[Pw_forum] mpiexec parallel error

[Axel Kohlmeyer]

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Hashem Al-Yamani wrote:

HAY> Dear Sir ;
HAY> 
HAY> What does it mean when I try to use PWSCF in parallel using mpiexec ... it
HAY> gives the following massege :


this has nothing to do with QE.

check out the LAM/MPI documentation...

before trying out to compile application 
programs with MPI, you should make sure
that your MPI installation actually works.

cheers,
   axel.

HAY> 
HAY> 
HAY> 
HAY> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
HAY> *** Oops -- I cannot open the LAM help file.
HAY> *** I tried looking for it in the following places:
HAY> ***
HAY> ***   $HOME/lam-helpfile
HAY> ***   $HOME/lam-7.0.6-helpfile
HAY> ***   $HOME/etc/lam-helpfile
HAY> ***   $HOME/etc/lam-7.0.6-helpfile
HAY> ***   $LAMHELPDIR/lam-helpfile
HAY> ***   $LAMHELPDIR/lam-7.0.6-helpfile
HAY> ***   $LAMHOME/etc/lam-helpfile
HAY> ***   $LAMHOME/etc/lam-7.0.6-helpfile
HAY> ***   $SYSCONFDIR/lam-helpfile
HAY> ***   $SYSCONFDIR/lam-7.0.6-helpfile
HAY> ***
HAY> *** You were supposed to get help on the program "MPI"
HAY> *** about the topic "no-lamd"
HAY> ***
HAY> *** Sorry!
HAY> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
HAY> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
HAY> 
HAY> *** Oops -- I cannot open the LAM help file.
HAY> *** I tried looking for it in the following places:
HAY> ***
HAY> ***   $HOME/lam-helpfile
HAY> ***   $HOME/lam-7.0.6-helpfile
HAY> ***   $HOME/etc/lam-helpfile
HAY> ***   $HOME/etc/lam- 7.0.6-helpfile
HAY> ***   $LAMHELPDIR/lam-helpfile
HAY> ***   $LAMHELPDIR/lam-7.0.6-helpfile
HAY> ***   $LAMHOME/etc/lam-helpfile
HAY> ***   $LAMHOME/etc/lam-7.0.6-helpfile
HAY> ***   $SYSCONFDIR/lam-helpfile
HAY> ***   $SYSCONFDIR/lam- 7.0.6-helpfile
HAY> ***
HAY> *** You were supposed to get help on the program "MPI"
HAY> *** about the topic "no-lamd"
HAY> ***
HAY> *** Sorry!
HAY> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
HAY> 
HAY> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
HAY> 
HAY> 
HAY> It seems that there is no lamd running on the host Main-server.
HAY> 
HAY> This indicates that the LAM/MPI runtime environment is not operating.
HAY> The LAM/MPI runtime environment is necessary for MPI programs to run
HAY> (the MPI program tired to invoke the "MPI_Init" function).
HAY> 
HAY> Please run the "lamboot" command the start the LAM/MPI runtime
HAY> environment.  See the LAM/MPI documentation for how to invoke
HAY> "lamboot" across multiple machines.
HAY> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
HAY> 

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