[MPICH] MPICH2 with MS Vista

[Jayesh Krishna]

Hi,
 Did you install MPICH2 for all users (Everyone)? During installation MPICH2
prompts the user (a radio button) to specify whether MPICH2 is installed
only for the current user or for "Everyone".
 Are you installing MPICH2 from an admin account and trying to use MPICH2
from a non-admin account (or a different account) ?

Regards,
Jayesh

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
[mailto:owner-mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Brian Andrus
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 1:35 PM
To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
Subject: Re: [MPICH] MPICH2 with MS Vista

Jayesh,

No luck. I uninstalled MPICH2, ensured the entry for it was not listed in
the manage computer->services section and rebooted. I ran the installer,
used the default passphrase and rebooted after it said it was successfully
installed.
Then I opened a command window and ran:
    "\Program Files\MPICH2\bin\mpiexec.exe" -n 1 dir It asks for a
passphrase and I get an error:
-----------------------------
Please specify an authentication passphrase for smpd:
Unable to connect to 'Brian-PC:8676',
sock error: generic socket failure, error stack:
MPIDU_Sock_post_connect(1228): unable to connect to Brian-PC on port 8676,
exhausted all endpoints (errno -1)
MPIDU_Sock_post_connect(1275): unable to connect to Brian-PC on port 8676,
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
(errno 10061)
-----------------------------

I look at the manage computer->services and MPICH2 is not listed. It does
not install the smpd service successfully, I think. The only way I have been
able to see it installed is when I open a command window using administrator
privileges and running:
    "\Program Files\MPICH2\bin\smpd.exe" -install

I tried starting the service:
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C:\Users\Brian>"\Program Files\MPICH2\bin\smpd.exe" -start OpenSCManager
failed:
Access is denied. (error 5)
-----------------------------

So I tried starting it from an admin console:
----------------------------
C:\Windows\system32>"\Program Files\MPICH2\bin\smpd.exe" -start OpenService
failed:
The specified service does not exist as an installed service. (error 1060)
----------------------------


It seems the installer is not installing the service as would be expected
under Windows Vista Home Ultimate.
At least not on my new Dell XPS 410.

I can force the install using smpd.exe -install, but I am still unable to
use wmpiexec (I am able to use mpiexec somewhat).

Brian

Jayesh Krishna wrote:
>  Hi,
>   The smpd passphrase is the passphrase that the user specifies during 
> the
> MPICH2 installation process (By default the passphrase is set to "behappy"
> and the user has the option of changing it. The user is prompted for 
> the same during the MPICH2 installation).
>   You don't have to run "smpd.exe -install" to get smpd running on 
> your system. During a successful installation this is done for you by 
> the installer.
>   I would recommend that you re-install MPICH2 on your system (after 
> uninstalling the existing version of MPICH2). Please try rebooting 
> your system before running mpiexec. Initially try running some simple 
> command like "mpiexec -n 1 dir". Then try running "mpiexec -n 2 
> cpi.exe" (cpi.exe is provided with 32-bit version of MPICH2 in 
> <INSTALL-DIR>\MPICH2\examples
> directory)
>
> Regards,
> Jayesh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> [mailto:owner-mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Brian Andrus
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 2:24 AM
> To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: [MPICH] MPICH2 with MS Vista
>
> I am trying to get MPICH2 working all around with MS Vista. I have 
> installed it and I can get a simple hello world to run in the console, 
> but I would like to use wmpiexec to run things too. Unfortunately, 
> every time I try to run my hello world, I get an error:
>
> Error: No smpd passphrase specified through the registry or .smpd 
> file, exiting.
>
>
> When I run wmpiconfig and try to scan hosts, I get:
> Please specify an authentication passphrase for smpd: 1.0.6
>
> I run wmpiregister and use my logged in username/password, which seems 
> to register (wmpiconfig runs this automatically if there is no 
> account/pass in the registry).
>
> I noticed a few things:
> 1) I cannot run the installer as an administrator (the option isn't 
> there when I right click on a .msi file)
> 2) After the install, I needed to open a console administrator and 
> then run "smpd.exe -install" to get the MPICH2 process manager service 
> registered, otherwise it would not show up under the services.
> 3) As a normal user, I can run my hello world from a command windows, 
> if I have added a user/password using wmpiregister. To do so, I have 
> to just hit return when it asks for a passphrase.
> --------------------------snip-------------------------------------
> C:\Users\Brian>"\Program Files\MPICH2\bin\mpiexec.exe" -n 2 
> "\Users\Brian\Documents\Visual Studio 
> 2008\Projects\HelloWorld\Debug\HelloWorld.exe"
> Please specify an authentication passphrase for smpd:
> Hello World from process 0 on Brian-PC Number of Processes: 2 Hello 
> World from process 1 on Brian-PC
> --------------------------snip-------------------------------------
>
> I used MS Visual C++ express 2008 to create my hello world program. I 
> did need to set up a couple paths to get the mpi.h libraries included 
> so it would compile and link, but it seems to be working and 
> generating executable code.
> This is all on a fresh Dell with Vista Home Ultimate installed.
>
> Any ideas what I am missing to get wmpiexec to work?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Brian Andrus
>
>   


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