Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: Tom Goodale <g00dale@aei-potsdam.mpg.de>
Subject: Re: Can't start pvmd
Organization: Max-Plank-Institut Fur Gravitationsphysik
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 11:00:54 +0200
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Do you have anything in  your .login or .profile (or whatever is used by
your shell) which writes to the screen without checking that it's an
interactive session ?  Such text would almost certainly confuse pvmd.

I hope this helps,

Tom



Jon Snow wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> Can't start pvmd is the error I get when adding a remote host however on
> checking the remote host pvmd has actually started. I have set up pvm to
> work correctly on my network at home using 3.4.beta6 on linux and am
> attempting to add a remote host on my university's system when this
> error occurs. The university is using pvm3.3.11 on ALPHA's. The pvm log
> file shows
> 
> [t80040000] 04/26 12:59:42 LOCALHOST (LOCALHOST:1929) LINUX 3.4.beta6
> [t80040000] 04/26 12:59:42 ready Sun Apr 26 12:59:42 1998
> [t80040000] 04/26 12:59:46 startack() host REMOTEHOST expected version,
> got "ddpro<2315"
> [t80040000] 04/26 13:00:24 netinput() bogus pkt from REMOTEHOST:3643
> [t80040000] 04/26 13:02:35 dm_halt() from (LOCALHOST), halting...
> [t80040000] 04/26 13:02:35 work() pvmd halting
> [t80040000] 04/26 13:02:35 pvmbailout(0)
> 
> but of course the pvmd is up and running on REMOTEHOST.
> 
> Using rsh HOST /local/pvm3/lib/pvmd -s from the local or remote hosts
> gives
> 
> [pvmd pid8851] slave_config: bad args
> [pvmd pid8851] pvmbailout(0)
> 
> which is what it should expect as far as I know.
> Has anyone got any suggestions?
> 
> thanks,
> Jon Snow