Hi Lydia Could you confirm the version you are using? I think there is a typo there.
Also, could you tell us how you configured the code (the configure command line would be nice). Thanks Ralph On 10/18/06 11:03 AM, "Lydia Heck" <lydia.h...@durham.ac.uk> wrote: > > I have recently installed openmpi 1.3r1212a over tcp and gigabit > on a Solaris 10 x86/64 system. > > The compilation of some test codes > monte (a monte carlo estimate of pi), > connectivity which test connectivity between processes and nodes > prime, which calculates prime numbers (these testcode are examples > which are bundled with Sun HPC). > > compile fine using the openmpi version of mpicc, mpif95 and mpic++ > > And sometimes the jobs work fine, but most of the time the jobs freeze > leaving zombies behind. > > my run time command is > > mpirun --hostfile my-hosts -mca pls_rsh_agent rsh --mca btl tcp,self -np 14 \ > monte > > and I get as output > oberon(209) > mpirun --hostfile my-hosts -mca pls_rsh_agent rsh --mca btl > tcp,self -np 14 monte > Monte-Carlo estimate of pi by 14 processes is 3.141503. > > with the cursor hanging. > > The process table shows > > oberon# ps -eaf | grep dph0elh > dph0elh 9583 7445 7 17:45:01 pts/26 9:22 mpirun --hostfile my-hosts > -mca pls_rsh_agent rsh --mca btl tcp,self -np 14 mon > dph0elh 9595 9588 0 - ? 0:02 <defunct> > dph0elh 9588 1 7 17:45:01 ?? 9:03 orted --bootproxy 1 --name > 0.0.1 --num_procs 5 --vpid_start 0 --nodename oberon > dph0elh 7445 6924 0 17:01:38 pts/26 0:00 -tcsh > root 9656 4151 0 18:01:31 pts/36 0:00 grep dph0elh > dph0elh 9593 9588 0 - ? 0:02 <defunct> > > > one of the nodes offers 8 cpus the other nodes in the hostfile offer 2. > There are a total of 14 cpus available. and as you can see from the command > line > I use --mca btl tcp,self > > There are no other interconnects. > > I could not find any entry in the FAQs, except for the advice on using > --mca btl tcp,self. > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > Dr E L Heck > > University of Durham > Institute for Computational Cosmology > Ogden Centre > Department of Physics > South Road > > DURHAM, DH1 3LE > United Kingdom > > e-mail: lydia.h...@durham.ac.uk > > Tel.: + 44 191 - 334 3628 > Fax.: + 44 191 - 334 3645 > ___________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users