[mpich-discuss] Install and config

[Sherry Frese]

Hi,

  This is a WINDOWS 7 installation & that's where I'm trying to run 
mpiexec.  I have been successful with it on Windows XP ( and on Linux).


--Sherry


At 10:03 AM 1/4/2010, you wrote:
>Hi,
>  Are you trying to install MPICH2 on unix or windows ?
>
>-Jayesh
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rodinei Nunes" <rodinei.nunes at yahoo.com.br>
>To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>Sent: Monday, January 4, 2010 4:28:39 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: [mpich-discuss] Install and config
>
>
>
>
>
>
>hello, I have two computers with a 975 Placida Mar MSi power edition 
>with pentium D 3.4GHZ with 100,100,100,100 and IP mask 255.0.0.0 
>name of the computer on the network is MSI-975 and the other 
>computer is an ASUS P5E3 Premium pentium D 2.8GHZ using the IP 
>255.0.0.0 and mask 100,100,100,101 your name on the network is ASUS. 
>Please can someone send me the setting to use these two computers 
>together, which the configuration on each computer? Well I do not 
>know anything about the MPICH2. Grateful
>
>
>
>
>
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>1. Re: smpd on windows 7 (Jayesh Krishna)
>2. Re: MPI_Waitsome and MPI_Getcount incorrect ( jayesh at mcs.anl.gov )
>3. Re: mpich2-1.2.1 on Cygwin/Vista (Jayesh Krishna)
>4. Re: smpd on windows 7 (Sherry Frese)
>5. Re: mpich2-1.2.1 on Cygwin/Vista (Sherry Frese)
>6. Re: smpd on windows 7 ( jayesh at mcs.anl.gov )
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>
>Message: 1
>Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:09:45 -0600 (CST)
>From: Jayesh Krishna < jayesh at mcs.anl.gov >
>Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7
>To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>Cc: Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com
>Message-ID: < 12042708.581131262617785646.JavaMail.root at zimbra >
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>Hi,
>Open a command prompt with administrator privileges (Right-click on 
>command prompt icon and select "Run as administrator") and use the 
>windows installer from command line to install MPICH2.
>To uninstall MPICH2 (It is recommended that you uninstall MPICH2 
>before installing a new version) run the following at the command 
>prompt (with admin privileges),
>
>msiexec /x mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi
>
>To install MPICH2 run the following at the command prompt (with 
>admin privileges),
>
>msiexec /i mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi
>
>Let us know if you still have problems.
>
>(PS: Running msiexec at the command prompt should bring up the GUI 
>for installing MPICH2.)
>
>Regards,
>Jayesh
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sherry Frese" < Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com >
>To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 9:54:42 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: [mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7
>
>I have been using MPICH2 on Windows XP (as well as under linux) for
>over 2 years.
>
>I am now moving to Windows 7 on a new PC. I have downloaded and
>installed the most recent MPICH2 for Windows and the install appears
>to have been OK. However, the smpd refuses to install as a
>service. smpd never shows up in the Task Manager's list of
>services. I have run 'sc //hostname query smpd', and it says the
>'specified service does not exist as an installed service'.
>
>I have redone the full install several times, under 2 different admin
>accounts (one of them named 'administator'). I have tried the
>explicit smpd -install as well (varying accounts, directory
>locations. etc.), and routinely receive the message:
>
>OpenSCManager Failed:
>Access is denied. (error 5)
>Unable to remove the previous installation, install failed.
>
>If I try smpd -uninstall, I get the same OpenSCManager Failed... message.
>
>Any advice would be greatly appreciated
>
>
>----------------------------
>Sherry Frese
>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:43:06 -0600 (CST)
>From: jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
>Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] MPI_Waitsome and MPI_Getcount incorrect
>To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
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>
>Hi,
>There is a bug in your code which results in accessing invalid 
>indices of the status array.
>Please modify the for loop in your code as below and let us know if 
>it works for you.
