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Re: MPI problem with python demos

 

The problem is 1.3.37. Pitty since karmic uses it. Easy to build new
swig, though.

2009/9/25, Johannes Ring <johannr@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 09:15:57AM +0200, Johannes Ring wrote:
>>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Johan Hake <hake@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > On Friday 25 September 2009 09:03:20 Harish Narayanan wrote:
>>> >> Has anyone seen the following problem when trying to run python demos?
>>> >> The C++ demos work, both in serial and in parallel. When I try to run
>>> >> python demos (either in serial or in parallel), I receive the
>>> >> following
>>> >> (on a hardy machine):
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> $ python demo.py
>>> >>
>>> >> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> >>   File "demo.py", line 16, in <module>
>>> >>     V = VectorFunctionSpace(mesh, "CG", 1)
>>> >>   File
>>> >> "/home/harish/Work/FEniCS/build/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dolfin/function
>>> >> space.py", line 271, in __init__
>>> >>     spaces = dim*[FunctionSpace(mesh, family, degree, restriction)]
>>> >>   File
>>> >> "/home/harish/Work/FEniCS/build/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dolfin/function
>>> >> space.py", line 194, in __init__
>>> >>     FunctionSpaceBase.__init__(self, mesh, element)
>>> >>   File
>>> >> "/home/harish/Work/FEniCS/build/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dolfin/function
>>> >> space.py", line 43, in __init__
>>> >>     ufc_element, ufc_dofmap = jit(self._element)
>>> >>   File
>>> >> "/home/harish/Work/FEniCS/build/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dolfin/jit.py",
>>> >> line 43, in mpi_jit
>>> >>     if MPI.num_processes() == 1:
>>> >> TypeError: num_processes() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given)
>>> >
>>> > I guess you have SWIG version 1.3.37?
>>> >
>>> > A regression bug was introduced in this release for static methods.
>>> >
>>> > You should probably upgrade your SWIG. SWIG is now at 1.3.40.
>>> >
>>> > Should we require SWIG version larger than 1.3.37 in our build system?
>>> > Would
>>> > this work for the different ubuntu packages?
>>>
>>> If 1.3.36 works I think we should allow that. If not, I'll have to
>>> build SWIG packages for hardy, intrepid, jaunty, and even karmic. I
>>> would like to avoid that :-)
>>
>> I have 1.3.36. Strange since I'm running on Karmic and biglue has 1.3.37.
>
> Bigblue runs Hardy and I made the 1.3.37 package because the 1.3.33
> package from the Ubuntu repository was to old (we require >= 1.3.35).
> I will update SWIG on Hardy (and bigblue) after the upcoming DOLFIN
> release.
>
> Johannes
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