Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: jacobs@netcom.com (Allan Jacobs)
Subject: Re: Can't start pvmd???
Organization: Applied Parallel Research (Topanga)
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 03:05:25 GMT
Message-ID: <jacobsCzG0L2.LKz@netcom.com>

jnc@pip.fpms.ac.be (Jean-Noel Colin) writes:


>Hi,

>I have installed PVM3.3.5 on our two workstations: one is a 
>SUN4/670MP (SUNMP) and the other is a SUN ELC (SUN4). The hostnames
>are pip (SUNMP) and pip2 (SUN4)

>I have compiled PVM successfully on both machines. PVM resides
>on /usr/local/pvm3 on both.

>When I run pvm console on pip2 and try to add pip, I receive 
>the message 

>pip2% pvm>
>pvm> conf
>1 host, 1 data format
>				HOST     DTID     ARCH   SPEED
>				pip2    40000     SUN4    1000
>pvm> add pip
>0 successful
>				HOST     DTID
>				 pip Can't start pvmd
>pvm>

>The /tmp/pvml.1000 contains:
>[t80040000] ready  3.3.5   Tue Nov 15 08:07:37 1994
>[t80040000] startack() host pip expected version


>However, the pvmd3 has been exec'd on pip as shown in 
>/tmp/pvml.1000

>[t80080000] ready  3.3.5   Tue Nov 15 08:11:19 1994

>When I do a conf on pip:
>pip~(20)> pvm                                                           #8:12am
>pvmd already running.
>pvm> conf
>2 hosts, 1 data format
>				HOST     DTID     ARCH   SPEED
>			    	 ?    40000             1000
>			    pip    80000    SUNMP    1000
>pvm>

>But when I try to halt the console, It seems to loop infinitely. I am
>sure that the path is set correctly on both machines.

>Can someone help?

>Thanks a lot

>Jean-Noel Colin

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I got this error today when I switched from PVM3.2.x to PVM3.3.5.  There
is a bug somewhere in PVM3.3.5.  After some trial and error, I found
a workaround.  Simply moving the assignment of PVM_ROOT in my .cshrc
files to somewhere very near the top makes the problem go away.

This assumes that your .rhost files are set up correctly and your
environment is set up correctly.  There are, it seems, many ways to
run into this problem.

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