Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: Richard Moss <rjm@seymour.chem.ubc.ca>
Subject: couple of quick pvm Q's
Organization: The University of British Columbia
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 15:20:51 -0800
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Hi,

I've just started using pvm(3) on our RS6000's, and have a couple of
questions.

I want to use the x debugger "xldb" (on aix) to debug the programs (they
are in fortran90), which doesn't need to be run out of an xterm.
I hacked the debugger script as follows:

> if ($#argv < 1) then
> 	echo "usage: debugger command [args]"
> 	exit 1
> endif
>
> set noglob
> set hn=`hostname`
>
> /usr/bin/xldb -display argon:0  -title "${hn}:$argv[1]" $argv

which works fine, except its set to display on the machine argon only!

I use ksh, and don't know csh much, and was wondering if someone could
tell me how to put a DISPLAY variable in here (if possible ? ...I
couldn't see a DISPLAY variable in the original debugger scripts exec of
the xterm, is it inherited?)

The other question I've got is not so much a question but an ACK!  On
our RS's (running 3.2.5) when I call pvmfcatchout() I get a core dump.
Has anyone else seen this and have a fix?

thanks!

Richard