>
>####################################################################
>
>for (;;) {
>/* wait for one, or multiple requests to finish */
>int outcount = MPI::Request::Waitsome(2, req, array_of_indeces, 
>array_of_statuses);
>if (outcount == MPI_UNDEFINED) break; /* no active handles */
>
>debug("received count: %d", outcount);
>for (int index=0; index<outcount; index++) {
>/* size_t index = array_of_indeces[outcount]; */
>int req_index = array_of_indeces[index];
>
>debug("Request %d completed", req_index);
>int recv_count = 
>array_of_statuses[index].Get_count(array_of_types[req_index]);
>debug("MPI_GET_COUNT %d", recv_count);
>}
>}
>
>####################################################################
>
>Regards,
>Jayesh
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tam?s Farag?" < fafarago at gmail.com >
>To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:55:51 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] MPI_Waitsome and MPI_Getcount incorrect
>
>Sorry for the late reply but I was out of the country for a week. I am
>using MPICH2 1.2.1 on a WinXP SP3 machine running an Intel Core i5
>CPU. This is the output I get when running the application (mpiexec -n
>2 -l test3.exe)
>
>[1]client before: a 0, b 0
>[0]host: a 1, b 2
>[0]done, waiting....
>[1]received count: 1
>[1]MPI_Waitsome index 0
>[1]MPI_GET_COUNT 1
>[1]received count: 1
>[1]MPI_Waitsome index 1
>[1]MPI_GET_COUNT -32766
>[1]client after: a 1, b 2
>[1]done, waiting....
>[0]finalize
>[1]finalize
>
>On 22/12/2009, Rajeev Thakur < thakur at mcs.anl.gov > wrote:
> > I am not able to reproduce this problem when running MPICH2 1.2.1 with 2
> > processes on a single machine.
> >
> > Rajeev
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov
> >> [ mailto:mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov ] On Behalf Of Tam?s Farag?
> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 7:48 AM
> >> To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> >> Subject: [mpich-discuss] MPI_Waitsome and MPI_Getcount incorrect
> >>
> >> My actual problem, why I initiated the previous post at
> >> http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/mpich-discuss/2009-December
> >> /006187.html
> >> ([mpich-discuss] MPI_GET_COUNT behaviour unclear).
> >>
> >> See the very simple source code below. I initialise two
> >> persistent requests, then run a Waitsome on both of them and
> >> getting the top-level datatypes received. With Waitsome the
> >> second one returns MPI_UNDEFINED, no idea why. Waitall
> >> correctly returns 1 in both cases.
> >> What is going on, is it my fault and can it be solved?
> >>
> >> I have also uploaded the source code to
> >> http://www.liacs.nl/~tfarago/test.cpp
> >> NOTE: right now the tags are all the same, but even if
> >> different tags are given to the sending and receiving side
> >> (eg 0 and 1), the outcoume is the same. From the output it
> >> can be seen that even if MPI_GET_COUNT returns some kind of
> >> an error the program's behaviour is still correct.
> >> NOTE: also, strangely I cannot get Waitsome to return both
> >> completed requests, not even if I let the client sleep/idle
> >> for several seconds.
> >>
> >> ---CODE--
> >> #include <stdarg.h>
> >> #include <stdio.h>
> >> #include <mpi.h>
> >>
> >> #pragma comment(lib, "cxx.lib")
> >> #pragma comment(lib, "mpi.lib")
> >>
> >> void __cdecl debug(const char* msg, ...) {
> >> va_list va;
> >> va_start(va, msg);
> >> vfprintf(stderr, msg, va);
> >> fputs("\n", stderr);
> >> fflush(stderr);
> >> }
> >>
> >> int main() {
> >> MPI::Init();
> >> int my_node = MPI::COMM_WORLD.Get_rank();
> >>
> >> int a, b;
> >> MPI::Prequest req[2];
> >> a = 0; b = 0;
> >> if (my_node == 0) {
> >> a = 1; b = 2;
> >> req[0] = MPI::COMM_WORLD.Send_init(&a, 1,
> >> MPI::INT, 1, 0);
> >> req[1] = MPI::COMM_WORLD.Send_init(&b, 1,
> >> MPI::INT, 1, 0);
> >> } else {
> >> size_t size = MPI::INT.Pack_size(1, MPI::COMM_WORLD);
> >>
> >> req[0] = MPI::COMM_WORLD.Recv_init(&a, size,
