It is a system problem. Maybe the relevant disc is not mounted on the remote node or something? Try doing a simple ssh to the node and test things like ls, cd etc. Too many possibilities to list here. Good luck, just try computer experiments until you track it down.....
2010/7/27 Marcos Ver?ssimo Alves <marcos.verissimo.alves at gmail.com>: > Hi Laurence, > I am not running mpi, only using rsh/ssh for the plain k-point > parallelization. I couldn't really figure out how to make a .machines file > to run parallel over k-points on mpi, with one processor per machine. > However, I think Stefaan's tip has gone right to the point: in my job error > file I?get the following errors: > ?LAPW0 END > .machinetmp222: No such file or directory > bash: line 0: cd: /afs/atc.unican.es/u/m/mverissi/WIEN2k/sro1sto6: > Permission denied > ?Cannot open error-file > ERRFLG - couldn't open errorflag-file. > The fact that from inside lapw1para the ssh command cannot cd to my home > directory puzzles me... it seems to be a system problem, then. However, if > you have any suggsestions, they will be more than welcome! > Thanks, > Marcos > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Laurence Marks <L-marks at northwestern.edu> > wrote: >> >> I doubt (although I may be wrong) that this has anything to do with >> the OS. Do you have -traceback in your compile options? This will give >> information as to which program this is happening in. Also, are you >> running mpi or not? >> >> 2010/7/27 Marcos Ver?ssimo Alves <marcos.verissimo.alves at gmail.com>: >> > Hi Stefaan and Laurence, >> > @Stefaan: I will try it. >> > @Laurence: it's the latest version, which I have downloaded about two >> > weeks >> > ago. Hope this helps. >> > Thanks, >> > Marcos >> > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Laurence Marks >> > <L-marks at northwestern.edu> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Is this the latest version, or an older one? Some changes were made in >> >> the error file access in the latest version for mpi reasons. >> >> >> >> 2010/7/27 Marcos Ver?ssimo Alves <marcos.verissimo.alves at gmail.com>: >> >> > Hi all, >> >> > >> >> > I am experiencing a problem in the execution in parallel over >> >> > k-points. >> >> > >> >> > I have compiled the code successfully in a cluster running Debian >> >> > Linux >> >> > and >> >> > with SGEEE as the queue system using ssh as the means to launch the >> >> > instances on the remote nodes, with /bin/bash as the shell. My script >> >> > successfully creates a .machines file and when I run runsp_lapw -p >> >> > -NI >> >> > -cc >> >> > 0.0001, the process dies. This is because, for some reason, lapw1para >> >> > is >> >> > not >> >> > being able to write to the up(dn)lapw1_*.error files: >> >> > >> >> > forrtl: severe (47): write to READONLY file, unit 99, file >> >> > /afs/atc.unican.es/u/m/mverissi/WIEN2k/sro1sto6/uplapw1_1.error >> >> > >> >> > And the same happens to the dnlapw1_*.error files. >> >> > >> >> > lapw0, on the other hand, runs fine. I have set up parallel execution >> >> > successfully on my dual-core desktop using ssh, using pretty much the >> >> > same >> >> > stuff, and it runs perfectly well. >> >> > >> >> > Now, I have changed the write permissions of the directory (and all >> >> > the >> >> > files) with chmod -R ugo+rw /afs/atc.unican.es/u..., but to no avail. >> >> > Has >> >> > anyone experienced any problem like this before? Could there be any >> >> > known >> >> > (but obscure) reason why lapw1para would not be able to write to its >> >> > files, >> >> > but lapw0para would? >> >> > >> >> > Best regards, >> >> > >> >> > Marcos >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Wien mailing list >> >> > Wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at >> >> > http://zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/wien >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Laurence Marks >> >> Department of Materials Science and Engineering >> >> MSE Rm 2036 Cook Hall >> >> 2220 N Campus Drive >> >> Northwestern University >> >> Evanston, IL 60208, USA >> >> Tel: (847) 491-3996 Fax: (847) 491-7820 >> >> email: L-marks at northwestern dot edu >> >> Web: www.numis.northwestern.edu >> >> Chair, Commission on Electron Crystallography of IUCR >> >> www.numis.northwestern.edu/ >> >> Electron crystallography is the branch of science that uses electron >> >> scattering and imaging to study the structure of matter. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wien mailing list >> >> Wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at >> >> http://zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/wien >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wien mailing list >> > Wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at >> > http://zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/wien >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Laurence Marks >> Department of Materials Science and Engineering >> MSE Rm 2036 Cook Hall >> 2220 N Campus Drive >> Northwestern University >> Evanston, IL 60208, USA >> Tel: (847) 491-3996 Fax: (847) 491-7820 >> email: L-marks at northwestern dot edu >> Web: www.numis.northwestern.edu >> Chair, Commission on Electron Crystallography of IUCR >> www.numis.northwestern.edu/ >> Electron crystallography is the branch of science that uses electron >> scattering and imaging to study the structure of matter. >> _______________________________________________ >> Wien mailing list >> Wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at >> http://zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/wien > > > _______________________________________________ > Wien mailing list > Wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at > http://zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/wien > > -- Laurence Marks Department of Materials Science and Engineering MSE Rm 2036 Cook Hall 2220 N Campus Drive Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208, USA Tel: (847) 491-3996 Fax: (847) 491-7820 email: L-marks at northwestern dot edu Web: www.numis.northwestern.edu Chair, Commission on Electron Crystallography of IUCR www.numis.northwestern.edu/ Electron crystallography is the branch of science that uses electron scattering and imaging to study the structure of matter.

