Hi again,

Ok - I see what I missed in the FAQ, sorry about that....my understanding of the shell is a bit minimal to say the least. I now have my .bashrc files configured as such on both computers:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/local/openmpi/lib:{$PATH}
export PATH=/opt/local/openmpi/bin:{$PATH}

However, I am now running into a new issue that is still cryptic to me:

quadcore:~ chrisjones$ /opt/local/openmpi/bin/mpirun -np 8 -hostfile hostfile ./ring_c
Process 0 sending 10 to 1, tag 201 (8 processes in ring)
[quadcore.mikrob.slu.se][[53435,1],0][btl_tcp_endpoint.c:638:mca_btl_tcp_endpoint_complete_connect] connect() to 127.0.0.1 failed: Connection refused (61)

This may be superfluous, but I can connect to the localhost (ssh localhost) with no password prompt...Is there an ssh port I need to change somewhere?

Again, thanks for your patience and help.

Chris


Have you setup your shell startup files such that they point to the new OMPI installation (/opt/local/openmpi/) even for non-interactive logins?


Hi,

Thanks for the quick response.....I managed to compile 1.5.3 on both computers using gcc-4.2, with the proper flags set (this took a bit of playing with, but I did eventually get it to compile). Once that was done, I installed it to a different directory from 1.2.8 (/opt/local/openmpi/), specified the PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH for the new version on each computer, then managed to get the hello_world script to run again so it could call each process, like before. However, I'm still in the same place - ring_c freezes up. I tried changing the hostname in the host file (just for poops and giggles - I see the response stating it doesn't matter), but to no avail. I made sure the firewall is off on both computers.

I'm hoping I'm not doing something overly dumb here, but I'm still a bit stuck...I see in the FAQ that there were some issues with nehalem processors - I have two Xeons in one box and a nehalem in another. Could this make any difference?

Thanks again,
Chris

On Aug 9, 2011, at 6:50 PM, Jeff Squyres wrote:

No, Open MPI doesn't use the names in the hostfile to figure out which TCP/IP addresses to use (for example).  Each process ends up publishing a list of IP addresses at which it can be connected, and OMPI does routability computations to figure out which is the "best" address to contact a given peer on.

If you're just starting with Open MPI, can you upgrade?  1.2.8 is pretty ancient.  Open MPI 1.4.3 is the most recent stable release; 1.5.3 is our "feature" series, but it's also relatively stable (new releases are coming in both the 1.4.x and 1.5.x series soon, FWIW).


On Aug 9, 2011, at 12:14 PM, David Warren wrote:

I don't know if this is it, but if you use the name localhost, won't processes on both machines try to talk to 127.0.0.1? I believe you need to use the real hostname in you host file. I think that your two tests work because there is no interprocess communication, just stdout.

On 08/08/11 23:46, Christopher Jones wrote:
Hi again,

I changed the subject of my previous posting to reflect a new problem encountered when I changed my strategy to using SSH instead of Xgrid on two mac pros. I've set up a login-less ssh communication between the two macs (connected via direct ethernet, both running openmpi 1.2.8 on OSX 10.6.8) per the instructions on the FAQ. I can type in 'ssh computer-name.local' on either computer and connect without a password prompt. From what I can see, the ssh-agent is up and running - the following is listed in my ENV:

SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch-5FoCc1/Listeners
SSH_AGENT_PID=61058

My host file simply lists 'localhost' and 'chrisjones2@allana-welshs-mac-pro.local'. When I run a simple hello_world test, I get what seems like a reasonable output:

chris-joness-mac-pro:~ chrisjones$ mpirun -np 8 -hostfile hostfile ./test_hello
Hello world from process 0 of 8
Hello world from process 1 of 8
Hello world from process 2 of 8
Hello world from process 3 of 8
Hello world from process 4 of 8
Hello world from process 7 of 8
Hello world from process 5 of 8
Hello world from process 6 of 8

I can also run hostname and get what seems to be an ok response (unless I'm wrong about this):

chris-joness-mac-pro:~ chrisjones$ mpirun -np 8 -hostfile hostfile hostname
allana-welshs-mac-pro.local
allana-welshs-mac-pro.local
allana-welshs-mac-pro.local
allana-welshs-mac-pro.local
quadcore.mikrob.slu.se
quadcore.mikrob.slu.se
quadcore.mikrob.slu.se
quadcore.mikrob.slu.se


However, when I run the ring_c test, it freezes:

chris-joness-mac-pro:~ chrisjones$ mpirun -np 8 -hostfile hostfile ./ring_c
Process 0 sending 10 to 1, tag 201 (8 processes in ring)
Process 0 sent to 1
Process 0 decremented value: 9

(I noted that processors on both computers are active).

ring_c was compiled separately on each computer, however both have the same version of openmpi and OSX. I've gone through the FAQ and searched the user forum, but I can't quite seems to get this problem unstuck.

Many thanks for your time,
Chris

On Aug 5, 2011, at 6:00 PM,<users-request@open-mpi.org>  <users-request@open-mpi.org>  wrote: