Re: [Condor-users] my_popen and condor_shadow.std.exe don't exist

[Erik Paulson <epaulson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 12:13:35PM +1000, Jeffrey Stephen wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I have a cluster consisting of two Windows XP machines: a central
> manager and one execute machine. 
>  
> When condor starts on the execute the machine, there is an error message
> stating that my_popen failed, and subsequently condor_shadow.pvm.exe and
> condor_shadow.std.exe failed. I can't find my_popen or
> condor_shadow.pvm.exe/condor_shadow.std.exe on either the central
> manager or execute machine. There is a condor_shadow.exe under
> condor/bin. I am using condor 6.8.4.
>  
<...>
> 3/20 11:09:56 (pid:3648) my_popen: CreateProcess failed
> 3/20 11:09:56 (pid:3648) Failed to execute
> D:\condor-6.8.4/bin/condor_shadow.pvm.exe, ignoring
> 3/20 11:09:56 (pid:3648) my_popen: CreateProcess failed
> 3/20 11:09:56 (pid:3648) Failed to execute
> D:\condor-6.8.4/bin/condor_shadow.std.exe, ignoring
>  

That's normal on Windows. It is not an error and can be ignored.

> When I try to run an MPI job, the job appears to remain idle in the
> queue. An error message appears in the ScheddLog on the central manager,
> stating that "Shadow" exited with status 4. Does anyone know what
> "status 4" means? 

Your shadow is exiting with an exception.  We cannot tell more about what
is going on without at least your submit file. Having the shadow log may
help too.

> Is this related to the
> my_popen/condor_shadow.pvm.exe/condor_shadow.std.exe problem reported
> when condor starts on the execute machine?
>  

Not at all.


-Erik