Done executing plugin command of type ‘Sync Files for Job’
2019-09-23 12:16:44: 0: Executing plugin command of type ‘Initialize Plugin’
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: Executing plugin script ‘C:\Users\Stormripper05\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline10\slave\stormripper05\plugins\5d89198f29c0292ab816923f\PDGDeadline.py’
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: *********** PDGDeadline InitializeProcess
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: About: PDG Plugin for Deadline
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: Render Job As User disabled, running as current user ‘Stormripper05’
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: The job's environment will be merged with the current environment before rendering
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: Done executing plugin command of type ‘Initialize Plugin’
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: Start Job timeout is disabled.
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: Task timeout is disabled.
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: Loaded job: PDG tst_wow_0050_wrk_pdgDeadlineTest_v001 (5d89198f29c0292ab816923f)
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: Executing plugin command of type ‘Start Job’
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: Executing global job preload script ‘C:\Users\Stormripper05\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline10\slave\stormripper05\plugins\5d89198f29c0292ab816923f\GlobalJobPreLoad.py’
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: Looking for AWS Portal File Transfer…
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: Looking for File Transfer controller in C:/Program Files/Thinkbox/S3BackedCache/bin/task.py…
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: Could not find AWS Portal File Transfer.
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: AWS Portal File Transfer is not installed on the system.
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: Done executing plugin command of type ‘Start Job’
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 0
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: Executing plugin command of type ‘Render Task’
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: StartFrame: 0
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: Startup Directory: P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/13328
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: Looking for task file: P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/13328/job_a8f9ff73b51044dc8cd7d1b87d72b19c\task_0.txt
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: Setting PATH: C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Deadline10\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Users\Stormripper05\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;;C:/houdini/17.5.386/bin
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: $HYTHON mapped to: C:/houdini/17.5.386/bin/hython.exe
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: Task Executable: C:/houdini/17.5.386/bin/hython.exe
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: Task Arguments: P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/13328/scripts/top.py –report none –hip P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/tst_wow_0050_wrk_pdgDeadlineTest_v001.hip –toppath /obj/topnet1
2019-09-23 12:16:45: 0: INFO: Invoking: Run Process
2019-09-23 12:16:55: 0: STDOUT: Running Houdini 17.5.386
2019-09-23 12:16:55: 0: STDOUT: Loading .hip file P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/tst_wow_0050_wrk_pdgDeadlineTest_v001.hip.
2019-09-23 12:17:00: 0: STDOUT: Given Node ‘topnet1’, Cooking Node ‘objectTest’
2019-09-23 12:17:18: 0: STDOUT: Traceback (most recent call last):
2019-09-23 12:17:18: 0: STDOUT: File “C:/houdini/17.5.386/houdini/pdg/types\schedulers\tbdeadline.py”, line 779, in onSchedule
2019-09-23 12:17:18: 0: STDOUT: self._waitStartRelayServer(self.rootjob_id, local_conn_file)
2019-09-23 12:17:18: 0: STDOUT: File “C:/houdini/17.5.386/houdini/pdg/types\schedulers\tbdeadline.py”, line 1710, in _waitStartRelayServer
2019-09-23 12:17:18: 0: STDOUT: raise CookError(fail_msg)
2019-09-23 12:17:18: 0: STDOUT: CookError: Failed to connect to MQ server at STORMRIPPER01 with error: “Failed to connect to PDGMQ: Timed out”!
2019-09-23 12:17:18: 0: STDOUT: Enable “Use IP Address for PDGMQ” in case of DNS issues.
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: 12:16:59 OnStartCook()
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: 12:16:59 PDGMQ as separate task: False
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: 12:16:59 Local Working Dir: P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: Remote Working Dir: P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: 12:16:59 Starting deadline command process
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:00 onSchedule: objectTest_ropfetch1_1 - 0
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:00 Starting root job with PDGMQ server as monitor program
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:00 Task 0 file: P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/8564/job_febd826711414a9c92f447d50352b3f4/task_0.txt
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:00 Setting job directory: P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/8564/job_febd826711414a9c92f447d50352b3f4
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:00 Job file=P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/8564/job_febd826711414a9c92f447d50352b3f4/pdg_dl_job.txt
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: Plugin file=P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/8564/job_febd826711414a9c92f447d50352b3f4/pdg_dl_plugin.txt
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:03 Root job: 5d891a2e59715f3060d86225
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:14 Got PDGMQ server info: PDG_MQ STORMRIPPER01 64930 64931
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: ## Message Queue Server Running
2019-09-23 12:17:35: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:14 Starting MQ Relay server
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:18 onStopCook()
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:18 Cancelling tick timer
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:18 Stopping shared servers
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:18 Failing root job
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:18 Submitting FailJob: 5d891a2e59715f3060d86225
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:18 Root job has been stopped
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:18 Setting timeout for MQ server monitor program
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:18 Stopping MQ Relay server
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:35 MQ Relay stopped
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: 12:17:35 Stopping deadline command process
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: From node deadlinescheduler1:
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: Error running callback ‘onSchedule’: Failed to connect to MQ server at STORMRIPPER01 with error: “Failed to connect to PDGMQ: Timed out”!
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: Enable “Use IP Address for PDGMQ” in case of DNS issues.
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: Traceback (most recent call last):
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: File “C:/houdini/17.5.386/houdini/pdg/types\schedulers\tbdeadline.py”, line 779, in onSchedule
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: self._waitStartRelayServer(self.rootjob_id, local_conn_file)
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: File “C:/houdini/17.5.386/houdini/pdg/types\schedulers\tbdeadline.py”, line 1710, in _waitStartRelayServer
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: raise CookError(fail_msg)
2019-09-23 12:17:36: 0: STDOUT: CookError: Failed to connect to MQ server at STORMRIPPER01 with error: “Failed to connect to PDGMQ: Timed out”!
2019-09-23 12:17:37: 0: STDOUT: Enable “Use IP Address for PDGMQ” in case of DNS issues.
2019-09-23 12:17:37: 0: STDOUT: Traceback (most recent call last):
2019-09-23 12:17:37: 0: STDOUT: File “P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/13328/scripts/top.py”, line 223, in <module>
2019-09-23 12:17:37: 0: STDOUT: exit(1)
2019-09-23 12:17:37: 0: STDOUT: File “C:/houdini/17.5.386/python27\lib\site.py”, line 351, in __call__
2019-09-23 12:17:37: 0: STDOUT: raise SystemExit(code)
2019-09-23 12:17:37: 0: STDOUT: SystemExit: 1
2019-09-23 12:17:37: 0: Done executing plugin command of type ‘Render Task’

