[mpich-discuss] Segmentation Fault when running any application.

Jose Marques jmarques at itn.pt
Thu Nov 17 12:05:30 CST 2011


Michael,

Did you switch off User Account Control in Windows 7 ? I think I had the 
same probs and solved them taking care of UAC.

Jose

On 17-11-2011 5:35, Michael Warthon wrote:
> I am still getting the same error even after reinstalling SMPD. The 
> MPICH2 that I have installed is the 64-bit version. My computer has 
> windows 7, is a 64-bit operating system, and has an intel core i5 CPU 
> processor. The installer I used mpich2-1.4.1p1-win-x86-64.msi is the 
> correct one right?
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Jayesh Krishna <jayesh at mcs.anl.gov 
> <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>      The error message does not appear with the "-verbose" option (The
>     launch mechanism with a "-verbose" option is different though).
>      I think that the issue is still that MPICH2 was not installed
>     correctly in your system (I verified that 1.4.1p1 works correctly
>     - without error msgs - on our Srv2008). Please follow the steps
>     below and let us know if it works for you,
>
>     # Right-click on the command prompt icon and select "Run as
>     administrator" to open an admin command prompt
>     # From the admin command prompt, uninstall SMPD using the
>     "-uninstall" option (Type "smpd -uninstall")
>     # From the admin command prompt, install SMPD using the "-install"
>     option (Type "smpd -install")
>     # Try running mpiexec from the admin command prompt (Type "mpiexec
>     -n 2 hostname")
>     # Try running mpiexec from a normal command prompt (Type "mpiexec
>     -n 2 hostname")
>
>      Let us know the results.
>
>     Regards,
>     Jayesh
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Michael Warthon" <michael.warthon at upr.edu
>     <mailto:michael.warthon at upr.edu>>
>     To: "Jayesh Krishna" <jayesh at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov>>
>     Cc: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov>
>     Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:10:28 AM
>     Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Segmentation Fault when running any
>     application.
>
>
>     Alright. Attached is the text file with the complete message from
>     the command: "c:\Program Files\MPICH2\bin\mpiexec" -verbose -n 2
>     hostname
>
>     I tried the other command and for some reason I am actually able
>     to run the program even when the errors occur. This is the
>     response I got when running the command:
>
>     C:\Users\Mike>"c:\Program Files\MPICH2\bin\mpiexec" -n 2
>     "C:\Program Files\MPICH
>     2\examples\cpi.exe"
>     error closing the left context socket: Error = -1
>     Enter the number of intervals: (0 quits) 100
>     pi is approximately 3.1416009869231241, Error is 0.0000083333333309
>     wall clock time = 0.000541
>     Enter the number of intervals: (0 quits) 10
>     pi is approximately 3.1424259850010983, Error is 0.0008333314113051
>     wall clock time = 0.000047
>     Enter the number of intervals: (0 quits) 0
>     op_read error on left context: Error = -1
>     unable to read the cmd header on the left context, Error = -1
>     .
>     Error posting readv, An existing connection was forcibly closed by
>     the remote ho
>     st.(10054)
>
>
>     On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Jayesh Krishna <
>     jayesh at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> > wrote:
>
>
>     Hi,
>     Yes, please give us the output of the command with "-verbose"
>     turned on.
>     And for these tests, run mpiexec with the complete path
>     ("c:\Program Files\MPICH2\bin\mpiexec" -verbose -n 2 hostname). Do
>     you get the same error message when executing cpi ("c:\Program
>     Files\MPICH2\bin\mpiexec" -n 2 "C:\Program
>     Files\MPICH2\examples\cpi.exe")?
>
>
>     Regards,
>     Jayesh
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Michael Warthon" < michael.warthon at upr.edu
>     <mailto:michael.warthon at upr.edu> >
>     To: "Jayesh Krishna" < jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
>     <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> >
>     Cc: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov>
>
>
>
>     Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:42:42 AM
>     Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Segmentation Fault when running any
>     application.
>
>
>     For each command, this is the entire response that I get:
>
>
>     C:\Users\Mike>mpiexec -validate
>     SUCCESS
>
>     C:\Users\Mike>mpiexec -n 2 hostname
>     error closing the left context socket: Error = -1
>
>     Mike-PC
>     Mike-PC
>     error closing the left context socket: Error = -1
>
>     C:\Users\Mike>
>
>
>     Did you want me to use the verbose option?
>
>     On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Jayesh Krishna <
>     jayesh at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> > wrote:
>
>
>     Hi,
>     Please copy-paste the command and the response (the complete
>     message) in your email.
>     Are you able to validate the registered username/password (Type
>     "mpiexec -validate" and it should return "SUCCESS")?
>
>
>     Regards,
>     Jayesh
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Michael Warthon" < michael.warthon at upr.edu
>     <mailto:michael.warthon at upr.edu> >
>     To: "Jayesh Krishna" < jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