> >> MPI::INT, 0, MPI::ANY_TAG);
> >> req[1] = MPI::COMM_WORLD.Recv_init(&b, size,
> >> MPI::INT, 0, MPI::ANY_TAG);
> >> }
> >>
> >> MPI::Prequest::Startall(2, req);
> >>
> >> if (my_node == 0) {
> >> debug("host: a %d, b %d", a, b);
> >> } else {
> >> debug("client before: a %d, b %d", a, b);
> >> int array_of_indeces[2];
> >> MPI::Status array_of_statuses[2];
> >> MPI::Datatype array_of_types[2];
> >> array_of_types[0] = MPI::INT;
> >> array_of_types[1] = MPI::INT;
> >> #if 1
> >> for (;;) {
> >> /* wait for one, or multiple requests
> >> to finish */
> >> int outcount =
> >> MPI::Request::Waitsome(2, req, array_of_indeces, array_of_statuses);
> >> if (outcount == MPI_UNDEFINED) break;
> >> /* no active handles */
> >>
> >> debug("received count: %d", outcount);
> >> for (outcount--; outcount >= 0; --outcount) {
> >> size_t index =
> >> array_of_indeces[outcount];
> >>
> >> debug("MPI_Waitsome index %d", index);
> >> int recv_count =
> >> array_of_statuses[index].Get_count(array_of_types[index]);
> >> debug("MPI_GET_COUNT %d", recv_count);
> >> }
> >> }
> >> #else
> >> MPI::Prequest::Waitall(2, req, array_of_statuses);
> >>
> >> for (int outcount = 2; outcount > 0; --outcount) {
> >> int recv_count =
> >> array_of_statuses[outcount-1].Get_count(array_of_types[outcount-1]);
> >> debug("MPI_GET_COUNT %d", recv_count);
> >> }
> >> #endif
> >> debug("client after: a %d, b %d", a, b);
> >> }
> >>
> >> debug("done, waiting....");
> >> MPI::COMM_WORLD.Barrier();
> >> debug("finalize");
> >> MPI::Finalize();
> >> return 0;
> >> }
> >> ---CODE---
> >
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>Message: 3
>Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 10:12:36 -0600 (CST)
>From: Jayesh Krishna < jayesh at mcs.anl.gov >
>Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] mpich2-1.2.1 on Cygwin/Vista
>To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>Cc: gustav at indiana.edu
>Message-ID: < 18116662.585721262621556712.JavaMail.root at zimbra >
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
>Hi,
>Let me take a look at this and get back to you.
>Meanwhile, if you are planning to work with C/C++ MPI programs (not 
>fortran MPI programs) you can install MPICH2 on windows and use the 
>gcc libs (you can even compile/link directly with the windows mpi 
>libraries with gcc) provided with the installation.
>
>(PS: To install MPICH2 on Vista/windows_7 type "msiexec /i 
>mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi" from an administrator command prompt. 
>Right-click on the command prompt icon and select "Run as 
>administrator" to run a command prompt with admin privileges. 
>Similarly to uninstall MPICH2 type "msiexec /x mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi".)
>Regards,
>Jayesh
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "gustav" < gustav at indiana.edu >
>To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 7:54:06 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: [mpich-discuss] mpich2-1.2.1 on Cygwin/Vista
>
>
>Well, it works. Finally. But with one little snag--see below.
>
>System: Windows Longhorn/Vista (not yet supported!) Ver 6.0 Build 
>6002 Service Pack 2
>uname: CYGWIN_NT-6.0-WOW64 Crawley 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 
>19:34 i686 Cygwin
>CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9550
>gcc: gcc (GCC) 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)
>MPI: mpich2-1.2.1
>config: ./configure --prefix=/home/gustav/mpich2-1.2.1 
>--disable-sharedlibs --enable-timer-type=gettimeofday 
>--with-device=ch3:ssm --with-thread-package=pthreads
>
>An important step that must be emphasized for Cygwin users is that to
>enable XSI IPCs (this activates shared memory too) Cygserver must be
>run on the machine. See /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cygserver.README for
>more info. Also, the CYGWIN environmental variable must be set to
>"server". This is described in the doc, as well.
