I’m having issues with both SuperLU dist and MUMPS, as compiled by PETsc, in 
the following sense:

1.  For large enough systems, which seems to vary depending on which computer 
I’m on, MUMPS seems to just die and never start, when it’s used as the linear 
solver within a SNES.    There’s no error message, it just sits there and 
doesn’t do anything.

2.  When running with SuperLU dist, I got the following error, with no further 
information:

[3]PETSC ERROR: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[3]PETSC ERROR: Caught signal number 11 SEGV: Segmentation Violation, probably 
memory access out of range
[3]PETSC ERROR: Try option -start_in_debugger or -on_error_attach_debugger
[3]PETSC ERROR: or see 
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html#valgrind
[3]PETSC ERROR: or try http://valgrind.org on GNU/linux and Apple Mac OS X to 
find memory corruption errors
[3]PETSC ERROR: likely location of problem given in stack below
[3]PETSC ERROR: ---------------------  Stack Frames 
------------------------------------
[3]PETSC ERROR: Note: The EXACT line numbers in the stack are not available,
[3]PETSC ERROR:       INSTEAD the line number of the start of the function
[3]PETSC ERROR:       is given.
[3]PETSC ERROR: [3] SuperLU_DIST:pdgssvx line 161 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[3]PETSC ERROR: [3] MatSolve_SuperLU_DIST line 121 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[3]PETSC ERROR: [3] MatSolve line 3104 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/interface/matrix.c
[3]PETSC ERROR: [3] PCApply_LU line 194 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/ksp/pc/impls/factor/lu/lu.c
[3]PETSC ERROR: [3] KSP_PCApplyBAorAB line 258 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/include/petsc-private/kspimpl.h
[3]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message 
--------------------------------------------------------------
[3]PETSC ERROR: Signal received
[3]PETSC ERROR: See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html for 
trouble shooting.
[3]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.5.4, May, 23, 2015 
[3]PETSC ERROR: ./blowup_batch2 on a arch-linux2-c-debug named proteusi01 by 
simpson Sat Aug 22 17:01:41 2015
[3]PETSC ERROR: Configure options 
--with-mpi-dir=/mnt/HA/opt/openmpi/intel/64/1.8.1-mlnx-ofed 
--with-blas-lib=/mnt/HA/opt/blas/gcc/64/20110419/libblas.a 
--with-lapack-lib=/liblapack.a --download-suitesparse=yes 
--download-superlu=yes --download-superlu_dist=yes --download-mumps=yes 
--download-metis=yes --download-parmetis=yes --download-scalapack=yes
[3]PETSC ERROR: #1 User provided function() line 0 in  unknown file
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
MPI_ABORT was invoked on rank 3 in communicator MPI_COMM_WORLD 
with errorcode 59.

NOTE: invoking MPI_ABORT causes Open MPI to kill all MPI processes.
You may or may not see output from other processes, depending on
exactly when Open MPI kills them.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[proteusi01:14037] 1 more process has sent help message help-mpi-api.txt / 
mpi-abort
[proteusi01:14037] Set MCA parameter "orte_base_help_aggregate" to 0 to see all 
help / error messages
[6]PETSC ERROR: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[6]PETSC ERROR: Caught signal number 15 Terminate: Some process (or the batch 
system) has told this process to end
[6]PETSC ERROR: Try option -start_in_debugger or -on_error_attach_debugger
[6]PETSC ERROR: or see 
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html#valgrind
[6]PETSC ERROR: or try http://valgrind.org on GNU/linux and Apple Mac OS X to 
find memory corruption errors
[6]PETSC ERROR: likely location of problem given in stack below
[6]PETSC ERROR: ---------------------  Stack Frames 
------------------------------------
[6]PETSC ERROR: Note: The EXACT line numbers in the stack are not available,
[6]PETSC ERROR:       INSTEAD the line number of the start of the function
[6]PETSC ERROR:       is given.
[6]PETSC ERROR: [6] SuperLU_DIST:pdgssvx line 161 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[6]PETSC ERROR: [6] MatSolve_SuperLU_DIST line 121 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[6]PETSC ERROR: [6] MatSolve line 3104 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/interface/matrix.c
[6]PETSC ERROR: [6] PCApply_LU line 194 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/ksp/pc/impls/factor/lu/lu.c
[6]PETSC ERROR: [6] KSP_PCApplyBAorAB line 258 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/include/petsc-private/kspimpl.h
[6]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message 
--------------------------------------------------------------
[6]PETSC ERROR: Signal received
[6]PETSC ERROR: See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html for 
trouble shooting.
