on winxp, with the following net setup (just localhost, is it on?)
C:\trunk-build-release>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SOMEHOSTNAME Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : DOMAIN.SOMECO.COM Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : SOMEMACADDRESS C:\Trading\trunk-build-release>route print =========================================================================== Interface List 0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface 0x2 ...00 24 d6 10 05 4e ...... Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN - Packet Scheduler Miniport =========================================================================== =========================================================================== Active Routes: Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 2 1 =========================================================================== Persistent Routes: None my mpirun fails as: mpirun -np 1 .\nhui\Release\nhui.exe : -np 1 .\nhcomp\Release\nhcomp.exe [SOMEHOSTNAME:04392] [[1866,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file ..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.4\orte\mca\ess\hnp\ess_hnp_module.c at line 215 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- It looks like orte_init failed for some reason; your parallel process is likely to abort. There are many reasons that a parallel process can fail during orte_init; some of which are due to configuration or environment problems. This failure appears to be an internal failure; here's some additional information (which may only be relevant to an Open MPI developer): orte_rml_base_select failed --> Returned value Error (-1) instead of ORTE_SUCCESS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [SOMEHOSTNAME:04392] [[1866,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file ..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.4\orte\runtime\orte_init.c at line 128 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- It looks like orte_init failed for some reason; your parallel process is likely to abort. There are many reasons that a parallel process can fail during orte_init; some of which are due to configuration or environment problems. This failure appears to be an internal failure; here's some additional information (which may only be relevant to an Open MPI developer): orte_ess_set_name failed --> Returned value Error (-1) instead of ORTE_SUCCESS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [SOMEHOSTNAME:04392] [[1866,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Error in file ..\..\..\..\..\openmpi-1.5.4\orte\tools\orterun\orterun.c at line 616 When I turn on the network, and there is: C:\ >route print =========================================================================== Interface List 0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface 0x2 ...00 24 d6 10 05 4e ...... Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN - Packet Scheduler Miniport =========================================================================== =========================================================================== Active Routes: Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.254 192.168.1.88 25 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.88 192.168.1.88 25 192.168.1.88 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 25 192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.88 192.168.1.88 25 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.1.88 192.168.1.88 25 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.88 192.168.1.88 1 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.254 =========================================================================== Persistent Routes: None mpirun works