Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't fix my problem. I did the
same thing you did and was able to get xterms open when using the -d
option. But when I run my code, the -d option seems to play havoc with
stdin. My code normally reads stdin from one processor and it
broadcasts it to the others. This failed when using the -d option and
the code wouldn't take input commands properly.
But, since -d did get the X windows working, it must be doing something
differently. What is it about the -d option that allows the windows to
open? If I knew that, it would be the fix to my problem.
Dave
Galen Shipman wrote:
I think this might be as simple as adding "-d" to the mpirun command
line....
If I run:
mpirun -np 2 -d -mca pls_rsh_agent "ssh -X" xterm -e gdb
./mpi-ping
All is well, I get the xterm's up..
If I run:
mpirun -np 2 -mca pls_rsh_agent "ssh -X" xterm -e gdb
./mpi-ping
I get the following:
/usr/bin/xauth: error in locking authority file
/home/gshipman/.Xauthority
xterm Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:10.0
Have you tried adding "-d"?
Thanks,
Galen
On Nov 30, 2006, at 2:42 PM, Dave Grote wrote:
I don't think that that is the problem. As far as I can tell, the
DISPLAY environment variable is being set properly on the slave (it
will sometimes have a different value than in the shell where mpirun
was executed).
Dave
Ralph H Castain wrote:
Actually,
I believe at least some of this may be a bug on our part. We currently
pickup the local environment and forward it on to the remote nodes as
the environment for use by the backend processes. I have seen quite a
few environment variables in that list, including DISPLAY, which would
create the problem you are seeing.
I’ll have to chat with folks here to understand what part of the
environment we absolutely need to carry forward, and what parts we need
to “cleanse” before passing it along.
Ralph
On 11/30/06 10:50 AM, "Dave Grote" <dpgr...@lbl.gov> wrote:
I'm using caos linux (developed at LBL), which has the wrapper wwmpirun
around mpirun, so my command is something like
wwmpirun -np 8 -- -x PYTHONPATH --mca pls_rsh_agent '"ssh -X"'
/usr/local/bin/pyMPI
This is essentially the same as
mpirun -np 8 -x PYTHONPATH --mca pls_rsh_agent '"ssh -X"'
/usr/local/bin/pyMPI
but wwmpirun does the scheduling, for example looking for idle nodes
and creating the host file.
My system is setup with a master/login node which is running a full
version of linux and slave nodes that run a reduced linux (that
includes access to the X libraries). wwmmpirun always picks the slaves
nodes to run on. I've also tried "ssh -Y" and it doesn't help. I've set
xhost for the slave nodes in my login shell on the master and that
didn't work. XForwarding is enabled on all of the nodes, so that's not
the problem.
I am able to get it to work by having wwmpirun do the command "ssh -X
nodennnn xclock" before starting the parallel program on that same
node, but this only works for the first person who logs into the master
and gets DISPLAY=localhost:10. When someone else tries to run a
parallel job, its seems that DISPLAY is set to localhost:10 on the
slaves and tries to forward through that other persons login with the
same display number and the connection is refused because of wrong
authentication. This seems like very odd behavior. I'm aware that this
may be an issue with the X server (xorg) or with the version of linux,
so I am also seeking help from the person who maintains caos linux. If
it matters, the machine uses myrinet for the interconnects.
Thanks!
Dave
Galen Shipman wrote:
what does your command line look like?
- Galen
On Nov 29, 2006, at 7:53 PM, Dave Grote wrote:
I cannot get X11 forwarding to work using mpirun. I've tried all of
the
standard methods, such as setting pls_rsh_agent = ssh -X, using xhost,
and a few other things, but nothing works in general. In the FAQ,
http://www.open-mpi.org/faq/?category=running#mpirun-gui,
a
reference is
made to other methods, but "they involve sophisticated X forwarding
through mpirun", and no further explanation is given. Can someone tell
me what these other methods are or point me to where I can find
info on
them? I've done lots of google searching and havn't found anything
useful. This is a major issue since my parallel code heavily
depends on
having the ability to open X windows on the remote machine. Any and
all
help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
Dave
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