[6]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.5.4, May, 23, 2015 
[6]PETSC ERROR: ./blowup_batch2 on a arch-linux2-c-debug named proteusi01 by 
simpson Sat Aug 22 17:01:41 2015
[6]PETSC ERROR: Configure options 
--with-mpi-dir=/mnt/HA/opt/openmpi/intel/64/1.8.1-mlnx-ofed 
--with-blas-lib=/mnt/HA/opt/blas/gcc/64/20110419/libblas.a 
--with-lapack-lib=/liblapack.a --download-suitesparse=yes 
--download-superlu=yes --download-superlu_dist=yes --download-mumps=yes 
--download-metis=yes --download-parmetis=yes --download-scalapack=yes
[6]PETSC ERROR: #1 User provided function() line 0 in  unknown file
[7]PETSC ERROR: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[7]PETSC ERROR: Caught signal number 15 Terminate: Some process (or the batch 
system) has told this process to end
[7]PETSC ERROR: Try option -start_in_debugger or -on_error_attach_debugger
[7]PETSC ERROR: or see 
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html#valgrind
[7]PETSC ERROR: or try http://valgrind.org on GNU/linux and Apple Mac OS X to 
find memory corruption errors
[7]PETSC ERROR: likely location of problem given in stack below
[7]PETSC ERROR: ---------------------  Stack Frames 
------------------------------------
[7]PETSC ERROR: Note: The EXACT line numbers in the stack are not available,
[7]PETSC ERROR:       INSTEAD the line number of the start of the function
[7]PETSC ERROR:       is given.
[7]PETSC ERROR: [7] SuperLU_DIST:pdgssvx line 161 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[7]PETSC ERROR: [7] MatSolve_SuperLU_DIST line 121 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[7]PETSC ERROR: [7] MatSolve line 3104 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/interface/matrix.c
[7]PETSC ERROR: [7] PCApply_LU line 194 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/ksp/pc/impls/factor/lu/lu.c
[7]PETSC ERROR: [7] KSP_PCApplyBAorAB line 258 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/include/petsc-private/kspimpl.h
[7]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message 
--------------------------------------------------------------
[7]PETSC ERROR: Signal received
[7]PETSC ERROR: See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html for 
trouble shooting.
[7]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.5.4, May, 23, 2015 
[7]PETSC ERROR: ./blowup_batch2 on a arch-linux2-c-debug named proteusi01 by 
simpson Sat Aug 22 17:01:41 2015
[7]PETSC ERROR: Configure options 
--with-mpi-dir=/mnt/HA/opt/openmpi/intel/64/1.8.1-mlnx-ofed 
--with-blas-lib=/mnt/HA/opt/blas/gcc/64/20110419/libblas.a 
--with-lapack-lib=/liblapack.a --download-suitesparse=yes 
--download-superlu=yes --download-superlu_dist=yes --download-mumps=yes 
--download-metis=yes --download-parmetis=yes --download-scalapack=yes
[7]PETSC ERROR: #1 User provided function() line 0 in  unknown file
[0]PETSC ERROR: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[0]PETSC ERROR: Caught signal number 15 Terminate: Some process (or the batch 
system) has told this process to end
[0]PETSC ERROR: Try option -start_in_debugger or -on_error_attach_debugger
[0]PETSC ERROR: or see 
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html#valgrind
[0]PETSC ERROR: or try http://valgrind.org on GNU/linux and Apple Mac OS X to 
find memory corruption errors
[0]PETSC ERROR: likely location of problem given in stack below
[0]PETSC ERROR: ---------------------  Stack Frames 
------------------------------------
[0]PETSC ERROR: Note: The EXACT line numbers in the stack are not available,
[0]PETSC ERROR:       INSTEAD the line number of the start of the function
[0]PETSC ERROR:       is given.
[0]PETSC ERROR: [0] SuperLU_DIST:pdgssvx line 161 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[0]PETSC ERROR: [0] MatSolve_SuperLU_DIST line 121 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[0]PETSC ERROR: [0] MatSolve line 3104 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/interface/matrix.c
[0]PETSC ERROR: [0] PCApply_LU line 194 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/ksp/pc/impls/factor/lu/lu.c
[0]PETSC ERROR: [0] KSP_PCApplyBAorAB line 258 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/include/petsc-private/kspimpl.h
[0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message 
--------------------------------------------------------------
[0]PETSC ERROR: Signal received
[0]PETSC ERROR: See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html for 
trouble shooting.
