Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: Roeland Merks <roel@binf.biol.ruu.nl>
Subject: Re: Why my Package are lost?
Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht, (ACCU)
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 19:48:18 +0100
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¡¸¡¹¬y¬P®g¤â¡¹¡¸ wrote:
> 
> I am trying to write some code with pvm. But when I want
> all slave programs spawned by host to send back data,
> some data are lost! and the slave program just done it's job
> and finished. This always make the host waiting for a lost data
> and halt.
> 
> I know I should try to add some codes to resend the data, but why?
> I think the data packet should not just disappear!
> Any one tell me why? Thanks a lot!!

I don't think it will help you, but I thought I had this problem too. It
appeared to be a stupid segmentation violation in my slaves, which
caused them to crash so seldom that I had the impression that everything
worked fine. 

Roeland Merks

