From: PFENNIGER Daniel Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm Subject: PVM on Linux Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 09:52:34 +0100 Organization: University of Geneva Message-Id: <367774D2.413AFABA@obs.unige.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi PVMer: I have installed PVM 3.3 and 3.4 on a Linux/i686 system with recent kernels (2.0.36 and 2.1.129) with unsatisfactory results. First the original PVM 3.3.11 source from netlib doesn't compile (error in hoster.c). A patched version from the Beowulf project mostly works but not XPVM. (BTW are there any official patches of 3.3.11 beside those of netlib?). PVM 3.4beta7 does compile but many example programs do not run correctly (processes stop prematurely). All the compilations have been made with gcc 2.7.2.3. If anybody with similar setup has suceeded to install PVM, I would be glad to know the particular combination of Linux kernel and PVM version/patch. It might be a problem with recent Linux kernels. Another possibility could be the NIC driver (tulip.c:v0.90 10/20/98 from becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov). -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Daniel Pfenniger | Daniel.Pfenniger@obs.unige.ch Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva | tel: +41 (22) 755 2611 CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland | fax: +41 (22) 755 3983 __________________________________________________________________________