[MPICH] Question about MPICH2 on a single machine

[Rusty Lusk]

You should read the README in the mpich2 directory about starting step
by step.  You may need to use mpdcheck to find problems in the way your
machine is configured.

From: Zaiwen Wen <zw2109 at columbia.edu>
Subject: [MPICH] Question about MPICH2 on a single machine
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:19:40 -0500 (EST)

> 
> 
> Recently, I'm installing MPICH2 on a single machine and have tried two 
> versions:
> 
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> 1. --with-pm=mpd
> 
> When I try "make testing", the following error occured:
> 
> mpdrun_dyn-128-59-150-217.dyn.columbia.edu: cannot connect to local mpd 
> (/tmp/mpd2.console_wenzw); possible causes:
>    1. no mpd is running on this host
>    2. an mpd is running but was started without a "console" (-n option)
> 
> Anyway, if I start "mpd&" first, and then "make testing", it can not find 
> the host.
> 
> 
> Question: How can I configure it to run on a single manchine?
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> 
> 
> 2. --with-pm=gforker
> 
> My configuration is:
> 
> /home/code/mpich/mpich2-1.0.2p1/configure 2>&1 -prefix=/opt/mpich2/ 
> --with-pm=gforker  | tee configure.log
> 
> After installation,  directory "bin" contains the following files:
> 
> clog2_print  mpicc  mpich2version  mpicxx  mpiexec  mpif77  mpif90
> 
> 
> When I try "make testing", it prompted that all 354 tests passed!
> 
> I can not find " mpirun". Is the installation right? Anyway, some 
> applications need "mpirun", how can I solve this problem?
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> 
> 
> Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!
> 
> Zaiwen
>