Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: Theo Scott <rkwtgs@pukrs8.puk.ac.za>
Subject: Problem adding a host
Organization: Potchefstroom University
Date: 3 Aug 1995 12:38:55 GMT
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We have three mashines: pukrs3, pukrs8 & pukrs9. 
pukrs3: RS/6000 Model 520 running AIX 3.x
pukrs8 & pukrs9: RS/6000 Model 40P running AIX 4.1.1

We can get pukrs3 & pukrs9 to act as a master & slave.
The problem is that we only can get pukrs8 to act as a slave and
we like get it work as a master too.

On pukrs8 we got the following:

pukrs8:/home/rkw/rkwtgs>pvm
pvm> add pukrs9
0 successful
                    HOST     DTID
                  pukrs9 Can't start pvmd
pvm> add pukrs3
0 successful
                    HOST     DTID
                  pukrs3 Can't start pvmd
pvm> halt
libpvm [t40001]: mxfer() EOF on pvmd sock
pukrs8:/home/rkw/rkwtgs>

The /tmp/pvml.uid file:

[t80040000] ready  3.3.3   Thu Aug  3 14:37:13 1995
[t80000000] pl_startup() pvmd@pukrs9: EOF
[t80040000] startack() host pukrs9 expected version
[t80000000] pl_startup() pvmd@pukrs3: EOF
[t80040000] startack() host pukrs3 expected version
[t80040000] dm_halt() from (pukrs8), halting...
[t80040000] work() pvmd halting
[t80040000] pvmbailout(0)


Can someone help sort out this problem ?

Thanks in advance
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Theo Scott, Department Computer Science
Potchefstroom University,  http://www.puk.ac.za
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