[MPICH2-dev] Fatal error in MPI_Init

[Rajeev Thakur]

> I am new user of MPICH2 and have just finished intalling on 
> C4 cluster computer with 46 nodes each having 4 processors 
> MPICH2-1.0.5p2 by following the Installer's guide 2.2.1 ~ 
> 2.2.15.  I am just a user on this machine and I have got two problems.
>  
> 1. The build directory on 2.2.3 is not duplicated on other 
> machines and hence I get the following error message
>     problem with execution of 
> /tmp/me/mpich2-1.0.5/examples/cpi  on  cn001:  [Errno 2] No 
> such file or directory.

The executable file must be present on all machines. This is typically
achieved by using a shared file system such as NFS. Otherwise, you have to
manually copy the file.
  
> 2. For a problem on a folder duplicated on other machines I 
> get the following error message:
>    Fatal error in MPI_Init: Error message texts are not available
>    [cli_2]: aborting job:
>  
> Is this problem related to the installation or network configuration.

Which program was this? Did cpi run?

Rajeev