license server - error 36/128

[stevesideas]

Hi there,

I have recently had to reinstall winxp 64 on a new system. It is now my main computer. I installed 3dsmax and vray sp3. I have the license server in startup like i used to have. Now though the vray license server does not start but produces an error 128, which changes to an error 36 if I press retry.

Im also having hangs in 3dsmax which actually hangs the entire computer...not sure if this is vray related.

Would like to know why the errors are coming up ?

[vlado]

Can you email us a screen grab of the error to vray@chaosgroup.com? Did you install the dongle drivers also?

Best regards,
Vlado

[stevesideas]

Hi Vlado,

Thanks for the quick response. I have emailed 3 screengrabs showing the sequence of errors that occur. The Wibu drivers are installed. They got installed automaically after the sp3 install.

[stevesideas]

Hi again,

Still got the same problem. Its almost as thought the vray license is trying to start before the wibu drivers kick in. Very strange.

[vlado]

Can you try to register the license server as a service instead of having it in the startup folder?

Best regards,
Vlado

[stevesideas]

I'll give that a go, although when Ive tried that before I have had other problems...

[stevesideas]

Hi Vlado,

That seems to have worked. Its very strange how that works fine but the other way I have been using for the last 2 years doesnt now. The "startup folder" way also worked fine on the same system with a previous install of windows. I had a corrupt HD and had to reinstall everything from scratch and thats when I started having this problem. Also, the wibu drivers I downloaded from the Wibu site had older drivers than those supplied with SP3.

[stevesideas]

Another problem Im having now is that none of my DR nodes can see any maps that the main computer is using. I have made sure they are all network pathed. Ive never had this problem before...would it because the vray license server is now a service rather than a programme running in the background ???

[vlado]

Another problem Im having now is that none of my DR nodes can see any maps that the main computer is using. I have made sure they are all network pathed. Ive never had this problem before...would it because the vray license server is now a service rather than a programme running in the background ???

No, this has nothing to do with the license server; perhaps something about your network set up is now different than it was before (shared access rights or something).

Best regards,
Vlado

[stevesideas]

Apologies. This was an undersight at my end. I didnt realise how the default lights had changed. The maps were being found, but my scene had only a dome light. I didnt have GI on and so the scene was only using the dome light for reflection. The servers for some reason were able to use a max default light setup when I had off with GI. Whereas my maincomputer was able to render with default lights. Basically I was only seeing the dome light reflection on the shapes even though the maps were there...