Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm From: Alexander Weber Subject: Re: Can't seem to run PVM Organization: Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 09:36:15 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <341F886E.775116E4@hamburg.baw.de> Joel_Hatsch wrote: > Roland Mas (bob@casimir.rezel.enst.fr) wrote: > > : I personnally do not use csh but bash, but the PVM_ROOT path variable is set > : in .bashrc, .zshrc, .pvmprofile, .cshrc, and it still does not work. > > ok, then another thought... > what is the architecture type of the remote machine ? > eg : if you are on a sparc, then ARCH=SUN4. if you go to an ultra, ARCH != SUN4 (cannot remember waht. Solaris maybe...) > so you must make sure that there is the adequate subdirectory in your PVM_ROOT/bin directory. > > even another thought : > is there some kind of password-checking or restriction system applying on the remote machine ? this may prevent pvm from spawning a child daemon. > > BTV, does this problem affect one particular machine or is it global to your system ?? > > Joel > > -- Take a look at your /tmp/pvml.* file for error reports or try something like: rsh otherhost $PVM_ROOT/lib/pvmd HTH Alex -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Alexander Weber <> | | Weber@Hamburg.BAW.DE | +----------------------------------------------------------------+