Yes! Thank you for your help. Doing $./configure --disable-pty-support --prefix=/usr/local/openmpi $make all $sudo make install
fixed the issue $ mpirun -np 2 /bin/pwd /home/ian /home/ian Thanks a bunch, Ian On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 6:26 AM, Reuti <re...@staff.uni-marburg.de> wrote: > Am 03.09.2013 um 06:48 schrieb Ian Czekala: > > > Dear openmpi users, > > > > My basic problem is that I am able to run mpirun as root, but not at a > user level. I have tried installing openmpi via several methods, but all > seem to yield the same problem. I fear that I am missing something very > basic and zero-order, but I can't seem to resolve my problem with the > information in the FAQ. > > > > Originally, I installed the openmpi through arch linux's package > manager, pacman. After a successful install, I tried (on my laptop) > > > > $mpirun -np 2 /bin/pwd > > and I get the following output: > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > mpirun was unable to launch the specified application as it encountered > an error: > > > > Error: pipe function call failed when setting up I/O forwarding subsystem > > Node: leo > > > > while attempting to start process rank 0. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 2 total processes failed to start > > > > however when I run as root, I am sucessful > > $ sudo mpirun -np 2 /bin/pwd > > /home/ian > > /home/ian > > > > After doing some searching on the web (and coming across this thread), > > There is another one: > > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2010/03/12291.php > > -- Reuti > > > > I suspected that the issue might be with some PATH setup or user > permissions that weren't being set correctly by the arch linux package > manager, and so I uninstalled and resorted to installing by source. > > > > When trying the normal install method > > $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/openmpi > > $ make all > > $ sudo make install > > and then changed my .zshrc to include the correct PATH and > LD_LIBRARY_PATH, I get the same behavior as before. > > > > To investigate further the possibility of a permissions issue, I > uninstalled and reinstalled into my own home directory > > $ ./configure --prefix=/home/ian/.builds/openmpi > > $ make all > > $ make install > > and updated PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH correspondingly. > > > > However, the behavior is *exactly* as before: mpirun will run as root, > but not at a user level. Am I missing something extremely basic here? > Online examples to me imply that I should be able to run as a user without > any additional configuration. > > > > Here is some of the info asked for by the "Getting Help" section (all > from the local home directory install): > > > > [ian@leo:~]$ sudo mpirun --bynode --tag-output ompi_info -v ompi full > --parsable > > [1,0]<stdout>:package:Open MPI ian@leo Distribution > > [1,0]<stdout>:ompi:version:full:1.6.5 > > [1,0]<stdout>:ompi:version:svn:r28673 > > [1,0]<stdout>:ompi:version:release_date:Jun 26, 2013 > > [1,0]<stdout>:orte:version:full:1.6.5 > > [1,0]<stdout>:orte:version:svn:r28673 > > [1,0]<stdout>:orte:version:release_date:Jun 26, 2013 > > [1,0]<stdout>:opal:version:full:1.6.5 > > [1,0]<stdout>:opal:version:svn:r28673 > > [1,0]<stdout>:opal:version:release_date:Jun 26, 2013 > > [1,0]<stdout>:mpi-api:version:full:2.1 > > [1,0]<stdout>:ident:1.6.5 > > > > Thank you for any help or guidance you may be able to offer! Sincerely, > > > > Ian Czekala > > > > <config.log.bz2>_______________________________________________ > > users mailing list > > us...@open-mpi.org > > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >
