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

Michael Warthon michael.warthon at upr.edu
Thu Nov 17 12:12:38 CST 2011


How do I go about turning that off?


On Nov 17, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Jose Marques <jmarques at itn.pt> wrote:

> 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> 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>
>> To: "Jayesh Krishna" <jayesh at mcs.anl.gov>
>> Cc: 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 > 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 >
>> To: "Jayesh Krishna" < jayesh at mcs.anl.gov >
>> Cc: 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 > 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 >
>> To: "Jayesh Krishna" < jayesh at mcs.anl.gov >
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cc: 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 > 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 >
>> To: "Jayesh Krishna" < 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 > 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 >
>> To: "Jayesh Krishna" < 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 > 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 >
>> To: "Jayesh Krishna" < 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 > 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 >
>> To: "Jayesh Krishna" < 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 > 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 >
>> To: "Jayesh Krishna" < 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 > 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 >
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> To: "Jayesh Krishna" < 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 > wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Did you try the latest stable release (1.4.1p1)?
>> 
>> -Jayesh
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Warthon" < michael.warthon at upr.edu >
>> To: 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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