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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I am running PVM (I believe it is the 3.4 version) on a Debian 2.2 system using Bash for my shell. I configured it as per the man pages and the MIT reference book, except I defined PVM_ROOT and PVM_ARCH in .bashrc on every node (including the head server) and not the .cshrc . Should I put in my .bash_profile on the head node ? I also have my .rhosts correct, as verified by running rsh and ssh.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The symptoms are that when I run the pvm shell, it starts correctly on the server, as verified by running administrative commands, but when I try to add a node, it returns a "terminated" and puts me back at my bash shell prompt. I can then rsh or ssh over to the node and verify the pvmd is running on the node via the ps command. When I try to use the pvm shell on that node, it displays a notice that the pvmd is already running and hangs till I kill the process. Any clues or suggestions ?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Another question is that the docs say there should be a lock file in /tmp, but what I find is a directory containing a log file (and of course no indication why I can not add the node). Is this the normal setup ? BTW, I can restart pvm at on the server and launch another instance of the dameon on the node with similar results as stated above.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Final question (for now), how do I set PVM up to use ssh instead of rsh ?<br>
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cheers,<br>
Jim Parker<br>
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