Hi there, I saw that http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2007/08/3900.php.
I use fink, and so I changed the openmpi.info file in order to get openmpi with xgrid support. As you can see: amadeus[2081]:~/Downloads% /sw/bin/ompi_info Package: Open MPI root@amadeus.local Distribution Open MPI: 1.3.3 Open MPI SVN revision: r21666 Open MPI release date: Jul 14, 2009 Open RTE: 1.3.3 Open RTE SVN revision: r21666 Open RTE release date: Jul 14, 2009 OPAL: 1.3.3 OPAL SVN revision: r21666 OPAL release date: Jul 14, 2009 Ident string: 1.3.3 Prefix: /sw Configured architecture: x86_64-apple-darwin9 Configure host: amadeus.local Configured by: root Configured on: Fri Aug 14 12:58:12 BST 2009 Configure host: amadeus.local Built by: Built on: Fri Aug 14 13:07:46 BST 2009 Built host: amadeus.local C bindings: yes C++ bindings: yes Fortran77 bindings: yes (single underscore) Fortran90 bindings: yes Fortran90 bindings size: small C compiler: gcc C compiler absolute: /sw/var/lib/fink/path-prefix-10.6/gcc C++ compiler: g++ C++ compiler absolute: /sw/var/lib/fink/path-prefix-10.6/g++ Fortran77 compiler: gfortran Fortran77 compiler abs: /sw/bin/gfortran Fortran90 compiler: gfortran Fortran90 compiler abs: /sw/bin/gfortran C profiling: yes C++ profiling: yes Fortran77 profiling: yes Fortran90 profiling: yes C++ exceptions: no Thread support: posix (mpi: no, progress: no) Sparse Groups: no Internal debug support: no MPI parameter check: runtime Memory profiling support: no Memory debugging support: no libltdl support: yes Heterogeneous support: no mpirun default --prefix: no MPI I/O support: yes MPI_WTIME support: gettimeofday Symbol visibility support: yes FT Checkpoint support: no (checkpoint thread: no) MCA backtrace: execinfo (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA paffinity: darwin (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA carto: auto_detect (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA carto: file (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA maffinity: first_use (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA timer: darwin (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA installdirs: env (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA installdirs: config (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA dpm: orte (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA pubsub: orte (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA allocator: basic (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA allocator: bucket (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA coll: basic (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA coll: hierarch (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA coll: inter (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA coll: self (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA coll: sm (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA coll: sync (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA coll: tuned (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA io: romio (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA mpool: fake (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA mpool: rdma (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA mpool: sm (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA pml: cm (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA pml: csum (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA pml: ob1 (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA pml: v (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA bml: r2 (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA rcache: vma (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA btl: self (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA btl: sm (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA btl: tcp (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA topo: unity (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA osc: pt2pt (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA osc: rdma (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA iof: hnp (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA iof: orted (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA iof: tool (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA oob: tcp (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA odls: default (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA ras: slurm (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA rmaps: rank_file (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA rmaps: round_robin (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA rmaps: seq (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA rml: oob (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA routed: binomial (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA routed: direct (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA routed: linear (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA plm: rsh (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA plm: slurm (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA plm: xgrid (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA filem: rsh (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA errmgr: default (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA ess: env (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA ess: hnp (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA ess: singleton (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA ess: slurm (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA ess: tool (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA grpcomm: bad (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) MCA grpcomm: basic (MCA v2.0, API v2.0, Component v1.3.3) All seemed fine and I also have xgrid controller and agent running in my laptop, and then when I tried: /sw/bin/om-mpirun -c 2 mpiapp # hello world example for mpi [amadeus.local:40293] [[804,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Unknown error: 1 in file src/plm_xgrid_module.m at line 119 [amadeus.local:40293] [[804,0],0] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: Unknown error: 1 in file src/plm_xgrid_module.m at line 153 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- om-mpirun was unable to start the specified application as it encountered an error. More information may be available above. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009-08-14 14:16:19.715 om-mpirun[40293:10b] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[NSKVONotifying_XGConnection<0x1001164b0> finalize]: called when collecting not enabled' 2009-08-14 14:16:19.716 om-mpirun[40293:10b] Stack: ( 140735390096156, 140735366109391, 140735390122388, 4295943988, 4295939168, 4295171139, 4295883300, 4295025321, 4294973498, 4295401605, 4295345774, 4295056598, 4295116412, 4295119970, 4295401605, 4294972881, 4295401605, 4295345774, 4295056598, 4295172615, 4295938185, 4294971936, 4294969401, 4294969340 ) terminate called after throwing an instance of 'NSException' [amadeus:40293] *** Process received signal *** [amadeus:40293] Signal: Abort trap (6) [amadeus:40293] Signal code: (0) [amadeus:40293] [ 0] 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00000000831443fa _sigtramp + 26 [amadeus:40293] [ 1] 3 ??? 0x000000005fbfb1e8 0x0 + 1606398440 [amadeus:40293] [ 2] 4 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x00000000827f2085 _ZN9__gnu_cxx27__verbose_terminate_handlerEv + 377 [amadeus:40293] [ 3] 5 libobjc.A.dylib 0x0000000081811adf objc_end_catch + 280 [amadeus:40293] [ 4] 6 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x00000000827f0425 __gxx_personality_v0 + 1259 [amadeus:40293] [ 5] 7 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x00000000827f045b _ZSt9terminatev + 19 [amadeus:40293] [ 6] 8 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x00000000827f054c __cxa_rethrow + 0 [amadeus:40293] [ 7] 9 libobjc.A.dylib 0x0000000081811966 objc_exception_rethrow + 0 [amadeus:40293] [ 8] 10 CoreFoundation 0x0000000082ef8194 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 5700 [amadeus:40293] [ 9] 11 mca_plm_xgrid.so 0x00000000000ee734 orte_plm_xgrid_finalize + 4884 [amadeus:40293] [10] 12 mca_plm_xgrid.so 0x00000000000ed460 orte_plm_xgrid_finalize + 64 [amadeus:40293] [11] 13 libopen-rte.0.dylib 0x0000000000031c43 orte_plm_base_close + 195 [amadeus:40293] [12] 14 mca_ess_hnp.so 0x00000000000dfa24 0x0 + 916004 [amadeus:40293] [13] 15 libopen-rte.0.dylib 0x000000000000e2a9 orte_finalize + 89 [amadeus:40293] [14] 16 om-mpirun 0x000000000000183a start + 4210 [amadeus:40293] [15] 17 libopen-pal.0.dylib 0x000000000006a085 opal_event_add_i + 1781 [amadeus:40293] [16] 18 libopen-pal.0.dylib 0x000000000005c66e opal_progress + 142 [amadeus:40293] [17] 19 libopen-rte.0.dylib 0x0000000000015cd6 orte_trigger_event + 70 [amadeus:40293] [18] 20 libopen-rte.0.dylib 0x000000000002467c orte_daemon_recv + 4332 [amadeus:40293] [19] 21 libopen-rte.0.dylib 0x0000000000025462 orte_daemon_cmd_processor + 722 [amadeus:40293] [20] 22 libopen-pal.0.dylib 0x000000000006a085 opal_event_add_i + 1781 [amadeus:40293] [21] 23 om-mpirun 0x00000000000015d1 start + 3593 [amadeus:40293] [22] 24 libopen-pal.0.dylib 0x000000000006a085 opal_event_add_i + 1781 [amadeus:40293] [23] 25 libopen-pal.0.dylib 0x000000000005c66e opal_progress + 142 [amadeus:40293] [24] 26 libopen-rte.0.dylib 0x0000000000015cd6 orte_trigger_event + 70 [amadeus:40293] [25] 27 libopen-rte.0.dylib 0x0000000000032207 orte_plm_base_launch_failed + 135 [amadeus:40293] [26] 28 mca_plm_xgrid.so 0x00000000000ed089 orte_plm_xgrid_spawn + 89 [amadeus:40293] [27] 29 om-mpirun 0x0000000000001220 start + 2648 [amadeus:40293] [28] 30 om-mpirun 0x0000000000000839 start + 113 [amadeus:40293] [29] 31 om-mpirun 0x00000000000007fc start + 52 [amadeus:40293] *** End of error message *** [1] 40293 abort /sw/bin/om-mpirun -c 2 mpiapp Is there anyone using openmpi with xgrid successfully keen to share his/her experience? I am not new to xgrid or mpi, but to both integrated I must say that I am in uncharted waters. Any help would be very appreciated. Many thanks in advance, Alan -- Alan Wilter S. da Silva, D.Sc. - CCPN Research Associate Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge. 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK. >>http://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/~awd28<<