From: Philipp Berndt <archmagexxx@cs.tu-berlin.de>
Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
Subject: Re: using pvm_joingroup()
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:47:21 +0200
Organization: Technical University Berlin
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On Wed, 19 May 1999, you wrote:
>Edward Vigmond wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
>You're right, it works when I start this manually with pvmgs&.
>    Thanks
>
>Should this be starting automatically? I am using pvm 3.3 on Redhat 5.2
>If so how?

Yes, it should.
As Lance Vigmond wrote:
The executable should be in $PVM_ROOT/lib/$ARCH/pvmgs. 

Try putting it in  $HOME/pvm3/bin/$PVM_ARCH/pvmgs, too.

That should do it.

Greetings,
Philipp Berndt
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