Sorry forgot to attach the complete error message: [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message ------------------------------------ [0]PETSC ERROR: Invalid argument! [0]PETSC ERROR: Wrong type of object: Parameter # 1! [0]PETSC ERROR: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.4.3, Oct, 15, 2013 [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/changes/index.html for recent updates. [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/faq.html for hints about trouble shooting. [0]PETSC ERROR: See docs/index.html for manual pages. [0]PETSC ERROR: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [0]PETSC ERROR: /home/hsahasra/NEMO5/prototype/examples/Macroscopic/FEM/nemo on a linux named carter-fe02.rcac.purdue.edu by hsahasra Mon Oct 20 15:30:43 2014 [0]PETSC ERROR: Libraries linked from /home/hsahasra/NEMO5/libs/petsc/build-real/linux/lib [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure run at Mon Oct 20 11:41:06 2014 [0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options --with-cmake=/apps/rhel5/cmake-2.8.0/bin/cmake --with-x=0 --with-hdf5 --with-hdf5-dir=/apps/rhel6/petsc-3.4.2/impi-4.1.0.030_intel-13.1.1.163/externalpackages/hdf5-1.8.10-patch1/src/ --with-scalar-type=real --with-single-library=0 --with-pic=1 --with-shared-libraries=0 --with-clanguage=C++ --with-fortran --with-debugging=1 --with-cc=/apps/rhel6/intel/impi/4.1.0.030/bin64/mpiicc --with-fc=/apps/rhel6/intel/impi/4.1.0.030/bin64/mpiifort --with-cxx=/apps/rhel6/intel/impi/4.1.0.030/bin64/mpiicpc COPTFLAGS=-O3 CXXOPTFLAGS=-O3 FOPTFLAGS=-O3 --download-parmetis=1 --download-metis=1 --download-superlu --download-superlu_dist=1 --download-mumps=1 --download-scalapack=1 --download-blacs=1 [0]PETSC ERROR: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [0]PETSC ERROR: MatGetType() line 100 in /home/hsahasra/NEMO5/libs/petsc/build-real/src/mat/interface/matreg.c
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Harshad Sahasrabudhe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I get the following error when I call MatGetType even though I'm calling > the function with a Mat object. > > [0]PETSC ERROR: Invalid argument! > [0]PETSC ERROR: Wrong type of object: Parameter # 1! > > What could be going wrong? > > Thanks, > Harshad >
