-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Words derive their meaning from the context they are used in ([flame] as in "freezing crystals"[/flame]), and within this context (btw. the error message comes from the OS, not scala) "child" does not refer to a human being, not even an organism.
Cheers, Tim On 03/08/2013 12:49 PM, Frank von Delft wrote: > (Is it time to change the macabre title of this thread? If I were > Phil it'd give me a jolt every time time I read it... "what have I > wrought!") > > phx > > > On 08/03/2013 11:35, Tim Gruene wrote: Dear Roger, > > apart from Francois' suggestion using strace you can also check > the space available in /tmp, the amount of memory available on > these machines (using the command 'free') and run memcheck to test > the memories health. > > Regards, Tim > > On 03/07/2013 06:47 PM, Roger Rowlett wrote: >>>> OK, here is a strange one: I have 4 client machines (3 >>>> absolutely identical hardware) all running ccp4i from a >>>> central server and 2 of the 4 machines (always the same 2) >>>> will fail when running a certain scala job with a "child >>>> killed" error. I can run the same job on the 2 "good" >>>> machines. All the machines call the same ccp4 source file in >>>> .tcshrc. I'm stumped. It's probably some sort of cryptic >>>> permissions error or something like that. Anyone seen >>>> anything like this and have some clue as to the origin of >>>> the crash? AFAIK, it only happens running scala in 6.3.0. The >>>> home directories for users are served via NFS, but that >>>> should be the same for all machines. >>>> >>>> Log file follows: >>>> >>>> >>>> <!-- CCP4 HTML LOGFILE --> <pre>#CCP4I VERSION CCP4Interface >>>> 2.2.0 #CCP4I SCRIPT LOG scala #CCP4I DATE 05 Mar 2013 >>>> 14:28:22 #CCP4I USER xrdcamp4 #CCP4I PROJECT chem385 #CCP4I >>>> JOB_ID 4 #CCP4I SCRATCH /tmp/xrdcamp4 #CCP4I HOSTNAME >>>> malagueta #CCP4I PID 18904 </pre> >>>> >>>> *************************************************************************** >>>> >>>> >>>> > >>>> * Information from CCP4Interface script >>>> *************************************************************************** >>>> >>>> >>>> > >>>> The program run with command: /usr/local/xtal/ccp4-6.3.0/bin/scala HKLIN >>>> "/home/xrdcamp4/chem385/Chem385-2013Srefinaloutput.mtz" >>>> HKLOUT "/tmp/xrdcamp4/chem385_4_1_mtz.tmp" SCALES >>>> "/home/xrdcamp4/chem385/chem385_4.scala" ROGUES >>>> "/home/xrdcamp4/chem385/chem385_4_rogues.log" NORMPLOT >>>> "/home/xrdcamp4/chem385/chem385_4_normplot.xmgr" ANOMPLOT >>>> "/home/xrdcamp4/chem385/chem385_4_anomplot.xmgr" PLOT >>>> "/home/xrdcamp4/chem385/chem385_4_surface_plot.plt" >>>> CORRELPLOT "/home/xrdcamp4/chem385/chem385_4_correlplot.xmgr" >>>> ROGUEPLOT "/home/xrdcamp4/chem385/chem385_4_rogueplot.xmgr" >>>> has failed with error message child killed: kill signal >>>> *************************************************************************** >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> #CCP4I TERMINATION STATUS 0 "child killed: kill signal" #CCP4I >>>> TERMINATION TIME 05 Mar 2013 14:28:22 #CCP4I MESSAGE Task >>>> failed >>>> >>>> > -- - -- Dr Tim Gruene Institut fuer anorganische Chemie Tammannstr. > 4 D-37077 Goettingen > > GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A > > - -- - -- Dr Tim Gruene Institut fuer anorganische Chemie Tammannstr. 4 D-37077 Goettingen GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFROdbgUxlJ7aRr7hoRAq1zAJ94h/CE4xTikthSH0hPDUPZlWlAlwCgo1jh Z77BlQKWaP1Sd4oY2Wd6dhU= =ekAB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
