Man : I need a vacation . First of all , the sceenshot I sent last mail was not correct . It should not have been of the PRS.exe but either RendD.exe or RendW.exe (D for DOS , W for Window) .
Secondly , I just read my Wiki tutorial again and all that was required was in there , right from the start . No idea how I missed that info . Guess I need glasses as well as a vacation . The problem started for me , when I launched PRS.exe and did not see anything in the DOS window , and assumed it was non-functioning . It wasn't , but was just very very quiet . Never assume . Oh well , after a year off from network rendering I guess I needed a refresher course . studio > > I'm running PRS in a 6 computer setup without much problems. > > The only error I get on a regular basis is that RendW/RendD have a bug > > putting arguments in the wrong field at startup sometimes. > > Arjo. > > OK , got it working : > > Turns out it was human error again (mine!) . Arjo mentioning > that there were wrong arguments got me thinking . Then , I went > back over the manual's example and it finally sank in . > > Two things : > > 1) Even though there is no activity in the PRS.exe DOS window > PRS.exe is still showing as active as a Task Manager Process . > 2) You will have to 'Run' RendD.exe or RendW.exe (as the manual > says) with the correct startup arguments . > > The easiest way to do that is to just add the correct arguments > in a "shortcut to RendW.exe"(see my wiki tutorial again for how to > do that) on _ALL_ computers . > > So that's all it was , the default startup arguments _MUST_ > be changed for PRS.exe to run . In my case my main PRS server > (host5 , in the manual's example) is called "celery" . So then > I would have to add that to the rendW.exe shortcuts (see att- > achment) . > > Guess I'll have to go back to that tutorial and add that > part in . Not sure how I managed to overlook it in the first > place , since it is actually very critical . > > However , this may not solve your problems , Chris. If your > firewall is down then I'm guessing it has something to do with > your new 1 gig cards , somehow , unless it is an odd problem > with older plugins not being up to date , as Jason mentioned . > > studio > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.8/621 - Release Date: 1/9/2007
