[mpich-discuss] problem running smpd on a windows machine

Wed Feb 15 10:23:14 CST 2012

I will try that and get back to you.  I did try it on another computer  
yesterday, and it produced the same result.

thank you, Jayesh.

Don

D. K.  Steinman 
Phone: 281.835.6364
FAX: 281.835.3806
Cell: 281.414.3074  

In a message dated 2/15/2012 10:21:13 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
jayesh at mcs.anl.gov writes:

Hi,
This looks like an installation problem. Please uninstall  your existing 
version and follow steps in section 9.4 of the installer's guide  
(http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/documentation/index.php?s=docs)  to 
install MPICH2.

Regards,
Jayesh
----- Original Message  -----
From: Dksteinman at aol.com
To: jayesh at mcs.anl.gov
Sent: Tuesday,  February 14, 2012 5:41:23 PM
Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] problem running  smpd on a windows machine

Jayesh, 

On another computer, I  have the symptom that when I go to launch the 
program, it asks me for an  authentication passphrase for spmd. When I enter the 
passphrase "behappy" that  comes as part of the installation, it says 
"Unknown option: -d" then it asks  again for the passphrase. When I re-enter it, 
it times out and says "Error  while connecting to host. No connection could 
be made because the target  machine actively refused it. (10061) Connect on 
sock (host ="Ultrafast,  port=8676" failed. Exhausted all endpoints. 
Unable to connect to  "Ultrafast:8676", 
sock error. Error = -1" 

Perhaps you could point  me to some document that would explain what all 
that means? 

thanks,  

Don 

D. K. Steinman 
Phone: 281.835.6364 
FAX:  281.835.3806 
Cell: 281.414.3074 

In a message dated  2/14/2012 4:30:06 P.M. Central Standard Time, 
jayesh at mcs.anl.gov writes:  

Hi, 
Can you try changing the mpiexec line from 

c:\"Program  Files (x86)"\MPICH2\bin\mpiexec.exe -n 12 -localonly  
"c:\MCPNX_2.7.0\bin\mcnpx.exe inp = Lito519 outp = Lito519o" 

to  

c:\Progra~1\MPICH2\bin\mpiexec.exe -n 12 -localonly  
"c:\MCPNX_2.7.0\bin\mcnpx.exe inp=C:\MCNP\mcnp_data\Lito519  outp=C:\MCNP\mcnp_data\Lito519o" 

Regards, 
Jayesh 

-----  Original Message ----- 
From: Dksteinman at aol.com 
To: jayesh at mcs.anl.gov  
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 4:07:59 PM 
Subject: Re:  [mpich-discuss] problem running smpd on a windows machine 

Jayesh,  

here is a file with the same contents as the batch file I use to run  
MCNPX. The executable line is on line 8. As you can see, the path to all  
executables is on that line. In addition, the path to MCNPX is set as an  
environmental variable. The machine has 12 cores, and the batch file is in the  
directory that has the input file. There is a different message when MCNPX  
cannot find an input file, this error says: 

Launch process failed. The  system cannot find the file specified 

I thank you for your assistance  with this, it is truly exasperating! 

regards, 

Don 

D.  K. Steinman 
Phone: 281.835.6364 
FAX: 281.835.3806 
Cell:  281.414.3074 

In a message dated 2/14/2012 3:57:25 P.M. Central  Standard Time, 
jayesh at mcs.anl.gov writes: 

Hi, 
It looks like  mpiexec is not able to find the MCNPX executable. 
Can you run a small job  on the local node ? 

Please let us know the mpiexec command (copy-paste  the command and its 
output) that you use to launch your job ? Where is the  MCNPX executable 
located (Is it available on all nodes. Is it on a shared  directory)? 

Regards, 
Jayesh 

----- Original Message -----  
From: Dksteinman at aol.com 
To: jayesh at mcs.anl.gov 
Sent: Tuesday,  February 14, 2012 3:36:05 PM 
Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] problem running  smpd on a windows machine 

OK, I tried that, Jayesh. Now when I use  the MCNPX batch file, it says 
"failed to launch process, system cannot find  the file error 2" However, the 
command line specifies the directory with the  executable in it. 

any other hints? Would you like to see the MCNPX  batch file? 

D. K. Steinman 
Phone: 281.835.6364 
FAX:  281.835.3806 
Cell: 281.414.3074 

In a message dated 2/14/2012  3:12:43 P.M. Central Standard Time, 
jayesh at mcs.anl.gov writes: 

Hi,  
Can you try re-installing (uninstall MPICH2, and then install it again  
following instructions in Sec 9.4) following instructions in Section 9.4 (NOT  
9.1) of the installer's guide  
(http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/documentation/index.php?s=docs)?  

Regards, 
Jayesh 

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  Dksteinman at aol.com 
To: jayesh at mcs.anl.gov 
Sent: Tuesday, February 14,  2012 1:48:23 PM 
Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] problem running smpd on a  windows machine 

Hi, Jayesh, 

thanks for the quick response.  I'm trying everything I can in order to run 
MCNPX in the MPI version. Whenever  I try to launch MPI I constantly get 
denied access. I have a 12 core  processor, and it fails to launch 12 times, 
each with an error message about  not having access. 

Would you be amenable to looking at my batch file?  

Don 

D. K. Steinman 
Phone: 281.835.6364 
FAX:  281.835.3806 
Cell: 281.414.3074 

In a message dated 2/14/2012  1:45:52 P.M. Central Standard Time, 
jayesh at mcs.anl.gov writes: 

Hi,  
Why are you manually installing SMPD (smpd -install)? SMPD should have  
been installed as part of the MPICH2 installation. 

Regards, 
Jayesh  

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dksteinman at aol.com 
To:  mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov 
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:41:14 PM  
Subject: [mpich-discuss] problem running smpd on a windows machine  

I'm trying to get MPICH2 to run on my windows machines. I have  downloaded 
and installed both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions. However, when I  try to 
run smpd -install, I get the message that 

OpenSCManager failed:  

Access is denied. (error 5) 
Unable to remove the previous  installation, install failed. 

I've never had a previous installation.  

What am I doing wrong? 

thanks, 

Don Steinman  
Applied Physics and Measurements, Inc. 
Missouri City, TX 

D. K.  Steinman 
Phone: 281.835.6364 
FAX: 281.835.3806 
Cell: 281.414.3074  
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