Very weird! I usually have gmail open, but they constantly change it which drives me mad. If I'm not mistaken, if you switch accounts, it now opens the new account in a new window, which it didn't do before. that's something that's changed in the last few days, though that's gone completely off topic! sorry
On 25 April 2012 18:58, Tim Crowson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmm... I also have ICE instanced objects, and ICE grass via strands.... > Maybe ICE doesn't like Gmail. Who doesn't like Gmail? > > -Tim > > > > On 4/25/2012 12:14 PM, Chris Marshall wrote: > > This is very weird!! I've just started to get exactly the same error, and > with safari and gmail open as well! Weird! > This is with ICE instanced objects with specifically the architectural > material applied. > > > On 25 April 2012 17:56, Tim Crowson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I'm rendering a frame locally, which renders fine as long as XSI is >> front and center. But on occasion, if I have gmail up and am checking >> messages while rendering in the background, I'll get the following error... >> >> *'FATAL: mental ray has encountered a fatal error condition. It has been >> disabled for the rest of this XSI session. Please save your work and >> contact Softimage support'* >> >> To which I must add... >> *'They were forced to eat Robin's minstrels, and there was great >> rejoicing... yay....'* >> >> Any idea why this might happen? It's happened twice in the last 24 hours, >> and the only common condition seems to be that I've got Firefox up on top >> checking my email. And don't tell me switch to Arnold. We already know that. >> >> -- >> >> >> >
