[AG-TECH] Probs starting VIC&RAT on AGTK3.01 winxp

[Sebastian Adams]

Hi there,

One of the machines here has an odd prob starting the vic & rat executables. Example error:

eg audioservice.log
06/02/06 12:00:27 2984 Toolkit     agservice.py:182 INFO  SetStream: ignoring trivial re-configuration
06/02/06 12:00:27 2984 Toolkit     audioservice.py:274 INFO  Starting AudioService
06/02/06 12:00:27 2984 Toolkit     audioservice.py:275 INFO   executable = C:\Documents and Settings\JWW\Application Data\AccessGrid3\local_services\AudioService\rat.exe
06/02/06 12:00:27 2984 Toolkit     audioservice.py:277 INFO   options = ['-C', u'AGSC Venue Server Lobby', '-S', u'c0ab9a180f6c420a2c48365f6d2f3d12', '-f', 'L16-16K-Mono', u'sam.ag.manchester.ac.uk/10824']
06/02/06 12:00:27 2960 ProcessManager     processmanager.py:138 ERROR couldn't shutdown process <PyHANDLE:660>: (1444, 'PostThreadMessage', 'Invalid thread identifier.')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python23\lib\site-packages\AccessGrid3\AccessGrid\Platform\win32\ProcessManager.py", line 131, in TerminateProcess
    win32api.PostThreadMessage(self.threadid[pid], 18, 0, 0)
error: (1444, 'PostThreadMessage', 'Invalid thread identifier.')
06/02/06 12:00:27 2984 ProcessManager     processmanager.py:62 DEBUG Creating process: C:\Documents and Settings\JWW\Application Data\AccessGrid3\local_services\AudioService\rat.exe -C "AGSC Venue Server Lobby" -S c0ab9a180f6c420a2c48365f6d2f3d12 -f L16-16K-Mono sam.ag.manchester.ac.uk/10824
06/02/06 12:00:27 2984 ProcessManager     processmanager.py:100 ERROR process creation failed: (193, 'CreateProcess', '%1 is not a valid Win32 application.')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python23\lib\site-packages\AccessGrid3\AccessGrid\Platform\win32\ProcessManager.py", line 73, in StartProcess
    startup_info)
error: (193, 'CreateProcess', '%1 is not a valid Win32 application.')

similarlarly for vic (videoproducerservice.log):

06/02/06 12:14:08 2884 Toolkit     videoproducerservice.py:324 INFO    enabled: 1
06/02/06 12:14:08 2884 Toolkit     agservice.py:171 INFO  SetStream: [consume
ster.ac.uk 10194
06/02/06 12:14:08 2884 Toolkit     videoproducerservice.py:175 INFO  Mapping windows device: Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000
06/02/06 12:14:08 2884 Toolkit     videoproducerservice.py:303 INFO  Starting VideoProducerService
06/02/06 12:14:08 2884 Toolkit     videoproducerservice.py:304 INFO   executable = C:\Documents and Settings\JWW\Application Data\AccessGrid3\local_services\VideoProducerService\vic.exe
06/02/06 12:14:08 2884 Toolkit     videoproducerservice.py:305 INFO   options = ['-u', 'C:/DOCUME~1/JWW/LOCALS~1/Temp/VideoProducerService_2920.vic', '-C', 'Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000', '-X', u'site=c0ab9a180f6c420a2c48365f6d2f3d12', u'sam.ag.manchester.ac.uk/10194']
06/02/06 12:14:08 2884 ProcessManager     processmanager.py:62 DEBUG Creating process: C:\Documents and Settings\JWW\Application Data\AccessGrid3\local_services\VideoProducerService\vic.exe -u C:/DOCUME~1/JWW/LOCALS~1/Temp/VideoProducerService_2920.vic -C "Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000" -X site=c0ab9a180f6c420a2c48365f6d2f3d12 sam.ag.manchester.ac.uk/10194
06/02/06 12:14:08 2884 ProcessManager     processmanager.py:100 ERROR process creation failed: (193, 'CreateProcess', '%1 is not a valid Win32 application.')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python23\lib\site-packages\AccessGrid3\AccessGrid\Platform\win32\ProcessManager.py", line 73, in StartProcess
    startup_info)
error: (193, 'CreateProcess', '%1 is not a valid Win32 application.')

So it looks like python getting confused with the path/arguments or somesuch? I have checked that there isn't a directory called c:\documents which could cause this prob.

I can start (without probs) vic & rat with the correct arguments via command line.

At first I thought it was another application (statistica) installed on the PC which uses the .svc extension for macros - but have uninstalled that without resolution.

AGTK has worked the machine in the past but has stopped working at some point (both agtk 2.4 & 3.01 exhibit the same prob).

Many thanks, Seb

Seb Adams
CEH Computer Support
Tel 01524 595818

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