Hi Gav, Any updates on this issue?
Thanks, Om On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 4:02 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Gavin McDonald <ga...@16degrees.com.au>wrote: > >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of >> > OmPrakash Muppirala >> > Sent: Wednesday, 11 December 2013 10:51 AM >> > To: Gavin McDonald >> > Cc: builds@apache.org; Erik de Bruin >> > Subject: Re: [windows1] Pixelbender installation >> > >> > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 3:46 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala >> > <bigosma...@gmail.com>wrote: >> > >> > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Gavin McDonald >> > <ga...@16degrees.com.au>wrote: >> > > >> > >> Interesting, and puzzling why, but interactive desktop flag was >> > >> turned off. >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> I've now re-enabled it, please try again. >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> Gav. >> > >> >> > >> >> > > Great! I have kicked off a build. Will report back in a bit. >> > > >> > > Was the windows1 slave started via JNLP or as a windows service? >> > > Starting via JNLP (using webstart) ensures that the interactive flag >> is >> set. >> > > Whereas if it is modified to be started as a service, you will have to >> > > manually turn the interactive flag (which sometimes may not propagate >> > > all the way down the process we try to invoke) >> > > >> > > If this does not work, will you be able to restart the slave via JNLP? >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > Om >> > > >> > >> > Yes, the build failed as I was typing my previous response. >> > >> > Any chance you could restart the windows1 Jenkins instance as just a >> JNLP >> > slave agent instead of modifying it into windows webservice? [1] >> >> I could, but I don't understand, this Jenkins slave has been running as a >> service since the day >> I built it years ago. >> >> Gav... >> > > I don't understand too, but doing this in our test environment fixed the > problem, whereas manually setting the interactive flag did not. As you > mentioned earlier, something somewhere reset the interactive flag on the > root process. Unless you want to dig deeper and figure out what happened, > I think that restarting it to run as a JNLP slave agent should fix the > problem (as per Jenkins' docs) . > > Do you have any other ideas on how to fix this? > > Thanks, > Om > > > >> >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Om >> > >> > [1] >> > https://wiki.jenkins- >> > >> ci.org/display/JENKINS/Installing+Jenkins+as+a+Windows+service#InstallingJ >> > enkinsasaWindowsservice- >> > InstallSlaveasaWindowsservice%28require.NET2.0framework%29 >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> *From:* omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] *On Behalf >> > Of >> > >> *OmPrakash Muppirala >> > >> *Sent:* Wednesday, 11 December 2013 9:36 AM >> > >> *To:* builds@apache.org; Gavin McDonald >> > >> *Cc:* Erik de Bruin >> > >> >> > >> *Subject:* Re: [windows1] Pixelbender installation >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> Thanks Gav! >> > >> >> > >> We did a bunch of tests to repro this issue on our side. One way we >> > >> could reproduce this on our Jenkins installation was that if we ran >> > >> the job as a service, we are getting the same error messages (AIF >> > >> Internal exception). >> > >> >> > >> Jenkins docs says that for jobs that require Desktop Access (which >> > >> Pixel Bender does), the root service process that is running the job >> > >> needs to have the 'interactive flag' enabled in the Windows Service >> > >> Manager. [1] >> > >> >> > >> One way this setting could have changed is if the way the windows >> > >> slave starts was modified. >> > >> >> > >> Can you please take a look under the hood and see if you find >> > >> something amiss? >> > >> >> > >> Thanks, >> > >> Om >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> [1] >> > >> https://wiki.jenkins- >> > ci.org/display/JENKINS/My+software+builds+on+my+ >> > >> computer+but+not+on+Jenkins >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Gavin McDonald >> > >> <ga...@16degrees.com.au> >> > >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > >> > From: Erik de Bruin [mailto:e...@ixsoftware.nl] >> > >> >> > >> > Sent: Tuesday, 10 December 2013 7:14 PM >> > >> > To: builds@apache.org >> > >> > Cc: Gavin McDonald >> > >> >> > >> > Subject: Re: [windows1] Pixelbender installation >> > >> > >> > >> > Gavin, >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >> > Can you please copy-paste this line into a command prompt and tell >> > >> > us >> > >> what >> > >> > the result is: >> > >> > >> > >> > "%PIXELBENDER_HOME%\pbutil.exe" >> > >> > "F:\hudson\hudson-slave\workspace\flex- >> > >> > >> > sdk\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\graphics\shaderClasses\Color. >> > >> > pbk" >> > >> > "F:\hudson\hudson-slave\workspace\flex- >> > >> > >> > sdk\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\graphics\shaderClasses\Color. >> > >> >> > >> > pbj" >> > >> > >> > >> > (mind the wrap) >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> >> > >> Result is a slight pause, then the prompt returns. No error, no >> output. >> > >> >> > >> (PixelBender is where its meant to be, PIXELBENDER_HOME is a user >> > >> variable.) >> > >> >> > >> Let me know what's next to check , thanks >> > >> >> > >> Gav... >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > EdB >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:16 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala >> > >> > <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Gavin McDonald >> > >> > <ga...