I figured it out in the end, I was not aware that I had to set my computer up as a slave and have Jenkins run the process on the slave. The process was actually running before but it was silent in the background. I set it up and Maya and Notepad etc. now boot correctly in the foreground
That took me a while to figure out and there were some options that were not default enabled that I needed, I am going to write this one up I think. Help out the next guy who has that issue. - Ben On 15 August 2017 at 21:29, Justin Israel <justinisr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 9:38 PM Benjam901 <benandrewhe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> No dice I am afraid on the wait command. I can change it so it is written >> in the Jenkins Unix shell but I am unsure how to do this at current. Would >> the problem I am having not be the same though? Or would the shell allow me >> greater flexibility? >> >> Have you managed to launch a separate Maya process through web Jenkins >> before? >> > > Yes we have tests that run on Jenkins that include launching a Maya > process. But you do need to make sure it isn't trying to launch a detached > process/shell. It needs to launch a regular subprocess child that it waits > for. > > >> - Ben >> >> >> On Tuesday, 15 August 2017 11:12:50 UTC+2, Justin Israel wrote: >> >>> I know very little about Windows command workflows, but is the "start" >>> command the appropriate thing here? Its documented as trying to launch a >>> new command prompt window to run the app, which implies an async launch and >>> also probably not appropriate for Jenkins. Does it only work if you use >>> that "start" command? If so, can you try those documented flags: /b /wait >>> That seems to tell it to not launch a new command prompt and to wait for >>> the process to end, which is what you want. >>> >>> Justin >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 9:04 PM Benjam901 <benandr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> I fixedMy Maya batch file runs correctly and the script passed into it >>>> runs correctly when I run standalone without Jenkins but with Jenkins i >>>> >>>> *This is my call to boot Maya:* >>>> *"start "" "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya%MAYA_VERSION%\bin\maya.exe" >>>> "-script" %TOOLSPATH%\standalone\sb_package_browser\execute.mel"* >>>> >>>> *The console output from my Jenkins build is below:* >>>> *C:\Program Files >>>> (x86)\Jenkins\workspace\publish_package_on_p4_check_in>start "" "C:\Program >>>> Files\Autodesk\Maya2017\bin\maya.exe" "-script" >>>> D:\p4sb\Trunk\ContentTools\asset_tools\DEV\standalone\sb_package_browser\execute.mel >>>> * >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *C:\Program Files >>>> (x86)\Jenkins\workspace\publish_package_on_p4_check_in>exit 0 Process >>>> leaked file descriptors. See >>>> https://jenkins.io/redirect/troubleshooting/process-leaked-file-descriptors >>>> <https://jenkins.io/redirect/troubleshooting/process-leaked-file-descriptors> >>>> for more information POST BUILD TASK : SUCCESS END OF POST BUILD TASK : 0 >>>> Finished: SUCCESS* >>>> >>>> As you can see the process completes but Maya does not boot and the >>>> actual Maya process does not boot. I remember reading somewhere that you >>>> must set BUILD_ID=do not kill, however this has not been sucessful for me. >>>> >>>> I would assume that because I am trying to kick off an entirely new exe >>>> process Jenkins does not recognise that it needs to wait and simply falls >>>> through? >>>> >>>> - Ben >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, 14 August 2017 19:53:21 UTC+2, Benjam901 wrote: >>>> >>> Yes I have usually been able to start Maya from command prompt our whole >>>>> system runs on this type of thing. I shall run a manual test with my newer >>>>> trimmed down jenkins boot and see what happens. >>>>> >>>>> - Ben >>>>> >>>> On 14 August 2017 at 18:22, yury nedelin <yned...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>> Can you start Maya from command prompt manually, without Jenkins? If >>>>>> not what is the error you get , if you get one? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 14, 2017 8:52 AM, "Benjam901" <benandr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I found the file in question *"C:/Program Files >>>>>>> (x86)/Jenkins/jobs/publish_package_on_p4_check_in/builds/changelog.xml" >>>>>>> *and >>>>>>> have set up my process to iterate files in the changelists found in this >>>>>>> file, my process polls every minute checking for changes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I then run a post build job based on if Maya files are found in any >>>>>>> changelist I then exit with an exit code that triggers a post build >>>>>>> script. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My post build script runs a new batch process that is supposed to >>>>>>> boot Maya and pass in a script to run on boot but I cannot get Jenkins >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> run Maya. It get to the execution line and just hangs until I kill the >>>>>>> process, is there a way to sucessfully boot a window exe like Maya >>>>>>> through >>>>>>> Jenkins? I feel I may be missing something. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ben >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Saturday, 12 August 2017 03:31:13 UTC+2, ynedelin wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> P4 will create an xml file with full sync log for each build. Look >>>>>>>> for it in Jenkins root. I will send you exact location later after I >>>>>>>> get in >>>>>>>> front of a computer if you can not find it. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Aug 11, 2017 5:31 AM, "Benjam901" <benandr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I am having trouble with my Jenkins build at the moment. I have >>>>>>>> successfully set it up so that the P4 polling SCM is working correctly >>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>> my specified directories which is good but the snag is getting the >>>>>>>> changelists out into a separate build script. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Here is my proposed workflow:* >>>>>>>> Poll every minute checking for changes in specified P4 dirs. >>>>>>>> If changes are found run build and gather changelists. >>>>>>>> Pass changelists to new build that runs python script to filter and >>>>>>>> run processes on files etc. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *The snag:* >>>>>>>> The image below shows the summary of changes, I would like to be >>>>>>>> able to get all changelist numbers and pass them to my python filtering >>>>>>>> script. >>>>>>>> I have tried using P4_CHANGELIST in my console execution but it >>>>>>>> only returns the latest change not all three as the image below >>>>>>>> illustrates. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ben >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cZ8KU5vbxFU/WY2jMgtWJ6I/AAAAAAAAD6c/pzho_YBMA1Y2rbouqK9cBSHC2nD5Co4PQCLcBGAs/s1600/jenkins.png> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>> send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/ >>>>>>>> 1b05f7ba-5881-4794-8c9c-a8d02edbacd9%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/1b05f7ba-5881-4794-8c9c-a8d02edbacd9%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/ >>>>>>> 21e3fd7d-9a5a-44ff-96a9-7b5cd94c4860%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/21e3fd7d-9a5a-44ff-96a9-7b5cd94c4860%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in >>>>>> the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>>>>> topic/python_inside_maya/eT12eQChWJo/unsubscribe. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>>> python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>>>>> msgid/python_inside_maya/CACqGScj%2BLZJw3r2wEA7Wc1q5PZz24- >>>>>> AeTr4jDk4Ja8u1uTCE%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CACqGScj%2BLZJw3r2wEA7Wc1q5PZz24-AeTr4jDk4Ja8u1uTCE%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Tel - 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