>
>With all this done and MPI compiled and installed, it works for a user
>with admin privileges. Here's a brief demo:
>
>root at Crawley 515 # echo $CYGWIN
>server
>root at Crawley 516 # which mpdboot
>/home/gustav/mpich2-1.2.1/bin/mpdboot
>root at Crawley 517 # mpdboot --ncpus=4 --verbose
>running mpdallexit on Crawley
>LAUNCHED mpd on Crawley via
>RUNNING: mpd on Crawley
>root at Crawley 518 # mpirun -np 4 hostname
>Crawley
>Crawley
>Crawley
>Crawley
>root at Crawley 519 # mpirun -np 4 /home/gustav/src/MPI-tests/hellow2.exe
>Crawley: hello world from process 0 of 4
>Crawley: hello world from process 1 of 4
>Crawley: hello world from process 2 of 4
>Crawley: hello world from process 3 of 4
>root at Crawley 520 # mpdallexit
>root at Crawley 521 #
>
>Alas, there is a little snag. User "root" has admin privileges. User
>"gustav" does not. And here is what happens when this hapless
>individual attempts the same:
>
>gustav at Crawley 556 $ echo $CYGWIN
>server
>gustav at Crawley 557 $ mpdboot --ncpus=4 --verbose
>running mpdallexit on Crawley
>LAUNCHED mpd on Crawley via
>RUNNING: mpd on Crawley
>gustav at Crawley 558 $ mpirun -np 4 hostname
>Crawley
>Crawley
>Crawley
>Crawley
>gustav at Crawley 559 $ mpirun -np 4 /home/gustav/src/MPI-tests/hellow2.exe
>Assertion failed in file mpidi_pg.c at line 277: ((pg)->ref_count) == 0
>internal ABORT - process 0
>[cli_0]: aborting job:
>internal ABORT - process 0
>rank 0 in job 2 Crawley_50796 caused collective abort of all ranks
>exit status of rank 0: killed by signal 9
>gustav at Crawley 560 $ mpdallexit
>gustav at Crawley 561 $
>
>On the other hand, this little non-MPI program that tests shared memory
>stuff still works for the non-admin user:
>
>gustav at Crawley 563 $ cat shm.c
>#include <stdio.h>
>#include <sys/types.h>
>#include <sys/ipc.h>
>#include <sys/shm.h>
>
>int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>{
>int shmid;
>
>if((shmid = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, 1, IPC_CREAT)) == -1){
>perror("shmget");
>}
>shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, NULL);
>}
>
>gustav at Crawley 564 $ cc -o shm shm.c
>gustav at Crawley 565 $ ./shm
>gustav at Crawley 566 $ echo $?
>0
>gustav at Crawley 567 $
>
>Question: Why can't the non-admin user execute the MPI program?
>
>Greetings to all,
>
>--
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>Technology, Indiana University, 601 E. Kirkwood Ave., Room 116,
>Bloomington, IN 47405-1223, USA, http://perth.ovpit.indiana.edu/gustav ,
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>Message: 4
>Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:16:45 -0700
>From: Sherry Frese < Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com >
>Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7
>To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>Message-ID: < 6.2.5.6.2.20100104083538.02d6ebe0 at Numerex-LLC.com >
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>
>Jayesh,
>
>Thanks for the response, but it still does not work.
>
>Previously I had just been executing the .msi file from my admin
>account. This time I uninstalled (which said it was successful) and
>then installed the MPICH2, using msiexec from the command line as you
>suggested. The GUI came up, and all seemed fine (I kept the default
>smpd password and installed for all users). And indeed, as before I
>have all the MPICH2 directories and files in my Program File (x86)
>directory. However the smpd service is not being installed.
>
>I've checked on the Task manager - it's not there.
>I tried sc \\hostname query smpd and it now says
>
>[SC] EnumQueryServicesStatus: OpenService FAILED 1060:
>The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
>
>My parallel executable is called m2. When I try
>
>mpiexec -n 1 -localonly m2
>
>I get a request for the smpd passphrase , which I supply.