=======================================================
Details
=======================================================
Date: 09/23/2019 12:17:40
Frames: 0
Elapsed Time: 00:00:00:57
Job Submit Date: 09/23/2019 12:14:24
Job User: stormripper01
Average RAM Usage: 8825560064 (7%)
Peak RAM Usage: 9100795904 (7%)
Average CPU Usage: 2%
Peak CPU Usage: 11%
Used CPU Clocks (x10^6 cycles): 114652
Total CPU Clocks (x10^6 cycles): 5732561

=======================================================
Slave Information
=======================================================
Slave Name: STORMRIPPER05
Version: v10.0.9.4 Release (b6c080b1a)
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro
Running As Service: No
Machine User: Stormripper05
IP Address: 192.168.100.50
MAC Address: 00:0A:CD:31:31:7D
CPU Architecture: x64
CPUs: 32
CPU Usage: 0%
Memory Usage: 8.5 GB / 127.9 GB (6%)
Free Disk Space: 1.867 TB (49.112 GB on C:\, 1.819 TB on D:\)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

——————————————————————————————–
Here the log for Deadline job item #2:

=======================================================
Error
=======================================================
Error: Process returned non-zero exit code: 1
at Deadline.Plugins.PluginWrapper.RenderTasks(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame, String& outMessage, AbortLevel& abortLevel)

=======================================================
Type
=======================================================
RenderPluginException

=======================================================
Stack Trace
=======================================================
at Deadline.Plugins.SandboxedPlugin.d(DeadlineMessage arh)
at Deadline.Plugins.SandboxedPlugin.RenderTask(String taskId, Int32 startFrame, Int32 endFrame)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.c(TaskLogWriter ahl)

