This is a Cygwin Python error (a fork() fails). I would consider reinstalling<div>Cygwin. In my experience, it is not very stable. I wish we did not have to use it.</div><div><br></div><div> Matt<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Dominik Szczerba <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dominik@itis.ethz.ch">dominik@itis.ethz.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
(but the error stays the same)<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Dominik Szczerba <<a href="mailto:dominik@itis.ethz.ch">dominik@itis.ethz.ch</a>> wrote:<br>
> I am sorry I pasted the wrong configure command, the correct one does<br>
> have --with-cc='win32fe cl' in addition.<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Dominik Szczerba <<a href="mailto:dominik@itis.ethz.ch">dominik@itis.ethz.ch</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Dear all,<br>
>><br>
>> I am trying to configure petsc 3.1p3 under Windows 7 64 bit using MSVC<br>
>> 2010 Express. I get the errors listed below. According to google this<br>
>> is quite exotic. I will be grateful for any hints.<br>
>> Regards.<br>
>> Dominik<br>
>><br>
>> $ ./config/configure.py PETSC_DIR=$PWD PETSC_ARCH=linux-gnu-c-release<br>
>> --download-f-blas-lapack=1 --download-mpich=1 --download-hypre=1<br>
>> --with-parmetis=1 --down<br>
>> load-parmetis=1 --with-x=0 --with-debugging=0<br>
>> ===============================================================================<br>
>> Configuring PETSc to compile on your system<br>
>> ===============================================================================<br>
>> TESTING: configureExternalPackagesDir from<br>
>> config.framework(config/BuildSystem/config/framework.py:829)<br>
>> TESTING: configureDebuggers from<br>
>> PETSc.utilities.debuggers(config/PETSc/utilities/debuggers.py:22)<br>
>> TESTING: configureMake from<br>
>> PETSc.utilities.Make(config/PETSc/utilities/Make.py:21)<br>
>> TESTING: configureCLanguage from<br>
>> PETSc.utilities.languages(config/PETSc/utilities/languages.py:43)<br>
>> TESTING: configureLanguageSupport from<br>
>> PETSc.utilities.languages(config/PETSc/utilities/languages.py:49)<br>
>> TESTING: configureExternC from<br>
>> PETSc.utilities.languages(config/PETSc/utilities/languages.py:66)<br>
>> TESTING: configureFortranLanguage from<br>
>> PETSc.utilities.languages(config/PETSc/utilities/languages.py:72)<br>
>> TESTING: configureMkdir from<br>
>> config.programs(config/BuildSystem/config/programs.py:21)<br>
>> TESTING: configurePrograms from<br>
>> config.programs(config/BuildSystem/config/programs.py:43)<br>
>> 0 [main] python 216 C:\cygwin\bin\python.exe: *** fatal error -<br>
>> unable to remap \\?\C:\cygwin\lib\python2.6\lib-dynload\time.dll to<br>
>> same address as parent<br>
>> : 0x360000 != 0x3C0000<br>
>> 0 [main] python 4740 fork: child 216 - died waiting for dll<br>
>> loading, errno 11<br>
>> Exception AttributeError: AttributeError("Popen3 instance has no<br>
>> attribute 'pid'",) in <bound method Popen3.__del__ of <popen2.Popen3<br>
>> instance at 0x7eb63f2c>> i<br>
>> gnored<br>
>> *******************************************************************************<br>
>> UNABLE to EXECUTE BINARIES for config/configure.py<br>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
>> [Errno 11] Resource temporarily unavailable<br>
>> *******************************************************************************<br>
>><br>
><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead.<br>
-- Norbert Wiener<br>
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