>     <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> >
>
>
>
>     Cc: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov>
>     Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:50:25 AM
>     Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Segmentation Fault when running any
>     application.
>
>     Ok. I have checked and yes smpd is running and I have given a
>     sufficient username and password so that mpiexec will run. Now I
>     am getting a new error when executing mpiexec -n 2 hostname where
>     it is giving me this response:
>
>     error closing the left context socket: Error = -1
>
>
>     On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Jayesh Krishna <
>     jayesh at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> > wrote:
>
>
>     Hi,
>
>     1. Make sure that the process manager, smpd, is running in your
>     system (Look in the task manager/Process Explorer to see if there
>     is a service named smpd running. Alternately you can run "smpd
>     -status" to check if smpd is running)
>
>     2. Run a simple non-MPI program like hostname from the command
>     prompt using mpiexec (Type "mpiexec -n 2 hostname" ). When
>     prompted for username/password give a valid Windows username/password.
>     If mpiexec gives you an error, type "mpiexec -remove" to remove
>     the existing registered username/password and then type "mpiexec
>     -register" to register a new/valid Windows username/password.
>     Re-run mpiexec.
>
>     3. Run the sample MPI program, cpi.exe, provided with MPICH2
>     (mpiexec -n 2 C:\Progra~1\MPICH2\examples\cpi.exe)
>
>     >> I am getting an error when I look at the MPICH2 configurable
>     settings ...
>
>     This is a known bug. Due to limited developer bandwidth we haven't
>     been able to address this issue yet.
>
>
>     Regards,
>     Jayesh
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Michael Warthon" < michael.warthon at upr.edu
>     <mailto:michael.warthon at upr.edu> >
>     To: "Jayesh Krishna" < jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
>     <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> >
>
>     Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 12:27:01 PM
>     Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Segmentation Fault when running any
>     application.
>
>
>
>     Alright. I have reinstalled MPICH2 using the method in section
>     9.4. However, I am not able to connect to the host it seems. I
>     keep receiving this message when trying to execute a program:
>
>
>
>     Credentials for Mike rejected connecting to Mike-PC
>
>     Aborting: Unable to connect to Mike-PC
>     Also, I am getting an error when I look at the MPICH2 configurable
>     settings that says that MPICH2 is not installed or that it cannot
>     query the host.
>
>     On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Jayesh Krishna <
>     jayesh at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> > wrote:
>
>
>     Hi,
>     Looks like MPICH2 was not installed correctly in your system.
>     Uninstall your existing version of MPICH2. Please follow the steps
>     in Section 9.4 (Not 9.1 -
>     http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/documentation/files/mpich2-1.4.1-installguide.pdf
>     ) of the installer's guide to install MPICH2.
>
>
>
>
>     (PS: I am assuming that you have Win7/Srv2008/...)
>
>     Regards,
>     Jayesh
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Michael Warthon" < michael.warthon at upr.edu
>     <mailto:michael.warthon at upr.edu> >
>     To: "Jayesh Krishna" < jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
>     <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> >
>
>
>
>     Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:04:57 PM
>     Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Segmentation Fault when running any
>     application.
>
>
>     Yeah it must have been that I got the installation mixed up. I
>     downloaded the windows installer and it finally compiled. So
>     progess has been made as now I am getting this error when trying
>     to run hello.exe:
>
>
>
>     Error while connecting to host, No connection could be made
>     because the target m
>
>     achine actively refused it. (10061)
>
>     Connect on sock (host=localhost, port=8676) failed, exhaused all
>     end points
>
>     Unable to connect to 'localhost:8676',
>
>     sock error: Error = -1
>
>
>     On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Jayesh Krishna <
>     jayesh at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> > wrote:
>
>
>     Hi,
>     There are two ways you can use MPICH2 on Windows+cygwin,
>
>     # Download MPICH2 source compile/install it on Cygwin. Use mpicc
>     to compile and use mpiexec (from this installation - NOT the one
>     available with Windows installer) to run your program.
>
>     # Download MPICH2 Windows installer, install MPICH2 (using
>     installer gui). Use the cygwin/gcc libs provided with the Windows
>     installation to compile your code. Use mpiexec from the Windows
>     installation to run your job.
>
>     Looks like you are mixing the approaches.
>
>
>     Regards,
>     Jayesh
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Michael Warthon" < michael.warthon at upr.edu
>     <mailto:michael.warthon at upr.edu> >
>     To: "Jayesh Krishna" < jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
>     <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> >
>
>
>