@16degrees.com.au>wrote: >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> That's fine, I'll take a look. All I'm trying to get across is >> > >> > >> that NOTHING HAS CHANGED on the Windows slave, so is it very >> > >> > >> slightly possible that the build is failing due to a coding >> > >> > >> error? In other words, I've been blamed several times now for >> > >> > >> breaking the build when I haven't been anywhere near the machine >> > in question. >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > > The build does not fail on my or other committers' machines. It >> > >> > > must be something specific to whats happening in Windows1. Sorry >> > >> > > if it sounds like we are blaming you. We are just trying to >> > >> > > troubleshoot and are running blind here. >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> Either way I'll look. >> > >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > >> > > Thanks! >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> And so that we are clear, windows1 is not going away, it is very >> > >> > >> heavily used, folks are always complaining it is down, so I'm >> > >> > >> adding a 2ndwindows2 slave in addition to the windows1 slave. >> > >> > >> Point is, you need to be configured to use both slaves for it to >> > >> > >> work, or my time >> > >> > building a 2ndmachine is wasted and you'll continue to complain >> > >> > about >> > >> the >> > >> 1 >> > >> > st windows box being overloaded all the time. >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > >> > > We welcome the addition of a new windows slave, no doubt. Which >> > >> > > is why we want to fix Windows1 first. Otherwise it will lead to >> > >> > > more variables to troubleshoot. >> > >> > > >> > >> > > On that note, perhaps you can image windows1 and create windows2 >> > >> > > as a clone of it? >> > >> > > >> > >> > > Regards, >> > >> > > Om >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> >> > >> > >> Gav. >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> *From:* omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] *On >> > Behalf >> > >> > Of >> > >> > >> *OmPrakash Muppirala >> > >> > >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 10 December 2013 7:28 AM >> > >> > >> *To:* builds@apache.org >> > >> > >> *Cc:* Gavin McDonald >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> *Subject:* Re: [windows1] Pixelbender installation >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> Gavin, >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> This issue is unrelated to Windows2 slave. Our long running job >> > >> > >> on >> > >> > >> Windows1 has started failing for the past few days. Can we >> > >> > >> first fix that before we start working on Windows2? >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> Or, is Windows2 a replacement for Windows1? >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> Thanks, >> > >> > >> Om >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Erik de Bruin >> > >> > >> <e...@ixsoftware.nl> >> > >> > wrote: >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> Ok, from the top of this thread: >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> "The build on windows1 is failing on the 'Pixelbender' task: >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> The build assumes Pixelbender is installed at: >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> PIXELBENDER_HOME=C\:/Program\ Files\ (x86)/Adobe/Adobe >> > >> > >> Utilities\ - >> > >> > \ >> > >> > >> CS5/Pixel\ Bender\ Toolkit\ 2 >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> Is that still the correct path and does the application start >> > >> > >> without errors when you launch it manually?" >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> In another email in this thread I've listed the software that >> > >> > >> needs to be on windows2. >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> Is there a way to have all our builds run on either windows1 OR >> > >> > >> windows2? Most of our jobs depend on files in the workspaces of >> > >> > >> some of our other builds, in order to save on disk space and >> build >> > time. >> > >> > >> If we remove these dependencies, we'd basically be forced to >> > >> > >> copy each build into each other build. >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> Since it is the weekend, I'll have limited time to work with >> > >> > >> you, sorry. Next Monday I'll be glad to check/test/adjust >> > >> > >> whatever needs checking/testing/adjusting. >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> Please keep in mind that we are at a very important milestone >> > >> > >> for our project, and with third party teams relying on our >> > >> > >> nightly builds, we'd greatly appreciate a successful run of all >> > >> > >> our jobs, on whatever slave works. >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> EdB >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> -- >> > >> > >> Ix Multimedia Software >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> Jan Luykenstraat 27 >> > >> > >> 3521 VB Utrecht >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> T. 06-51952295 >> > >> > >> I. www.ixsoftware.nl >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Ix Multimedia Software >> > >> > >> > >> > Jan Luykenstraat 27 >> > >> > 3521 VB Utrecht >> > >> > >> > >> > T. 06-51952295 >> > >> > I. www.ixsoftware.nl >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> >> >
