cannot connect to local mpd

Dear all:
I have install lammps on a HPC computer, and i can see there is a lmp_g++ in the src. However, when i use the lammps. There is a fault like this:

mpiexec_compute-1-2.local: cannot connect to local mpd (/tmp/mpd2.console_SY1105227); possible causes:

  1. no mpd is running on this host
  2. an mpd is running but was started without a “console” (-n option)
    In case 1, you can start an mpd on this host with:
    mpd &
    and you will be able to run jobs just on this host.
    For more details on starting mpds on a set of hosts, see
    the MPICH2 Installation Guide.
    LAMMPS (28 Mar 2012)
    I have do something that i foud on the internet:
    $HOME
    vi .mpd.conf
    chmod .mpd.conf
    However,i can not use the lammps either.
    Best wishs to U
    ZYG
    2012.4.11

Dear all:
I have install lammps on a HPC computer, and i can see there is a lmp_g++ in the src. However, when i use the lammps. There is a fault like this:

mpiexec_compute-1-2.local: cannot connect to local mpd (/tmp/mpd2.console_SY1105227); possible causes:

  1. no mpd is running on this host
  2. an mpd is running but was started without a “console” (-n option)
    In case 1, you can start an mpd on this host with:
    mpd &
    and you will be able to run jobs just on this host.
    For more details on starting mpds on a set of hosts, see
    the MPICH2 Installation Guide.
    LAMMPS (28 Mar 2012)
    I have do something that i foud on the internet:
    $HOME
    vi .mpd.conf
    chmod .mpd.conf
    However,i can not use the lammps either.

as indicated by the error message, this has nothing to do with
LAMMPS and everything to do with MPICH and how to run it.
and what you did is conflicting with the advice given to you
on your screen.

talk to the system manager of the HPC cluster about how to
correctly compile and run with the local MPI installation or
failing that, read the MPICH documentation.

before compiling and running LAMMPS, you have to figure
out how to compile and run a generic MPI (test) program.

cheers,
axel.

On a local box, if you’ve installed MPICH in
the usual way (into /usr/local) then you simply
need to start the mpd daemon before running
an MPI job.

It’s typically as simple as

% mpd &

Steve