>     Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 1:03:02 PM
>     Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Segmentation Fault when running any
>     application.
>
>
>     I was using mpicc in order to compile it. Unfortunately I am still
>     not able to compile the code even with the command you gave me. I
>     used:
>
>     gcc -l/mpich_install/include -L/mpich_install/lib hello.c -lmpi
>
>     I still received the same error. Did I install it incorrectly maybe?
>
>     On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Jayesh Krishna <
>     jayesh at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> > wrote:
>
>
>     Hi,
>     How were you compiling your code before ?
>     A command similar to,
>
>     "gcc -I/cygdrive/c/Progra~1/MPICH2/include
>     -L/cygdrive/c/Progra~1/MPICH2/lib hello.c -o hello.exe -lmpi"
>
>     should work.
>
>
>     Regards,
>     jayesh
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Michael Warthon" < michael.warthon at upr.edu
>     <mailto:michael.warthon at upr.edu> >
>     To: "Jayesh Krishna" < jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
>     <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> >
>
>
>
>     Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:18:43 PM
>     Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Segmentation Fault when running any
>     application.
>
>
>     Alright. Well I tried it and for some reason it is not able to see
>     the library.
>     I used the command:
>     gcc -g hello.c -L\mpich_install\lib -lmpi
>
>     It ended up giving me an error saying:
>     fatal error: mpi.h: No such file or directory
>
>     On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Jayesh Krishna <
>     jayesh at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> > wrote:
>
>
>     Hi,
>     Try using gcc (usual gcc stuff: specify include dirs using "-I",
>     lib dirs using "-L") to compile your code and link it with "-lmpi" .
>
>
>     Regards,
>     Jayesh
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Michael Warthon" < michael.warthon at upr.edu
>     <mailto:michael.warthon at upr.edu> >
>     To: "Jayesh Krishna" < jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
>     <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> >
>
>
>
>     Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 10:16:00 AM
>     Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Segmentation Fault when running any
>     application.
>
>
>     What would be the correct command to use in cygwin in order to
>     compile the code? Just want to make sure that I actually compiled
>     it correctly.
>
>
>     On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Jayesh Krishna <
>     jayesh at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> > wrote:
>
>
>     Hi,
>     I just tried compiling your code with cygwin gcc (3.4.4) + MPICH2
>     1.4.1p1 gcc libs and it worked for me (No seg fault, gives the
>     expected output).
>     Make sure that you are using the correct header files and
>     libraries (MPICH2 libs and headers) when you compile your code.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Jayesh
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Michael Warthon" < michael.warthon at upr.edu
>     <mailto:michael.warthon at upr.edu> >
>
>
>
>     To: "Jayesh Krishna" < jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
>     <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> >
>     Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 9:53:32 AM
>     Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Segmentation Fault when running any
>     application.
>
>     Ah sorry. I forgot to include the p1 at the end of it. I am using
>     mpich2 1.4.1p1
>
>
>     On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Jayesh Krishna <
>     jayesh at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:jayesh at mcs.anl.gov> > wrote:
>
>
>     Did you try the latest stable release (1.4.1p1)?
>
>     -Jayesh
>
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Michael Warthon" < michael.warthon at upr.edu
>     <mailto:michael.warthon at upr.edu> >
>     To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov>
>     Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 7:54:43 PM
>     Subject: [mpich-discuss] Segmentation Fault when running any
>     application.
>
>
>
>     Hello,
>
>     I am new to MPI and I went and installed mpich2 1.4.1 onto a
>     windows system that is being used through cygwin. I have compiled
>     the code that simply prints the process and rank as shown below.
>
>
>
>     #include <stdio.h>
>     #include <mpi.h>
>
>     int main( int argc, char *argv[]) {
>
>     int numprocs, rank, namelen;
>     char processor_name[MPI_MAX_PROCESSOR_NAME];
>
>     MPI_Init(&argc, &argv);
>     MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &numprocs);
>     MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank);
>     MPI_Get_processor_name(processor_name, &namelen);
>
>     printf( "Process %d on %s out of %d\n" , rank, processor_name,
>     numprocs);
>
>     MPI_Finalize();
>     }
>
>     Nothing too complicated. However, I still receive an error from
>     the command line in cygwin that simply reads segmentation fault:
>     (core dumped). The command I used was:
>
>     mpiexec -n 1 a.exe
>
>     No matter what executable I try to run, I still receive the same
>     error. Any help regarding this would be greatly appreciated!
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