I tried to use 3ds max v5.1 + MaxMan v1.7.5 + PRMan v11.0
It rendered - but with no textures.
But MaxMan did not give any error messages.
I used the MaxMan.dlr v4.0 library.
And I tried both "Pixar - prman 3.8 - 3.9" and "Pixar - prman 10.0"
in MaxMan's "RenderMan Renderer" options