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From: Edward Vigmond <vigmonde@igb.umontreal.ca>
Organization: University of Montreal
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Subject: Re: using pvm_joingroup()
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 23:21:51 GMT
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Lance Rathbone wrote:
> 
> Hi:
> I"m completely new to pvm. On my first attempt at writing a program I
> used pvm_joingroup() and pvm_barrier(). I can compile the program using:
> 
>      cc -o file file.c -lpvm3 -lgpvm3
> but when I run it I get the the error message:
>     libpvm [t40004]: gs_getgstid() failed to start group server: No such
> file
>     libpvm [t40004]: file: Can't contact local daemon
> 
> Could someone tell me what's going on? (er... what's not going on?)

A group server should be spawned to control the group operations. The
executable should be in $PVM_ROOT/lib/$ARCH/pvmgs. You get your error
when pvmgs is unable to be started.

-- 
Edward Vigmond
Institut de Genie Biomedical, Universite de Montreal
vigmonde@igb.umontreal.ca