[0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.5.4, May, 23, 2015 
[0]PETSC ERROR: ./blowup_batch2 on a arch-linux2-c-debug named proteusi01 by 
simpson Sat Aug 22 17:01:41 2015
[0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options 
--with-mpi-dir=/mnt/HA/opt/openmpi/intel/64/1.8.1-mlnx-ofed 
--with-blas-lib=/mnt/HA/opt/blas/gcc/64/20110419/libblas.a 
--with-lapack-lib=/liblapack.a --download-suitesparse=yes 
--download-superlu=yes --download-superlu_dist=yes --download-mumps=yes 
--download-metis=yes --download-parmetis=yes --download-scalapack=yes
[0]PETSC ERROR: #1 User provided function() line 0 in  unknown file
[1]PETSC ERROR: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[1]PETSC ERROR: Caught signal number 15 Terminate: Some process (or the batch 
system) has told this process to end
[1]PETSC ERROR: Try option -start_in_debugger or -on_error_attach_debugger
[1]PETSC ERROR: or see 
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html#valgrind
[1]PETSC ERROR: or try http://valgrind.org on GNU/linux and Apple Mac OS X to 
find memory corruption errors
[1]PETSC ERROR: likely location of problem given in stack below
[1]PETSC ERROR: ---------------------  Stack Frames 
------------------------------------
[1]PETSC ERROR: Note: The EXACT line numbers in the stack are not available,
[1]PETSC ERROR:       INSTEAD the line number of the start of the function
[1]PETSC ERROR:       is given.
[1]PETSC ERROR: [1] SuperLU_DIST:pdgssvx line 161 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[1]PETSC ERROR: [1] MatSolve_SuperLU_DIST line 121 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[1]PETSC ERROR: [1] MatSolve line 3104 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/interface/matrix.c
[1]PETSC ERROR: [1] PCApply_LU line 194 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/ksp/pc/impls/factor/lu/lu.c
[1]PETSC ERROR: [1] KSP_PCApplyBAorAB line 258 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/include/petsc-private/kspimpl.h
[1]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message 
--------------------------------------------------------------
[1]PETSC ERROR: Signal received
[1]PETSC ERROR: See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html for 
trouble shooting.
[1]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.5.4, May, 23, 2015 
[1]PETSC ERROR: ./blowup_batch2 on a arch-linux2-c-debug named proteusi01 by 
simpson Sat Aug 22 17:01:41 2015
[1]PETSC ERROR: Configure options 
--with-mpi-dir=/mnt/HA/opt/openmpi/intel/64/1.8.1-mlnx-ofed 
--with-blas-lib=/mnt/HA/opt/blas/gcc/64/20110419/libblas.a 
--with-lapack-lib=/liblapack.a --download-suitesparse=yes 
--download-superlu=yes --download-superlu_dist=yes --download-mumps=yes 
--download-metis=yes --download-parmetis=yes --download-scalapack=yes
[1]PETSC ERROR: #1 User provided function() line 0 in  unknown file
[2]PETSC ERROR: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2]PETSC ERROR: Caught signal number 15 Terminate: Some process (or the batch 
system) has told this process to end
[2]PETSC ERROR: Try option -start_in_debugger or -on_error_attach_debugger
[2]PETSC ERROR: or see 
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html#valgrind
[2]PETSC ERROR: or try http://valgrind.org on GNU/linux and Apple Mac OS X to 
find memory corruption errors
[2]PETSC ERROR: likely location of problem given in stack below
[2]PETSC ERROR: ---------------------  Stack Frames 
------------------------------------
[2]PETSC ERROR: Note: The EXACT line numbers in the stack are not available,
[2]PETSC ERROR:       INSTEAD the line number of the start of the function
[2]PETSC ERROR:       is given.
[2]PETSC ERROR: [2] SuperLU_DIST:pdgssvx line 161 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[2]PETSC ERROR: [2] MatSolve_SuperLU_DIST line 121 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[2]PETSC ERROR: [2] MatSolve line 3104 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/interface/matrix.c
[2]PETSC ERROR: [2] PCApply_LU line 194 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/ksp/pc/impls/factor/lu/lu.c
[2]PETSC ERROR: [2] KSP_PCApplyBAorAB line 258 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/include/petsc-private/kspimpl.h
[2]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message 
--------------------------------------------------------------
[2]PETSC ERROR: Signal received
[2]PETSC ERROR: See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html for 
trouble shooting.
