Ok. I only mention this because the "mca_paffinity_linux.so: undefined symbol: mca_base_param_reg_int" type of message is almost always an indicator of two different versions being installed into the same tree.
On Jan 24, 2014, at 11:26 AM, "Fischer, Greg A." <fisch...@westinghouse.com> wrote: > Version 1.4.3 and 1.6.5 were and are installed in separate trees: > > 1003 fischega@lxlogin2[~]> ls > /tools/casl_sles10/vera_clean/gcc-4.6.1/toolset/openmpi-1.* > /tools/casl_sles10/vera_clean/gcc-4.6.1/toolset/openmpi-1.4.3: > bin etc include lib share > > /tools/casl_sles10/vera_clean/gcc-4.6.1/toolset/openmpi-1.6.5: > bin etc include lib share > > I'm fairly sure I was careful to check that the LD_LIBRARY_PATH was set > correctly, but I'll check again. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: users [mailto:users-boun...@open-mpi.org] On Behalf Of Jeff >> Squyres (jsquyres) >> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 11:07 AM >> To: Open MPI Users >> Subject: Re: [OMPI users] simple test problem hangs on mpi_finalize and >> consumes all system resources >> >> On Jan 22, 2014, at 10:21 AM, "Fischer, Greg A." >> <fisch...@westinghouse.com> wrote: >> >>> The reason for deleting the openmpi-1.6.5 installation was that I went back >> and installed openmpi-1.4.3 and the problem (mostly) went away. Openmpi- >> 1.4.3 can run the simple tests without issue, but on my "real" program, I'm >> getting symbol lookup errors: >>> >>> mca_paffinity_linux.so: undefined symbol: mca_base_param_reg_int >> >> This sounds like you are mixing 1.6.x and 1.4.x in the same installation >> tree. >> This can definitely lead to sadness. >> >> More specifically: installing 1.6 over an existing 1.4 installation (and vice >> versa) is definitely NOT supported. The set of plugins that the two install >> are >> different, and can lead to all manner of weird/undefined behavior. >> >> FWIW: I typically install Open MPI into a tree by itself. And if I later >> want to >> remove that installation, I just "rm -rf" that tree. Then I can install a >> different >> version of OMPI into that same tree (because the prior tree is completely >> gone). >> >> However, if you can't install OMPI into a tree by itself, you can "make >> uninstall" from the source tree, and that should surgically completely >> remove OMPI from the installation tree. Then it is safe to install a >> different >> version of OMPI into that same tree. >> >> Can you verify that you had installed OMPI into completely clean trees? If >> you didn't, I can imagine that causing the kinds of errors that you >> described. >> >> -- >> Jeff Squyres >> jsquy...@cisco.com >> For corporate legal information go to: >> http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Jeff Squyres jsquy...@cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/