[mpich-discuss] Windows 7 Install problem- mpiexec errors

[Jayesh Krishna]

Hi,
 Great to know MPICH2 is working for you now. I would not have expected "mpiexec -help" option not to work due to firewall issues. Thanks for letting us know.
 The windows developer's guide (maybe we should include the related info in user's guide - which is a separate issue that we are working on) does caution about using MPICH2 with firewalls (http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/documentation/index.php?s=docs).

Regards,
Jayesh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Buck" <rmbuck at earthlink.net>
To: "Jayesh Krishna" <jayesh at mcs.anl.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 4:39:44 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Windows 7 Install problem- mpiexec errors

Jayesh;

Many thanks for your efforts. The problem turns out to be my MacAfee 
firewall, which was blocking port access for mpiexec.  I turned off 
blocking for mpiexec and now mpiexec seems to work normally. You can 
add this to your list of install problems created by the environment.

Thanks again for your prompt replies.

Rich

>Hi,
>  Do you have a 32-bit or 64-bit version of windows installed in your 
>system (You should use the corresponding version of MPICH2)?
>  Can you also try if the nemesis channel works for you (mpiexec -n 2 
>-channel nemesis hostname)? Do you have any other MPI libraries 
>installed in your machine (Try the full path
>to the mpiexec command and see if it works, 
>c:\progra~1\mpich2\bin\mpiexec -n 2 hostname)?
>
>Regards,
>Jayesh
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Buck" <rmbuck at earthlink.net>
>To: "Jayesh Krishna" <jayesh at mcs.anl.gov>
>Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 7:01:54 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Windows 7 Install problem- mpiexec errors
>
>Jayesh;
>
>I wish I had better news, but after following your instructions to
>de-install and re-install  MPICH2, and starting the daemon, mpiexec
>still crashed immediately when started with:
>    "mpiexec  -help2"
>    or with any other option.
>
>Any ideas??
>
>Rich
>
>>Hi,
>>   Can you try running the mpiexec command from an administrator
>>prompt (right-click on command prompt and select "Run as
>>administrator") and see if it works ?
>>   If not, uninstall MPICH2 on your machine. Open an administrator
>>prompt (as mentioned above), run "msiexec /i
>>mpich2-1.3a1-win-ia32.msi" to install MPICH2 on your machine. Let us
>>know if it works.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Jayesh
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Richard Buck" <rmbuck at earthlink.net>
>>To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>>Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 12:26:25 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>>Subject: [mpich-discuss] Windows 7 Install problem- mpiexec errors
>>
>>Folks;
>>
>>Following what looked like a good MPICH2 install on Windows 7  and
>>starting the daemon with
>>     :smpd -install"  successfully, I found that running mpiexec with
>>any argument, such as :
>>     "mpiexec  -help2"
>>    gave the error message:
>>
>>    Fatal error in MPI_Init: Other MPI error, error stack:
>>MPIR_Init_thread(394)........: Initialization failed
>>MPID_Init(135)...............: channel initialization failed
>>MPIDI_CH3_Init(35)...........:
>>MPIDI_CH3I_Progress_init(309):
>>MPIDU_Sock_listen(940).......: listen failed, An attempt was made to
>>access a socket in a way
>>    forbidden by its access permissions. (errno 10013)
>>
>>This happened with the distribution: mpich2-1.3a1-win-ia32.msi
>>I did the install as an Administrator.
>>
>>Thanks for any help you can give.
>>
>>Rich
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