Description of problem: xpvm crashes with ".alloc: invalid block: " error (Another bug is that xpvm points to /usr/share/pvm3/bin/LINUXX86_64 while all files are installed in /usr/share/pvm3/bin/LINUX64 Fixed that first by making a symlink) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pvm-gui-3.4.5-7.fc6.1 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. In usr/share/pvm3/bin make a symlink LINUXX86_64 -> LINUX64/ 2. run xpvm 3. Actual results: [dima@tdpc627 scilab-4.1]$ xpvm New PVMD started... XPVM 1.2.5 connected as TID=0x40001. No Default Hostfile "/home/dima/.xpvm_hosts" Found. [globs.tcl][procs.tcl][util.tcl] Initializing XPVM......alloc: invalid block: 0x9a9220: 54 0 99 /usr/bin/xpvm: line 12: 18852 Aborted $PVM_ROOT/bin/$PVM_ARCH/xpvm "$@" Expected results: xpvm runs Additional info: This is on Intel (CoreDuo) cpu (rather than on the AMD64): processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5130 @ 2.00GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 1995.004 cache size : 4096 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca lahf_lm bogomips : 3992.96 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 (rest deleted)
This problem also occurs in 32-bit Fedora 8. I have isolated the problem to the version of the tcl library. If I downgrade to tcl-8.4.9-3 (which came with Fedora Core 4), XPVM works fine.
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As noted by myself earlier, I have verified that the bug still exists in Fedora 8 (and can be fixed by downgrading tcl), so it would be a good idea to update the version here.
thanks for the update!
As far as I know, pvm just needs rebuilt against the current tcl.tk versions in order to resolve this. I'm preparing to rebuild with a couple minor fixes to take care of this issue.
pvm-3.4.5-11.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8
If you could please test whether or not the updated packages solve your problem are report that back I would appreciate it.
pvm-3.4.5-11.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update pvm'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-5738
pvm-3.4.5-11.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.