>
>mpiexec (I assume) then comes back with
>
>Unknown option : -d
>missing numproc flag: -n , -np, -hosts, or -localonly
>Unable to parse mipexec command arguments
>ReadFile() Failed, error 109
>unable to start the local smpd manager
>
>I get the same response if I try mpiexec -n 2
>-localonly m2 or mpiexec -localonly 1 m2 .
>
>
>I'm pretty sure that the problem is that the smpd service is not
>being installed.
>
>One additional piece of info. This is a 64 bit machine, and the m2
>I am running is a 32 bit version. But it runs fine in serial on this machine.
>
>Thanks for you help,
>Sherry
>
>
>
>At 08:09 AM 1/4/2010, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> > Open a command prompt with administrator privileges (Right-click
> > on command prompt icon and select "Run as administrator") and use
> > the windows installer from command line to install MPICH2.
> > To uninstall MPICH2 (It is recommended that you uninstall MPICH2
> > before installing a new version) run the following at the command
> > prompt (with admin privileges),
> >
> > msiexec /x mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi
> >
> > To install MPICH2 run the following at the command prompt (with
> > admin privileges),
> >
> > msiexec /i mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi
> >
> > Let us know if you still have problems.
> >
> >(PS: Running msiexec at the command prompt should bring up the GUI
> >for installing MPICH2.)
> >
> >Regards,
> >Jayesh
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Sherry Frese" < Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com >
> >To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> >Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 9:54:42 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> >Subject: [mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7
> >
> >I have been using MPICH2 on Windows XP (as well as under linux) for
> >over 2 years.
> >
> >I am now moving to Windows 7 on a new PC. I have downloaded and
> >installed the most recent MPICH2 for Windows and the install appears
> >to have been OK. However, the smpd refuses to install as a
> >service. smpd never shows up in the Task Manager's list of
> >services. I have run 'sc //hostname query smpd', and it says the
> >'specified service does not exist as an installed service'.
> >
> >I have redone the full install several times, under 2 different admin
> >accounts (one of them named 'administator'). I have tried the
> >explicit smpd -install as well (varying accounts, directory
> >locations. etc.), and routinely receive the message:
> >
> >OpenSCManager Failed:
> >Access is denied. (error 5)
> >Unable to remove the previous installation, install failed.
> >
> >If I try smpd -uninstall, I get the same OpenSCManager Failed... message.
> >
> >Any advice would be greatly appreciated
> >
> >
> >----------------------------
> >Sherry Frese
> >
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>----------------------------
>Sherry Frese
>NumerEx
>505-828-9050
>NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS - Sherry.Frese at NumerEx-LLC.com
>
>
>
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>Message: 5
>Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:31:41 -0700
>From: Sherry Frese < Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com >
>Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] mpich2-1.2.1 on Cygwin/Vista
>To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>Message-ID: < 6.2.5.6.2.20100104092725.02c87018 at Numerex-LLC.com >
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Unfortunately my applications are both C and Fortran. But so far
>I've been able to compile and link (using the MPICH2 libraries)
>on my windows 7 machine. I just can't run under mpiexec. (I've
>tried executables built on the windows 7 machine & older
>executables built under XP with the same results).
>
>I'll wait to hear from you.
>
>--Sherry
>
>At 09:12 AM 1/4/2010, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> > Let me take a look at this and get back to you.
> > Meanwhile, if you are planning to work with C/C++ MPI programs
> > (not fortran MPI programs) you can install MPICH2 on windows and
> > use the gcc libs (you can even compile/link directly with the
> > windows mpi libraries with gcc) provided with the installation.
> >
> >(PS: To install MPICH2 on Vista/windows_7 type "msiexec /i
> >mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi" from an administrator command prompt.
> >Right-click on the command prompt icon and select "Run as
> >administrator" to run a command prompt with admin privileges.
> >Similarly to uninstall MPICH2 type "msiexec /x mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi".)
> >Regards,
> >Jayesh
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "gustav" < gustav at indiana.edu >
> >To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> >Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 7:54:06 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> >Subject: [mpich-discuss] mpich2-1.2.1 on Cygwin/Vista
> >
> >
> >Well, it works. Finally. But with one little snag--see below.
