[gmx-users] Install Gromacs on VirtualBox

Szilárd Páll pall.szilard at gmail.com
Mon Oct 5 17:29:54 CEST 2015


Oh, that was easy, should have asked about what the value of "GMX_SIMD" is
in the CMake cache. Given that the GROMACS build system enabled AVX2 SIMD
on your VM which seems to not support anything above SSE2, it's not a
surprise that the first math instruction crashes the run.

Immediate solution: set -DGMX_SIMD=SSE2 when configuring.

Secondly: please open an issue on redmine.gromacs.org and briefly summarize
what you described here (+ the VM setup you have) and attach the
/proc/cpuinfo and CMakeCache.txt so we can have a look at why is the build
system picking AVX2 even though the virtualized CPU does not support it.

Thanks,

--
Szilárd

On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 4:04 AM, Simon Dürr <simon.duerr at uni-konstanz.de>
wrote:

> After running make check I can install via sudo make install.
> gmx --version returns:
> http://pastebin.com/Gnx09wah
>
> The CMakeCache file is the following:
> http://pastebin.com/9wb0e1tw
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
>
> 2015-10-02 17:58 GMT-04:00 Szilárd Páll <pall.szilard at gmail.com>:
> > Should have asked for the CMakeCache file too, could you post that to a
> > file sharing service?
> >
> > If you happen to have GMX_SIMD other than SSE2, that would explain the
> > issue - although I can't imagine why would the instruction set detection
> > fail.
> >
> > Do you get an "illegal instruction" error if you e.g. try to run "gmx
> > -version" from the build tree?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> > Szilárd
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 11:12 PM, Simon Dürr <simon.duerr at uni-konstanz.de
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Sure.
> >>
> >> >cat /proc/cpuinfo
> >> >
> >> > processor : 0
> >> > vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> >> > cpu family : 6
> >> > model : 69
> >> > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4550U CPU @ 1.50GHz
> >> > stepping : 1
> >> > microcode : 0x19
> >> > cpu MHz : 2095.205
> >> > cache size : 6144 KB
> >> > physical id : 0
> >> > siblings : 1
> >> > core id : 0
> >> > cpu cores : 1
> >> > apicid : 0
> >> > initial apicid : 0
> >> > fdiv_bug : no
> >> > f00f_bug : no
> >> > coma_bug : no
> >> > fpu : yes
> >> > fpu_exception : yes
> >> > cpuid level : 5
> >> > wp : yes
> >> > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat
> >> pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 rdtscp constant_tsc pni monitor ssse3
> >> > bugs :
> >> > bogomips : 4190.41
> >> > clflush size : 64
> >> > cache_alignment : 64
> >> > address sizes : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Simon
> >>
> >> 2015-10-02 5:36 GMT-04:00 Szilárd Páll <pall.szilard at gmail.com>:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Can you share the CPUID flags shown in /proc/cpuinfo?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Szilárd
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Simon Dürr <
> simon.duerr at uni-konstanz.de>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I used this:
> >> >>
> >> >> > cmake .. -DGMX_BUILD_OWN_FFTW=ON -DREGRESSIONTEST_DOWNLOAD=OFF
> >> >> -DGMX_USE_RDTSCP=OFF
> >> >>
> >> >> But Still:
> >> >> Test project /home/simon/gromacs-5.0.6/build
> >> >>       Start  1: TestUtilsUnitTests
> >> >>  1/15 Test  #1: TestUtilsUnitTests ...............***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.29 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start  2: PreprocessingTests
> >> >>  2/15 Test  #2: PreprocessingTests ...............***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.23 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start  3: CommandLineUnitTests
> >> >>  3/15 Test  #3: CommandLineUnitTests .............***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.36 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start  4: FFTUnitTests
> >> >>  4/15 Test  #4: FFTUnitTests .....................***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.32 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start  5: RandomUnitTests
> >> >>  5/15 Test  #5: RandomUnitTests ..................***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.25 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start  6: OnlineHelpUnitTests
> >> >>  6/15 Test  #6: OnlineHelpUnitTests ..............***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.30 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start  7: OptionsUnitTests
> >> >>  7/15 Test  #7: OptionsUnitTests .................***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.31 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start  8: UtilityUnitTests
> >> >>  8/15 Test  #8: UtilityUnitTests .................***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.26 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start  9: FileIOTests
