Mpich 1.2.3 first run problem

[Mark Hartner]

> 7.0 through 7.3.  All of these systems exhibit the same problem with 
> mpich 1.2.3, upon reboot.  Mpich 1.2.1 and LAM MPI does not exhibit this 
> behavior.  Has anyone experienced this problem or know what could be 
> causing it?

We saw the exact same problem on our cluster. We even saw it with a simple
'hello world' program. Our solution was to switch to LAM MPI. We had a
little trouble getting LAM MPI and MPE working, but eventually got it
working. We can send you the bug fix if you want to use LAM and MPE.

Mark