Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: knut@bragi.uni-paderborn.de (Knut Menzel)
Reply-To: knut@uni-paderborn.de
Subject: Re: Problems with v3.3.4 on SUNMP
Keywords: SUNMP, PVM version 3.3.4
Organization: University of Paderborn
Date: 27 Sep 1994 15:30:47 GMT
Message-ID: <369dr7$sro@news.uni-paderborn.de>

In article <3697f7$8df@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>, dweeks@holmes.hgen.pitt.edu (Daniel E. Weeks) writes:
>> Can anyone help me with this?  Thank you.
>> 
>>  * The exact version, patch level you're using 
>>     I'm using PVM version 3.3.4
>>  * The machine type(s) you're using, hardware and software
>>     I'm running Solaris 2.3 (SunOS 5.3) on a Sun SPARCstation
>>     10/514MP with 4 processors:
>>  * The machine architecture PVM chooses for you (e.g. ALPHA).
>>     SUNMP
>>  * A short description of the problem (what happens, when, etc.).
>>      When I run the master1 example program, it gives 
>>      the following error message when I ask to spawn
>>      too many slaves:
>> libpvm [t40006]: peer_conn() shmat to t40008: Too many open files

You can manage it it increasing the maxusers entry in the file
/etc/system. Try 
	
	set maxusers=64

Be aware, use usable settings of the number and size of memory
segments (e. g. shmseg: 200, shmmax: 8388608=8MB).

Best wishes,
-- Knut

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