> >
> > System: Windows Longhorn/Vista (not yet supported!) Ver 6.0
> > Build 6002 Service Pack 2
> > uname: CYGWIN_NT-6.0-WOW64 Crawley 1.5.25(0.156/4/2)
> > 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin
> > CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9550
> > gcc: gcc (GCC) 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)
> > MPI: mpich2-1.2.1
> > config: ./configure --prefix=/home/gustav/mpich2-1.2.1
> > --disable-sharedlibs --enable-timer-type=gettimeofday
> > --with-device=ch3:ssm --with-thread-package=pthreads
> >
> >An important step that must be emphasized for Cygwin users is that to
> >enable XSI IPCs (this activates shared memory too) Cygserver must be
> >run on the machine. See /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cygserver.README for
> >more info. Also, the CYGWIN environmental variable must be set to
> >"server". This is described in the doc, as well.
> >
> >With all this done and MPI compiled and installed, it works for a user
> >with admin privileges. Here's a brief demo:
> >
> > root at Crawley 515 # echo $CYGWIN
> > server
> > root at Crawley 516 # which mpdboot
> > /home/gustav/mpich2-1.2.1/bin/mpdboot
> > root at Crawley 517 # mpdboot --ncpus=4 --verbose
> > running mpdallexit on Crawley
> > LAUNCHED mpd on Crawley via
> > RUNNING: mpd on Crawley
> > root at Crawley 518 # mpirun -np 4 hostname
> > Crawley
> > Crawley
> > Crawley
> > Crawley
> > root at Crawley 519 # mpirun -np 4 /home/gustav/src/MPI-tests/hellow2.exe
> > Crawley: hello world from process 0 of 4
> > Crawley: hello world from process 1 of 4
> > Crawley: hello world from process 2 of 4
> > Crawley: hello world from process 3 of 4
> > root at Crawley 520 # mpdallexit
> > root at Crawley 521 #
> >
> >Alas, there is a little snag. User "root" has admin privileges. User
> >"gustav" does not. And here is what happens when this hapless
> >individual attempts the same:
> >
> > gustav at Crawley 556 $ echo $CYGWIN
> > server
> > gustav at Crawley 557 $ mpdboot --ncpus=4 --verbose
> > running mpdallexit on Crawley
> > LAUNCHED mpd on Crawley via
> > RUNNING: mpd on Crawley
> > gustav at Crawley 558 $ mpirun -np 4 hostname
> > Crawley
> > Crawley
> > Crawley
> > Crawley
> > gustav at Crawley 559 $ mpirun -np 4 /home/gustav/src/MPI-tests/hellow2.exe
> > Assertion failed in file mpidi_pg.c at line 277: ((pg)->ref_count) == 0
> > internal ABORT - process 0
> > [cli_0]: aborting job:
> > internal ABORT - process 0
> > rank 0 in job 2 Crawley_50796 caused collective abort of all ranks
> > exit status of rank 0: killed by signal 9
> > gustav at Crawley 560 $ mpdallexit
> > gustav at Crawley 561 $
> >
> >On the other hand, this little non-MPI program that tests shared memory
> >stuff still works for the non-admin user:
> >
> > gustav at Crawley 563 $ cat shm.c
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > #include <sys/types.h>
> > #include <sys/ipc.h>
> > #include <sys/shm.h>
> >
> > int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > {
> > int shmid;
> >
> > if((shmid = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, 1, IPC_CREAT)) == -1){
> > perror("shmget");
> > }
> > shmctl(shmid, IPC_RMID, NULL);
> > }
> >
> > gustav at Crawley 564 $ cc -o shm shm.c
> > gustav at Crawley 565 $ ./shm
> > gustav at Crawley 566 $ echo $?
> > 0
> > gustav at Crawley 567 $
> >
> >Question: Why can't the non-admin user execute the MPI program?
> >
> >Greetings to all,
> >
> >--
> >Zdzislaw (Gustav) Meglicki, Office of the Vice President for Information
> >Technology, Indiana University, 601 E. Kirkwood Ave., Room 116,
> >Bloomington, IN 47405-1223, USA, http://perth.ovpit.indiana.edu/gustav ,
> >Ph: 812-856-5597 (o), 812-345-3284 (m), Fax: 812-855-3310/812-856-3147,
> >
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>Message: 6
>Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 10:36:47 -0600 (CST)
>From: jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
>Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7
>To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>Cc: Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com
>Message-ID: < 1247911.587581262623007296.JavaMail.root at zimbra >
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
>Hi,
>Can you see MPICH2 process manager in the list of services (Look at 
>Control Panel\System and Security\Administrative Tools\Services)? 
