[mpich-discuss] Segmentation Fault when running any application.
Jose Marques
jmarques at itn.pt
Thu Nov 17 12:28:28 CST 2011
Michael,
There's a good set of instructions in
http://www.petri.co.il/disable-uac-in-windows-7.htm
Rds,
Jose
On 17-11-2011 6:12, Michael Warthon wrote:
>
> How do I go about turning that off?
>
>
> On Nov 17, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Jose Marques <jmarques at itn.pt
> <mailto: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
>>> <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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>>
>> --
>> Dr. Jose G. Marques
>> Reactor Manager
>> Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear phone: (+351) 219 946 115
>> Estrada Nacional 10 fax: (+351) 219 941 039
>> P-2686-953 Sacavem, Portugal
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