[2]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.5.4, May, 23, 2015 
[2]PETSC ERROR: ./blowup_batch2 on a arch-linux2-c-debug named proteusi01 by 
simpson Sat Aug 22 17:01:41 2015
[2]PETSC ERROR: Configure options 
--with-mpi-dir=/mnt/HA/opt/openmpi/intel/64/1.8.1-mlnx-ofed 
--with-blas-lib=/mnt/HA/opt/blas/gcc/64/20110419/libblas.a 
--with-lapack-lib=/liblapack.a --download-suitesparse=yes 
--download-superlu=yes --download-superlu_dist=yes --download-mumps=yes 
--download-metis=yes --download-parmetis=yes --download-scalapack=yes
[2]PETSC ERROR: #1 User provided function() line 0 in  unknown file
[4]PETSC ERROR: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[4]PETSC ERROR: Caught signal number 15 Terminate: Some process (or the batch 
system) has told this process to end
[4]PETSC ERROR: Try option -start_in_debugger or -on_error_attach_debugger
[4]PETSC ERROR: or see 
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html#valgrind
[4]PETSC ERROR: or try http://valgrind.org on GNU/linux and Apple Mac OS X to 
find memory corruption errors
[4]PETSC ERROR: likely location of problem given in stack below
[4]PETSC ERROR: ---------------------  Stack Frames 
------------------------------------
[4]PETSC ERROR: Note: The EXACT line numbers in the stack are not available,
[4]PETSC ERROR:       INSTEAD the line number of the start of the function
[4]PETSC ERROR:       is given.
[4]PETSC ERROR: [4] SuperLU_DIST:pdgssvx line 161 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[4]PETSC ERROR: [4] MatSolve_SuperLU_DIST line 121 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[4]PETSC ERROR: [4] MatSolve line 3104 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/interface/matrix.c
[4]PETSC ERROR: [4] PCApply_LU line 194 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/ksp/pc/impls/factor/lu/lu.c
[4]PETSC ERROR: [4] KSP_PCApplyBAorAB line 258 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/include/petsc-private/kspimpl.h
[4]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message 
--------------------------------------------------------------
[4]PETSC ERROR: Signal received
[4]PETSC ERROR: See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html for 
trouble shooting.
[4]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.5.4, May, 23, 2015 
[4]PETSC ERROR: ./blowup_batch2 on a arch-linux2-c-debug named proteusi01 by 
simpson Sat Aug 22 17:01:41 2015
[4]PETSC ERROR: Configure options 
--with-mpi-dir=/mnt/HA/opt/openmpi/intel/64/1.8.1-mlnx-ofed 
--with-blas-lib=/mnt/HA/opt/blas/gcc/64/20110419/libblas.a 
--with-lapack-lib=/liblapack.a --download-suitesparse=yes 
--download-superlu=yes --download-superlu_dist=yes --download-mumps=yes 
--download-metis=yes --download-parmetis=yes --download-scalapack=yes
[4]PETSC ERROR: #1 User provided function() line 0 in  unknown file
[5]PETSC ERROR: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[5]PETSC ERROR: Caught signal number 15 Terminate: Some process (or the batch 
system) has told this process to end
[5]PETSC ERROR: Try option -start_in_debugger or -on_error_attach_debugger
[5]PETSC ERROR: or see 
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html#valgrind
[5]PETSC ERROR: or try http://valgrind.org on GNU/linux and Apple Mac OS X to 
find memory corruption errors
[5]PETSC ERROR: likely location of problem given in stack below
[5]PETSC ERROR: ---------------------  Stack Frames 
------------------------------------
[5]PETSC ERROR: Note: The EXACT line numbers in the stack are not available,
[5]PETSC ERROR:       INSTEAD the line number of the start of the function
[5]PETSC ERROR:       is given.
[5]PETSC ERROR: [5] SuperLU_DIST:pdgssvx line 161 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[5]PETSC ERROR: [5] MatSolve_SuperLU_DIST line 121 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/superlu_dist/superlu_dist.c
[5]PETSC ERROR: [5] MatSolve line 3104 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/mat/interface/matrix.c
[5]PETSC ERROR: [5] PCApply_LU line 194 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/src/ksp/pc/impls/factor/lu/lu.c
[5]PETSC ERROR: [5] KSP_PCApplyBAorAB line 258 
/home/simpson/software/petsc-3.5.4/include/petsc-private/kspimpl.h
[5]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message 
--------------------------------------------------------------
[5]PETSC ERROR: Signal received
[5]PETSC ERROR: See http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/documentation/faq.html for 
trouble shooting.
[5]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.5.4, May, 23, 2015 
[5]PETSC ERROR: ./blowup_batch2 on a arch-linux2-c-debug named proteusi01 by 
simpson Sat Aug 22 17:01:41 2015
[5]PETSC ERROR: Configure options 
--with-mpi-dir=/mnt/HA/opt/openmpi/intel/64/1.8.1-mlnx-ofed 
--with-blas-lib=/mnt/HA/opt/blas/gcc/64/20110419/libblas.a 
--with-lapack-lib=/liblapack.a --download-suitesparse=yes 
--download-superlu=yes --download-superlu_dist=yes --download-mumps=yes 
--download-metis=yes --download-parmetis=yes --download-scalapack=yes
[5]PETSC ERROR: #1 User provided function() line 0 in  unknown file

-gideon


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