Charm++ parallel programming system

[Jim Phillips <jim AT ks.uiuc.edu>]

Any chance we can get the stupid pop-up window to display the actual error 
message that was passed to CkAbort()?

-Jim

On Wed, 21 Aug 2013, Phil Miller wrote:

> The NAMD binary that you have (from the compiled download, I assume)
> seems to be perfectly
> fine. The command line you ran isn't shown in your screen capture, but
> the error message it gave is quite descriptive - "No simulation config
> file specified on command line".
>
> There should be some file like 'apoa1.namd' describing the input and
> parameters that you want NAMD to work on. You would write its name on
> the command line after the executable; e.g.
>
> /path/to/whatever> namd2.exe apoa1.namd
>
> If you did something like that and still got the above error, you need
> to actually show the command line you ran, and not just the tail end
> of the output. Also, since precompiled NAMD should meet your needs,
> and at least starts on your system, I'll suggest that this issue is
> better suited for the NAMD users' mailing list (CCed).
>
> I hope that helps
>
> Phil.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Brian DeLaFranier
> <brian.delafranier AT mail.utoronto.ca>
>  wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Thanks for the quick reply.
> >
> > We just need to use NAMD as compiled, but I can't get it to run.  I figured 
> > I'd send a screencap of Cygwin build errors, and NAMD crash to show what I've 
> > been trying.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Brian De La Franier
> > ________________________________________
> > From: 
> > unmobile AT gmail.com
> >  
> > [unmobile AT gmail.com]
> >  on behalf of Phil Miller 
> > [mille121 AT illinois.edu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:31 PM
> > To: Brian DeLaFranier
> > Cc: 
> > charm AT cs.uiuc.edu
> > Subject: Re: [charm] How to install Charm++ on Win64
> >
> > Do you intend to compile modified versions of NAMD, or just use it as
> > distributed? In the latter case, I recommend downloading the
> > precompiled NAMD binaries provided by TCBG [0].
> >
> > If you do need to compile it yourself, we'll need to know the commands
> > you ran and the text of the error messages you're receiving. Please
> > copy and paste the transcript of your build attempt and send that to
> > the list.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> > [0] http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Development/Download/download.cgi?PackageName=NAMD
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Brian DeLaFranier
> > <brian.delafranier AT mail.utoronto.ca>
> >  wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Another student in my lab had requested I install NAMD on the lab computer,
> > > which requires Charm++.  I have been trying for hours to get Charm++ to
> > > install, but nothing has worked.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The computer we are using is running Windows 7 x64.  I've tried to get it to
> > > install using Cygwin, and all of the instructions provided with charm, but
> > > it just turns up the errors command not found on lines 2, 5, and 7, and
> > > unexpected syntax on line 8.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm not used to working in Cygwin, and don't know what's missing.  Any help
> > > would be much appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Brian De La Franier
> > >
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