[CIG-SHORT] Re: PyLith BC help

[Matthew Knepley]

I give up. I have no idea why it will not recognize the PyLith
executable. I have of course
tested it on my machine, and Brad and Charles, who have Macs, have
also run it. Leif,
do you have any idea?

  Matt

On 8/31/07, Rick Bennett <rab at geo.arizona.edu> wrote:
> I don't have a lot of experience with this debugger.  Here is a test
> with the unix "more" command:
>
> pace:~/Documents/Writing/ExtensionModels/pylith_earthquake rab$ gdb more
> GNU gdb 6.3.50-20050815 (Apple version gdb-573) (Fri Oct 20 15:50:43
> GMT 2006)
> Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and
> you are
> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
> conditions.
> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for
> details.
> This GDB was configured as "i386-apple-darwin"...Reading symbols for
> shared libraries .... done
>
> (gdb) start
> Function "main" not defined.
> Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) n
> Starting program: /usr/bin/more
> Reading symbols for shared libraries . done
> Missing filename ("less --help" for help)
>
> Program exited normally.
> (gdb) quit
>
>
> On Aug 31, 2007, at 11:15 AM, Matthew Knepley wrote:
>
> > On 8/31/07, Rick Bennett <rab at geo.arizona.edu> wrote:
> >> yes, it appears to work:
> >>
> >> pace:~/Documents/Writing/ExtensionModels/pylith_earthquake rab$ gdb
> >> GNU gdb 6.3.50-20050815 (Apple version gdb-573) (Fri Oct 20 15:50:43
> >> GMT 2006)
> >> Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> >> GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and
> >> you are
> >> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
> >> conditions.
> >> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> >> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for
> >> details.
> >> This GDB was configured as "i386-apple-darwin".
> >> (gdb) quit
> >> pace:~/Documents/Writing/ExtensionModels/pylith_earthquake rab$
> >
> > You have not actually run with an executable here. The error says
> > that it cannot
> > understand the PyLith executable. Can this gdb understand other
> > excutables on your
> > system?
> >
> >   Matt
> >
> >> On Aug 31, 2007, at 11:00 AM, Matthew Knepley wrote:
> >>
> >>> That is why the window kept closing on you. GDB is broken on this
> >>> machine.
> >>> Do you have a working debugger?
> >>>
> >>>   Thanks,
> >>>
> >>>     Matt
> >>>
> >>> On 8/31/07, Rick Bennett <rab at geo.arizona.edu> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> pace:~/Documents/Writing/ExtensionModels/pylith_earthquake rab$
> >>>> pylith --petsc.start_in_debugger=noxterm earthquake.cfg
> >>>>>> /Users/rab/pylith/pylith-1.0.1-darwin-powerpc/lib/python2.3/site-
> >>>> packages/pylith/utils/PetscManager.py:47:initialize
> >>>> -- petsc(info)
> >>>> -- Initializing PETSc.
> >>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: PETSC: Attaching gdb to /Users/rab/pylith/
> >>>> pylith-1.0.1-darwin-powerpc/bin/mpinemesis of pid 1692 on
> >>>> pace.local
> >>>> GNU gdb 6.3.50-20050815 (Apple version gdb-573) (Fri Oct 20
> >>>> 15:50:43
> >>>> GMT 2006)
> >>>> Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> >>>> GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License,
> >>>> and
> >>>> you are
> >>>> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
> >>>> conditions.
> >>>> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> >>>> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for
> >>>> details.
> >>>> This GDB was configured as "i386-apple-darwin"...
> >>>> Architecture of file not recognized.
> >>>> /Users/rab/Documents/Writing/ExtensionModels/pylith_earthquake/
> >>>> 1692:
> >>>> No such file or directory.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Aug 31, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Matthew Knepley wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> You must have a problem with your windowing environment. However,
> >>>>> you can try
> >>>>> --petsc.start_in_debugger=noxterm.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>    Matt
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 8/31/07, Rick Bennett <rab at geo.arizona.edu> wrote:
> >>>>>> an xterm flashes in and out, disappearing almost instantaneously
> >>>>>> after opening.   if any text appears I am unable to see it.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Aug 31, 2007, at 9:38 AM, Matthew Knepley wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 8/31/07, Rick Bennett <rab at geo.arizona.edu> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> no difference:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> pace:~/Documents/Writing/ExtensionModels/pylith_earthquake rab$
> >>>>>>>> pylith --petsc.start_in_debugger --petsc.display=:0.0
> >>>>>>>> earthquake.cfg
> >>>>>>>>>> /Users/rab/pylith/pylith-1.0.1-darwin-powerpc/lib/python2.3/
> >>>>>>>>>> site-
> >>>>>>>> packages/pylith/utils/PetscManager.py:47:initialize
> >>>>>>>> -- petsc(info)
> >>>>>>>> -- Initializing PETSc.
> >>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: PETSC: Attaching gdb to /Users/rab/pylith/
> >>>>>>>> pylith-1.0.1-darwin-powerpc/bin/mpinemesis of pid 1521 on
> >>>>>>>> display :
> >>>>>>>> 0.0 on machine pace.local
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> It says it is attaching to that display, but what about the
> >>>>>>> rest?
> >>>>>>> There is no
> >>>>>>> error message. Did the xterm pop up?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>   Matt
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Aug 31, 2007, at 8:04 AM, Matthew Knepley wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On 8/31/07, Rick Bennett <rab at geo.arizona.edu> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> $ pylith --petsc.start_in_debugger earthquake.cfg
> >>>>>>>>>>>> /Users/rab/pylith/pylith-1.0.1-darwin-powerpc/lib/
> >>>>>>>>>>>> python2.3/
> >>>>>>>>>>>> site-
> >>>>>>>>>> packages/pylith/utils/PetscManager.py:47:initialize
> >>>>>>>>>> -- petsc(info)
> >>>>>>>>>> -- Initializing PETSc.
> >>>>>>>>>> [0]PETSC ERROR: PETSC: Attaching gdb to /Users/rab/pylith/
> >>>>>>>>>> pylith-1.0.1-darwin-powerpc/bin/mpinemesis of pid 1433 on
> >>>>>>>>>> display :
> >>>>>>>>>> 0.0 on machine pace.local
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Yes, please add --petsc.display=:0.0
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>    Matt
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> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin
> >>>>>>>>> their
> >>>>>>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to
> >>>>>>>>> which
> >>>>>>>>> their experiments lead.
> >>>>>>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
> >>>>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to
> >>>>>>> which
> >>>>>>> their experiments lead.
> >>>>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
> >>>>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to
> >>>>> which
> >>>>> their experiments lead.
> >>>>> -- Norbert Wiener
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
> >>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which
> >>> their experiments lead.
> >>> -- Norbert Wiener
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
> > experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which
> > their experiments lead.
> > -- Norbert Wiener
> >
>
>


-- 
What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their
experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which
their experiments lead.
-- Norbert Wiener