[mpich-discuss] MPICH error on CentOS

Pavan Balaji balaji at mcs.anl.gov
Wed Nov 6 21:18:46 CST 2013 

Wow.  1.2.1p1 is ancient.  It was used by dinosaurs and such when they still roamed the earth.

I don’t use CentOS, but don’t the rpm’s from this page work?

http://www.mpich.org/downloads/

If not, then source compile is always possible.  :-)  It’s an open-source project.

  —- Pavan

On Nov 6, 2013, at 6:56 PM, bharat gupta <bharat.85.monu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay.. Thanks a lot for your time and help..
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Ricardo Román Brenes <roman.ricardo at gmail.com> wrote:
> You have to either remove the old rpm and compile a new version or remove the old version and create an rpm from the source. Maybe fedora or suse have a newer version in their repos but I havent checked
> 
> On Nov 6, 2013 6:48 PM, "bharat gupta" <bharat.85.monu at gmail.com> wrote:
> How can that be done in CentOS 6.0, I used the command yum search mpich and installed the one that it showed ...
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Ricardo Román Brenes <roman.ricardo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Still, try to update to a new mpich asap! :-)
> 
> On Nov 6, 2013 6:45 PM, "bharat gupta" <bharat.85.monu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the command. After issuing mpdboot and making file mdp.conf with line secretword=<> in /etc folder solved the problem..
> 
> Thanks a lot
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:43 AM, bharat gupta <bharat.85.monu at gmail.com> wrote:
> I didn't use any of these command , I issued the command 'mpirun -np 24 mdrun -v -deffnm mdrun' for running the gromacs' and after using this command I got those errors
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Ricardo Román Brenes <roman.ricardo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Did you start mpd either with mpd or mpdboot?
> 
> On Nov 6, 2013 6:39 PM, "Ricardo Román Brenes" <roman.ricardo at gmail.com> wrote:
> He has to. Thats an older mpich than mine!  :-P
> 
> On Nov 6, 2013 6:34 PM, "Pavan Balaji" <balaji at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> 
> Looks like I’m late to this email chain.
> 
> Please don’t use mpd.  mpd has been deprecated for many releases of mpich now.  You might be using a very old version of mpich.
> 
>   —- Pavan
> 
> On Nov 6, 2013, at 6:26 PM, bharat gupta <bharat.85.monu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > DO I need to add some command in mpd.hosts file
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:22 AM, bharat gupta <bharat.85.monu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't know much about mpi , as I am using gromacs which was complied with mpi option. , But I read somewhere that
> >
> >  " If a file named .mpd.conf is available in the user's home directory, only the user can have read and write privileges. The file must minimally contain a line with secretword=<secretword>. If you want to run MPD as root, create the mpd.conf file in the /etc directory instead of .mpd.conf in the root's home directory to run mpd as root. Avoid starting the MPD ring under the root account." Here'e the link http://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/hpc/ics/impi/41/lin/Reference_Manual/Multipurpose_Daemon_Commands.htm
> >
> > And after using chmod 700 , I still get the same error, but when I create a file mpd.conf in /etc I get the and added the secretword=<secretword> line in the file and run the same command, I get this error:-
> >
> > root at localhost INGT]# mpirun -np 24 mdrun -v -deffnm mdrun
> > mpdroot: perror msg: No such file or directory
> > mpdroot: cannot connect to local mpd at: /tmp/mpd2.console_root
> >     probable cause:  no mpd daemon on this machine
> >     possible cause:  unix socket /tmp/mpd2.console_root has been removed
> >
> > mpiexec_localhost.localdomain (__init__ 1208): forked process failed; status=255
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Ricardo Román Brenes <roman.ricardo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Try using chmod 700.  Can you run any other mpi example? Like cpi.c
> >
> > On Nov 6, 2013 6:08 PM, "bharat gupta" <bharat.85.monu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It have changed the file permission (rw) for root , ls -l mpd.hosts gives the output
> > -rw-r--r--, 1 root root
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Ricardo Román Brenes <roman.ricardo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > With rwx permission just for root?
> >
> > On Nov 6, 2013 6:00 PM, "bharat gupta" <bharat.85.monu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have created the file mpd.hosts in /etc folder in the root , but still it shows the same error ... /usr/bin/mpdroot: open failed for root's mpd conf filempiexec_localhost.localdomain (__init__ 1208): forked process failed; status=255
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Ricardo Román Brenes <roman.ricardo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > You need to create a mpd.hosts in /etc if you want to run mpd as root
> >
> > On Nov 6, 2013 5:41 PM, "bharat gupta" <bharat.85.monu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am getting the following error while using the command -
> >
> > [root at localhost INGT]# mpirun -np 24 mdrun_mpi -v -deffnm npt
> >
> > Error -
> >
> > /usr/bin/mpdroot: open failed for root's mpd conf filempiexec_localhost.localdomain (__init__ 1208): forked process failed; status=255
> >
> > I complied gromacs using - ./configure --enable-shared --enable-mpi. I have installed the mpich package , this is what I get when I check for mpirun and mpiexec -
> >
> > [root at localhost /]# which mpirun
> > /usr/bin/mpirun
> > [root at localhost /]# which mpiexec
> > /usr/bin/mpiexec
> >
> > What could be the problem here ??
> >
> > Thanks
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> > Bharat
> >
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