[mpich-discuss] mpdtrace cannot connect (cygwin & mpd), previous smpd remnants?

[Jayesh Krishna]

 Hi,
  I would recommend that you uninstall any previous versions of MPICH2 on
windows. Delete your MPICH2 install directory in cygwin. Now make sure that
you don't have any previous mpiexec or mpd hanging around in your system
(Try typing in the commands and they should not be available). Update cygwin
packages to the latest versions. Do a "make distclean". Configure/make/make
install MPICH2 using the settings that you need in cygwin. 
  After installing try doing a "which mpd" & "which mpiexec" to make sure
that you are using the *right* versions of mpd/mpiexec. Let us know if you
still have problems.
  
Regards,
Jayesh
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
[mailto:owner-mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Ingo Bojak
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 2:47 PM
To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
Subject: RE: [mpich-discuss] mpdtrace cannot connect (cygwin & mpd),
previous smpd remnants?

Hi,

> You could however install MPD by compiling/installing MPICH2 using 
> cygwin.
>
I'm aware of this. In fact, as mentioned, I'm successfully running mpd with
cygwin on my laptop. I merely want to do the same on my office machine.

> MPICH2 installation on windows should not interfere with the 
> installation of MPICH2+MPD using cygwin.
>
Good to know.

> When you re-compile MPICH2 to use MPD make sure that you do "make 
> distclean" and re-configure/compile/install MPICH2.
>
I'm somewhat confused what your comment refers to. My attempt to install mpd
was the "first go". I had *not* previously compiled mpich2 from source, but
simply used the msi-installer for smpd. Should I have done a "make
distclean" anyhow? Did configure somehow notice the previously installed
(and by that time, uninstalled again, as far as Windows does so
cleanly) smpd version and compile the source for smpd?

>  Do you get any messages from mpd when you run it as a foreground 
> process (Just "mpd" instead of "mpd&")?
>
When I start mpd in foreground it simply does nothing (nothing I can see at
least). I cannot ctrl-c it to escape, but rather I close the cygwin window
to get rid of it.

Best,
Ingo