Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: rblock@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Robert J. Block)
Subject: Re: Problems with groups: cannot start!
Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois
Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:32:44 GMT
Message-ID: <3ct82s$cpu@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>

In article <1994Dec16.090206.2134@nbivax.nbi.dk>, antonuccio@nbivax.nbi.dk writes:
|> Hi all!
|> 
|>       I am having a problem when I try to use dynamic groups. My job works
|> fine when I do not use any group subroutine, but when I try I get the following
|> message:
|> 
|> [t80040000] [t40006] libpvm [t40006]: error: Can't contact local daemon
|> [t80040000] [t40006] libpvm [t40006]: gs_getgstid() failed to start group 
|> server: No such file
|> 
|>       I am running version 3.3.0 on a Convex C210, but froma recent posting
|> to this newsgroup (which did not receive any public answer) I learned that
|> the same problem has been encountered before, but I did not find any answer 
|> in the newsgroup.
|> 
|>                                           Vincenzo ANTONUCCIO-DELOGU
|> 
|>                               Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania - ITALY
|> 

I posted a similar problem a few weeks ago.  I received a few responses via
email, which I did not post at the time.

The problem I had was that the groups server (pvmgs) was not in the bin
directory ($PVM_ROOT/bin/$PVM_ARCH), thus could not be spawned by pvm
processes.  It could be that running "make install" puts pvmgs where it
should be, but "make" does not.  Anyway, I hope that helps.

Rob Block

