If you are using a recent version of Linux (as machine A), the X server
is probably started with its TCP network connection turned off. For
example, if you do:
$ ps auxw | grep X
/usr/bin/Xorg :0 -br -audit 0 -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7
The "-nolisten tcp" option turns off the X server's remote connection
socket. Also, "netstat -atp" on A will show that nothing is listening on
port 6000. So, for example, from machine B:
[B]$ xlogo -display A:0
doesn't work.
The trick I've used: Before you run your MPI application, you can ssh to
the remote node with X forwarding enabled ("ssh -Y"). On the remote
system, do "echo $DISPLAY" to see what DISPLAY environment variable ssh
created. For example, it might be something like "localhost:10.0". Leave
this ssh connection open and then run your OMPI application in another
window and pass "-x DISPLAY=localhost:10.0" through MPI. X applications
on the remote node *should* now be able to connect back through the open
ssh connection. This probably won't scale very well, though.
Allen
On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 14:36 -0400, Jeff Squyres wrote:
> In general, Open MPI doesn't have anything to do with X forwarding.
> However, if you're using ssh to startup your processes, ssh may
> configure X forwarding for you (depending on your local system
> setup). But OMPI closes down ssh channels once applications have
> launched (there's no need to keep them open), so any X forwarding that
> may have been setup will be closed down.
>
> The *easiest* way to setup X forwarding is simply to allow X
> connections to your local host from the node(s) that will be running
> your application. E.g., use the "xhost" command to add the target
> nodes into the access list. And then have mpirun export a suitable
> DISPLAY variable, such as:
>
> export DISPLAY=my_hostname:0
> mpirun -x DISPLAY ...
>
> The "-x DISPLAY" clause tells Open MPI to export the value of the
> DISPLAY variable to all nodes when running your application.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> On May 30, 2008, at 1:24 PM, Cally K wrote:
>
> > hi, I have some problem running DistributedData.cxx ( it is a VTK
> > file ) , I need to be able to see the rendering from my computer
> >
> > I, however have problem running the executable, I loaded both the
> > executabe into 2 machines
> >
> > and I am accesing it from my computer( DHCP enabled )
> >
> > after running the following command - I use OpenMPI
> >
> > mpirun -hostfile myhostfile -np 2 -bynode ./DistributedData
> >
> > and I keep getting these errors
> >
> > ERROR: In /home/kalpanak/Installation_Files/VTKProject/VTK/Rendering/
> > vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx, line 326
> > vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow (0x8664438): bad X server connection.
> >
> >
> > ERROR: In /home/kalpanak/Installation_Files/VTKProject/VTK/Rendering/
> > vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx, line 169
> > vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow (0x8664438): bad X server connection.
> >
> >
> > [vrc1:27394] *** Process received signal ***
> > [vrc1:27394] Signal: Segmentation fault (11)
> > [vrc1:27394] Signal code: Address not mapped (1)
> > [vrc1:27394] Failing at address: 0x84
> > [vrc1:27394] [ 0] [0xffffe440]
> > [vrc1:27394] [ 1] ./
> > DistributedData(_ZN22vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow20GetDesiredVisualInfoEv
> > +0x229) [0x8227e7d]
> > [vrc1:27394] [ 2] ./
> > DistributedData(_ZN22vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow16WindowInitializeEv
> > +0x340) [0x8226812]
> > [vrc1:27394] [ 3] ./
> > DistributedData(_ZN22vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow10InitializeEv+0x29)
> > [0x82234f9]
> > [vrc1:27394] [ 4] ./
> > DistributedData(_ZN22vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow5StartEv+0x29) [0x82235eb]
> > [vrc1:27394] [ 5] ./
> > DistributedData(_ZN15vtkRenderWindow14DoStereoRenderEv+0x1a)
> > [0x82342ac]
> > [vrc1:27394] [ 6] ./
> > DistributedData(_ZN15vtkRenderWindow10DoFDRenderEv+0x427) [0x8234757]
> > [vrc1:27394] [ 7] ./
> > DistributedData(_ZN15vtkRenderWindow10DoAARenderEv+0x5b7) [0x8234d19]
> > [vrc1:27394] [ 8] ./DistributedData(_ZN15vtkRenderWindow6RenderEv
> > +0x690) [0x82353b4]
> > [vrc1:27394] [ 9] ./
> > DistributedData(_ZN22vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow6RenderEv+0x52) [0x82245e2]
> > [vrc1:27394] [10] ./DistributedData [0x819e355]
> > [vrc1:27394] [11] ./
> > DistributedData(_ZN16vtkMPIController19SingleMethodExecuteEv+0x1ab)
> > [0x837a447]
> > [vrc1:27394] [12] ./DistributedData(main+0x180) [0x819de78]
> > [vrc1:27394] [13] /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0) [0xb79c0fe0]
> > [vrc1:27394] [14] ./DistributedData [0x819dc21]
> > [vrc1:27394] *** End of error message ***
> > mpirun noticed that job rank 0 with PID 27394 on node .... exited on
> > signal 11 (Segmentation fault).
> >
> >
> > Maybe I am not doing the xforwading properly, but has anyone ever
> > encountered the same problem, it works fine on one pc, and I read
> > the mailing list but I just don't know if my prob is similiar to
> > their, I even tried changing the DISPLAY env
> >
> >
> > This is what I want to do
> >
> > my mpirun should run on 2 machines ( A and B ) and I should be able
> > to view the output ( on my PC ),
> > are there any specfic commands to use.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
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