well if you need -mat_view_draw - then suggest editing src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/mpiaij.c and increate this cut-off size.
[there is now a command-line option to over-ride this limit in petsc-dev] For binary viewer - check mat/examples/tests/ex31.c Satish On Wed, 23 Dec 2009, hxie at umn.edu wrote: > Hi, > > I installed all the packages in a mac machine. When I run " mpirun -np 4 > ~/bin/cats3d.1 -mat_view_draw -draw_pause -1" under X11, I get some errors: > ------ > [0]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message > ------------------------------------ > [0]PETSC ERROR: Argument out of range! > [0]PETSC ERROR: ASCII matrix output not allowed for matrices with more than > 512 rows, us > e binary format instead! > > ... > MatAssemblyEnd error 63 > > ------ > > The matrix is with more than 512 rows. How can I use the binary format? > > Happy holiday, > Hui >
