[MD] Mpiexec error prevents simulations from running - antoszewski/test-wiki GitHub Wiki

Problem

You get something that looks like the following error:mpiexec_hani-laptop: cannot connect to local mpd (/tmp/mpd2.console_hani); possible causes:
  1. no mpd is running on this host
  2. an mpd is running but was started without a "console" (-n option)

Solution

You did not start your command with mpirun, and you needed to. Rerun the command using mpirun. For example,mpirun -np 4 gmx\_mpi mdrun -v -deffnm TEST