Hqueue error when rendering existing IFD

[ubcsdelta]

Greetings everyone. 

Struggling with setting up network rendering with Houdini 16.5. I use "use existing IFD" option and, unfortunately, can not use 'render current HIP file', because my hqclients running headless (nonGUI).

Submitted jobs are failing with 

Warning: prepareIFDRender() got an unexpected parameter 'enable_checkpoints'.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/HQShared/houdini_distros/hfs.linux-x86_64/houdini/scripts/hqueue/hq_prepare_ifd_render.py", line 27, in <module>
    hqlib.callFunctionWithHQParms(hqlib.prepareIFDRender)
  File "/home/HQShared/houdini_distros/hfs16.5.405-linux-x86_64/houdini/scripts/hqueue/hqlib.py", line 1482, in callFunctionWithHQParms
    function.__name__, parm_name))
TypeError: prepareIFDRender() takes the parameter 'cross_platform_ifd' (not given)

in log. 

Could please somebody explain how to set 'cross_platform_ifd' correctly. Thanks in advance. 

Edited March 11, 2018 by ubcsdelta

[ubcsdelta]

Well, just a though... It seems that hq_render ROP returns hq_cross_platform_ifd while hqlib.py uses cross_platform_ifd everywhere. Hmmm... Do I need to edit hqlib.py and recompile to hqlib.pyc, or (hopefully) there's a better way?

PS. Or am I completely off the track...

BTW, can not see anything regarding cross platform rendering in HQPARMS section of Diagnostics information

HQPARMS:
{
    "frames_per_job": 1, 
    "dirs_to_create": [], 
    "project_name": "v_mantra", 
    "frame_skip": 1.0, 
    "start_frame": 1.0, 
    "end_frame": 1.0, 
    "max_hosts_per_job": 1, 
    "min_hosts_per_job": 1, 
    "ifd_path": "/Library/HQServer/HQShared/test/mantra.ifd", 
    "render_frame_order": "linear_order", 
    "use_render_tracker": 0, 
    "enable_checkpoints": true
}

 

My hqueue server is on macOS, if that is relevant. 

Feeling kinda lost...

Edited March 11, 2018 by ubcsdelta

[ubcsdelta]

Ok, NVM, installed gnome. Everything works now. HQueue setup was pure fun

Edited March 12, 2018 by ubcsdelta