=======================================================
Log
=======================================================
2019-09-23 12:15:54: 0: Loading Job's Plugin timeout is Disabled
2019-09-23 12:15:55: 0: Executing plugin command of type ‘Sync Files for Job’
2019-09-23 12:15:55: 0: All job files are already synchronized
2019-09-23 12:15:55: 0: Synchronizing Plugin PDGDeadline from P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/3068/plugins\PDGDeadline took: 0 seconds
2019-09-23 12:15:55: 0: Done executing plugin command of type ‘Sync Files for Job’
2019-09-23 12:15:56: 0: Executing plugin command of type ‘Initialize Plugin’
2019-09-23 12:15:56: 0: INFO: Executing plugin script ‘C:\Users\Stormripper05\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline10\slave\stormripper05\plugins\5d8919e429c02958a8f5ee4d\PDGDeadline.py’
2019-09-23 12:15:56: 0: INFO: *********** PDGDeadline InitializeProcess
2019-09-23 12:15:56: 0: INFO: About: PDG Plugin for Deadline
2019-09-23 12:15:56: 0: INFO: Render Job As User disabled, running as current user ‘Stormripper05’
2019-09-23 12:15:56: 0: INFO: The job's environment will be merged with the current environment before rendering
2019-09-23 12:15:56: 0: Done executing plugin command of type ‘Initialize Plugin’
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: Start Job timeout is disabled.
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: Task timeout is disabled.
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: Loaded job: PDG tst_wow_0050_wrk_pdgDeadlineTest_v001 (5d8919e429c02958a8f5ee4d)
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: Executing plugin command of type ‘Start Job’
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: INFO: Executing global job preload script ‘C:\Users\Stormripper05\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline10\slave\stormripper05\plugins\5d8919e429c02958a8f5ee4d\GlobalJobPreLoad.py’
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: INFO: Looking for AWS Portal File Transfer…
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: INFO: Looking for File Transfer controller in C:/Program Files/Thinkbox/S3BackedCache/bin/task.py…
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: INFO: Could not find AWS Portal File Transfer.
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: INFO: AWS Portal File Transfer is not installed on the system.
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: Done executing plugin command of type ‘Start Job’
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: Plugin rendering frame(s): 0
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: Executing plugin command of type ‘Render Task’
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: INFO: StartFrame: 0
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: INFO: Startup Directory: P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/3068
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: INFO: Looking for task file: P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/3068/job_d3f6de2532c8477ab06ff688cbe3c7f9\task_0.txt
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: INFO: Starting monitor program: C:/houdini/17.5.386/python27/python.exe P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/3068/scripts/pdgmq.py –xmlport 0 –relayport 0 –connectionfile P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/3068/job_d3f6de2532c8477ab06ff688cbe3c7f9/pdgmq_server.txt –start
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: INFO: Startup Directory: P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/3068
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: INFO: Starting monitored program: PDGMonitor
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: INFO: Program executable: C:/houdini/17.5.386/python27/python.exe
2019-09-23 12:15:57: 0: INFO: Program arguments: P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/3068/scripts/pdgmq.py –xmlport 0 –relayport 0 –connectionfile P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/3068/job_d3f6de2532c8477ab06ff688cbe3c7f9/pdgmq_server.txt –start
2019-09-23 12:15:58: 0: PDG_MQ STORMRIPPER05 51320 51321
2019-09-23 12:15:58: 0: ## Message Queue Server Running
2019-09-23 12:15:58: 0: INFO: Got MQ server info: PDG_MQ STORMRIPPER05 51320 51321
2019-09-23 12:15:58: 0: ## Message Queue Server Running
2019-09-23 12:15:58: 0: INFO: Setting PATH: C:\Program Files\Thinkbox\Deadline10\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Users\Stormripper05\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;;C:/houdini/17.5.386/bin
2019-09-23 12:15:58: 0: INFO: $HYTHON mapped to: C:/houdini/17.5.386/bin/hython.exe
2019-09-23 12:15:58: 0: INFO: Task Executable: C:/houdini/17.5.386/bin/hython.exe
2019-09-23 12:15:58: 0: INFO: Task Arguments: P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/3068/scripts/rop.py -p P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/tst_wow_0050_wrk_pdgDeadlineTest_v001.hip -n /obj/topnet1/objectTest/ropnet1/geometry1 -to /obj/topnet1/objectTest -i objectTest_ropfetch1_1 -fs 1 -fe 1 -fi 1
2019-09-23 12:15:58: 0: INFO: Invoking: Run Process
2019-09-23 12:16:08: 0: 0.0 mps, avg=0.0ms, max=0.0ms
2019-09-23 12:16:09: 0: STDOUT: Traceback (most recent call last):
2019-09-23 12:16:09: 0: STDOUT: File “P:/stormborn/tst/wow/wow_0050/houdini/pdgtemp/3068/scripts/rop.py”, line 486, in <module>
2019-09-23 12:16:09: 0: STDOUT: hostname,port = os.environ.split(':')
2019-09-23 12:16:09: 0: STDOUT: ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack
2019-09-23 12:16:09: 0: Done executing plugin command of type ‘Render Task’

=======================================================
Details
=======================================================
Date: 09/23/2019 12:16:13
Frames: 0
Elapsed Time: 00:00:00:18
Job Submit Date: 09/23/2019 12:15:48
Job User: stormripper01
Average RAM Usage: 8725241856 (7%)
Peak RAM Usage: 8725241856 (7%)
Average CPU Usage: 2%
Peak CPU Usage: 6%
Used CPU Clocks (x10^6 cycles): 30034
Total CPU Clocks (x10^6 cycles): 1501668

=======================================================
Slave Information
=======================================================
Slave Name: STORMRIPPER05
Version: v10.0.9.4 Release (b6c080b1a)
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro
Running As Service: No
Machine User: Stormripper05
IP Address: 192.168.100.50
MAC Address: 00:0A:CD:31:31:7D
CPU Architecture: x64
CPUs: 32
CPU Usage: 0%
Memory Usage: 8.1 GB / 127.9 GB (6%)
Free Disk Space: 1.867 TB (49.112 GB on C:\, 1.819 TB on D:\)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

I verified the file:
P:\stormborn\tst\wow\wow_0050\houdini\pdgtemp\888\job_2746b6dbbbba4eb48c5add87f70be733\task_0.txt
And it turns out the “pdg_result_server” points to an empty string.
“pdg_result_server”: “”