>Also check the status of the service (Is it started ?)?
>You don't have to supply the "-localonly" flag to run MPI processes 
>on the local machine. MPICH2 by default launches the processes on 
>the local machine ("mpiexec -n 1 m2" should launch m2 on the local machine).
>Can you run a simple non-MPI program (mpiexec -n 2 hostname)?
>
>Regards,
>Jayesh
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sherry Frese" < Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com >
>To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>Sent: Monday, January 4, 2010 10:16:45 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7
>
>Jayesh,
>
>Thanks for the response, but it still does not work.
>
>Previously I had just been executing the .msi file from my admin
>account. This time I uninstalled (which said it was successful) and
>then installed the MPICH2, using msiexec from the command line as you
>suggested. The GUI came up, and all seemed fine (I kept the default
>smpd password and installed for all users). And indeed, as before I
>have all the MPICH2 directories and files in my Program File (x86)
>directory. However the smpd service is not being installed.
>
>I've checked on the Task manager - it's not there.
>I tried sc \\hostname query smpd and it now says
>
>[SC] EnumQueryServicesStatus: OpenService FAILED 1060:
>The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
>
>My parallel executable is called m2. When I try
>
>mpiexec -n 1 -localonly m2
>
>I get a request for the smpd passphrase , which I supply.
>
>mpiexec (I assume) then comes back with
>
>Unknown option : -d
>missing numproc flag: -n , -np, -hosts, or -localonly
>Unable to parse mipexec command arguments
>ReadFile() Failed, error 109
>unable to start the local smpd manager
>
>I get the same response if I try mpiexec -n 2
>-localonly m2 or mpiexec -localonly 1 m2 .
>
>
>I'm pretty sure that the problem is that the smpd service is not
>being installed.
>
>One additional piece of info. This is a 64 bit machine, and the m2
>I am running is a 32 bit version. But it runs fine in serial on this machine.
>
>Thanks for you help,
>Sherry
>
>
>
>At 08:09 AM 1/4/2010, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> > Open a command prompt with administrator privileges (Right-click
> > on command prompt icon and select "Run as administrator") and use
> > the windows installer from command line to install MPICH2.
> > To uninstall MPICH2 (It is recommended that you uninstall MPICH2
> > before installing a new version) run the following at the command
> > prompt (with admin privileges),
> >
> > msiexec /x mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi
> >
> > To install MPICH2 run the following at the command prompt (with
> > admin privileges),
> >
> > msiexec /i mpich2-1.2.1-win-ia32.msi
> >
> > Let us know if you still have problems.
> >
> >(PS: Running msiexec at the command prompt should bring up the GUI
> >for installing MPICH2.)
> >
> >Regards,
> >Jayesh
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Sherry Frese" < Sherry.Frese at Numerex-LLC.com >
> >To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> >Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 9:54:42 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> >Subject: [mpich-discuss] smpd on windows 7
> >
> >I have been using MPICH2 on Windows XP (as well as under linux) for
> >over 2 years.
> >
> >I am now moving to Windows 7 on a new PC. I have downloaded and
> >installed the most recent MPICH2 for Windows and the install appears
> >to have been OK. However, the smpd refuses to install as a
> >service. smpd never shows up in the Task Manager's list of
> >services. I have run 'sc //hostname query smpd', and it says the
> >'specified service does not exist as an installed service'.
> >
> >I have redone the full install several times, under 2 different admin
> >accounts (one of them named 'administator'). I have tried the
> >explicit smpd -install as well (varying accounts, directory
> >locations. etc.), and routinely receive the message:
> >
> >OpenSCManager Failed:
> >Access is denied. (error 5)
> >Unable to remove the previous installation, install failed.
> >
> >If I try smpd -uninstall, I get the same OpenSCManager Failed... message.
> >
> >Any advice would be greatly appreciated
> >
> >
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> >
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