Render Farm Build 20

DISCLAIMER: This is a continuing series detailing the painful story of a DIY render farm build.  It is terribly technics and somewhat frustrating.  Those who are unprepared for such “entertainment” are advised to ignore these posts. I see no reason not to try the Mavericks hack!  Since upgrading to 10.8 is a bust, trying the […]

Render Farm Build 19

DISCLAIMER: This is a continuing series detailing the painful story of a DIY render farm build.  It is terribly technics and somewhat frustrating.  Those who are unprepared for such “entertainment” are advised to ignore these posts. Well, I came back and found that the drive was not really responding. Not only had it failed, attempts […]

Render Farm Build 18

DISCLAIMER: This is a continuing series detailing the painful story of a DIY render farm build.  It is terribly technics and somewhat frustrating.  Those who are unprepared for such “entertainment” are advised to ignore these posts. I’m all set up with legit copy of the 10.8 install app (borrowed from a friend who did the […]

Render Farm Build 17

DISCLAIMER: This is a continuing series detailing the painful story of a DIY render farm build.  It is terribly technics and somewhat frustrating.  Those who are unprepared for such “entertainment” are advised to ignore these posts. I have the PDC working, and I had turned my attention to the worker units – old Mac Pro […]

Render Farm Build 16

DISCLAIMER: This is a continuing series detailing the painful story of a DIY render farm build.  It is terribly technics and somewhat frustrating.  Those who are unprepared for such “entertainment” are advised to ignore these posts. So far the project has accomplished the following milestone: despite early warnings to the contrary, the PPC Mac Mini […]

Render Farm Build 15

DISCLAIMER: This is a continuing series detailing the painful story of a DIY render farm build.  It is terribly technics and somewhat frustrating.  Those who are unprepared for such “entertainment” are advised to ignore these posts. Today is when I worked out all the details.  Apparently scons was doing okay. Further investigation showed that Dr. Queue […]

Render Farm Build 14

DISCLAIMER: This is a continuing series detailing the painful story of a DIY render farm build.  It is terribly technics and somewhat frustrating.  Those who are unprepared for such “entertainment” are advised to ignore these posts. I did go back to drqman and try it again.  But, drqman still asked to reference an out of […]

Render Farm Build 13

DISCLAIMER: This is a continuing series detailing the painful story of a DIY render farm build.  It is terribly technics and somewhat frustrating.  Those who are unprepared for such “entertainment” are advised to ignore these posts. If you’re following, I was still trying to build a Dr. Queue GUI on the PPC Mac Mini, hoping to […]

Render Farm Build 12

DISCLAIMER: This is a continuing series detailing the painful story of a DIY render farm build.  It is terribly technics and somewhat frustrating.  Those who are unprepared for such “entertainment” are advised to ignore these posts. Apparently, the Dr. Queue Ruby-on-Rails front end, which is NOT the same as “Dr. Keewee,”which is a Python front-end, also […]

Render Farm Build 11

DISCLAIMER: This is a continuing series detailing the painful story of a DIY render farm build.  It is terribly technics and somewhat frustrating.  Those who are unprepared for such “entertainment” are advised to ignore these posts. Let’s try this again.  With the fresh tarball and everything cleaned out for the umpteenth time, I went back […]