No argument - we should support it. I was on travel and just got back, so I'll take a look and see why we aren't doing so.
On Jan 17, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Gustavo Correa wrote: > But that would be yet another legitimate singleton-edge-case that OpenMPI > could > proudly handle, wouldn't it? > No network connection, yet OpenMPI is still operational in a standalone > insular machine. > IMHO, MM made a good case for his 'commuter MPI'. :) > Times change, I would never have thought that people are doing > parallel programming and HPC in the subway. > Gus Correa > > On Jan 17, 2012, at 11:25 AM, Ralph Castain wrote: > >> I think it won't help - it looks like mpirun itself aborts if it only finds >> a loopback available. >> >> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Gustavo Correa <g...@ldeo.columbia.edu> >> wrote: >> MM >> Have you tried adding '-mca btl sm,self' to your mpirun command line, >> as suggested by Terry? [despite the low chances that it would work ...] >> If somehow the loopback interface is up, wouldn't it work? >> Gus Correa >> >> On Jan 17, 2012, at 7:01 AM, MM wrote: >> >>> Gus, unfortunately, it doesn't seem to change the error. >>> Ralph, with the wireless adapter disabled, netstat on winxp still shows >>> these ports as listening: >>> Shouldn't the MS TCP Loopback interface allow the tcp ports to be created? >>> >>> >>>> netstat -an >>> >>> Active Connections >>> >>> Proto Local Address Foreign Address State >>> TCP 0.0.0.0:135 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING >>> TCP 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING >>> TCP 0.0.0.0:2967 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING >>> TCP 0.0.0.0:3389 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING >>> TCP 0.0.0.0:4445 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING >>> TCP 0.0.0.0:57632 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING >>> TCP 127.0.0.1:1025 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING >>> TCP 127.0.0.1:62514 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING >>> >>>> route print >>> =========================================================================== >>> Interface List >>> 0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface >>> 0x2 ...00 24 d6 10 05 4e ...... Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN - Packet >>> Scheduler Miniport >>> =========================================================================== >>> =========================================================================== >>> Active Routes: >>> Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric >>> 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1 >>> 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 2 1 >>> =========================================================================== >>> Persistent Routes: >>> None >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: users-boun...@open-mpi.org [mailto:users-boun...@open-mpi.org] On >>> Behalf Of Gustavo Correa >>> Sent: 16 January 2012 23:54 >>> To: Open MPI Users >>> Subject: Re: [OMPI users] localhost only >>> >>> Have you tried to specify the hosts with something like this? >>> >>> mpirun -np 2 -host localhost ./my_program >>> >>> See 'man mpirun' for more details. >>> >>> I hope it helps, >>> Gus Correa >>> >>> On Jan 16, 2012, at 6:34 PM, MM wrote: >>> >>>> hi, >>>> >>>> when my wireless adapter is down on my laptop, only localhost is >>>> configured. >>>> In this case, when I mpirun 2 binaries on my laptop, mpirun fails with >>>> this error: >>>> >>>> >>>> It looks like orte_init failed for some reason; your parallel process i >>>> likely to abort. There are many reasons that a parallel process can >>>> fail during orte_init; some of which are due to configuration or >>>> environment problems. This failure appears to be an internal failure; >>>> here's some additional information (which may only be relevant to an >>>> Open MPI developer): >>>> >>>> orte_rml_base_select failed >>>> --> Returned value Error (-1) instead of ORTE_SUCCESS >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> when I turn on the wireless adapter back on, the mpirun works fine >>>> >>>> Is there a way to make mpirun realize all my binaries run on the same box, >>>> and therefore don't need any other interface but localhost? >>>> >>>> PS: this is ipconfig when the wireless adapter is off >>>> >>>>> ipconfig /all >>>> >>>> Windows IP Configuration >>>> >>>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : >>>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : >>>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid >>>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No >>>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No >>>> >>>> Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection: >>>> >>>> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected >>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN >>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : >>>> >>>> rds, >>>> >>>> MM >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> users mailing list >>>> us...@open-mpi.org >>>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> users mailing list >>> us...@open-mpi.org >>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >>> _______________________________________________ >>> users mailing list >>> us...@open-mpi.org >>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> us...@open-mpi.org >> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> us...@open-mpi.org >> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users