> >> >>  9/15 Test  #9: FileIOTests ......................***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.31 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start 10: SimdUnitTests
> >> >> 10/15 Test #10: SimdUnitTests ....................***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.30 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start 11: LegacyToolsTests
> >> >> 11/15 Test #11: LegacyToolsTests .................***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.30 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start 12: AnalysisDataUnitTests
> >> >> 12/15 Test #12: AnalysisDataUnitTests ............***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.23 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start 13: SelectionUnitTests
> >> >> 13/15 Test #13: SelectionUnitTests ...............***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.35 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start 14: TrajectoryAnalysisUnitTests
> >> >> 14/15 Test #14: TrajectoryAnalysisUnitTests ......***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.35 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>       Start 15: MdrunTests
> >> >> 15/15 Test #15: MdrunTests .......................***Exception:
> >> >> Illegal  0.28 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> 0% tests passed, 15 tests failed out of 15
> >> >>
> >> >> Label Time Summary:
> >> >> GTest              =   3.63 sec
> >> >> IntegrationTest    =   0.81 sec
> >> >> UnitTest           =   3.63 sec
> >> >>
> >> >> Total Test time (real) =   4.61 sec
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> The following tests FAILED:
> >> >>  1 - TestUtilsUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >>  2 - PreprocessingTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >>  3 - CommandLineUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >>  4 - FFTUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >>  5 - RandomUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >>  6 - OnlineHelpUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >>  7 - OptionsUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >>  8 - UtilityUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >>  9 - FileIOTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> 10 - SimdUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> 11 - LegacyToolsTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> 12 - AnalysisDataUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> 13 - SelectionUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> 14 - TrajectoryAnalysisUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> 15 - MdrunTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> Errors while running CTest
> >> >> make[3]: *** [CMakeFiles/run-ctest] Error 8
> >> >> make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/run-ctest.dir/all] Error 2
> >> >> make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/check.dir/rule] Error 2
> >> >> make: *** [check] Error 2
> >> >>
> >> >> 2015-10-01 11:00 GMT-04:00 Szilárd Páll <pall.szilard at gmail.com>:
> >> >> > My guess is that you need to turn off RDTSCP:
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >>
> http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Installation_Instructions_5.0#portability-aspects
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Szilárd
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Simon Dürr <
> >> simon.duerr at uni-konstanz.de>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> I have problems installing Gromacs on a VirtualBox machine.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Stats of the System:
> >> >> >> Lubuntu 32bit, 14.04 LTS
> >> >> >> build-essential and cmake are installed.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I follow the instructions:
> >> >> >> > tar xfz gromacs-5.0.6.tar.gz
> >> >> >> > cd gromacs-5.0.6
> >> >> >> > mkdir build
> >> >> >> > cd build
> >> >> >> > cmake .. -DGMX_BUILD_OWN_FFTW=ON -DREGRESSIONTEST_DOWNLOAD=OFF
> >> >> >> > make
> >> >> >> > make check
> >> >> >> > sudo make install
> >> >> >> > source /usr/local/gromacs/bin/GMXRC
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> However make check gives me the following errors and I can't
> figure
> >> out
> >> >> >> why.
> >> >> >> I can install Gromacs after and executing gmx "appname" works
> with no
> >> >> >> errors.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Do you have ideas why?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> > 0% tests passed, 15 tests failed out of 15
> >> >> >> > Label Time Summary:
> >> >> >> > GTest              =   3.54 sec
> >> >> >> > IntegrationTest    =   0.88 sec
> >> >> >> > UnitTest           =   3.54 sec
> >> >> >> > Total Test time (real) =   4.58 sec
> >> >> >> > The following tests FAILED:
> >> >> >> >    1 - TestUtilsUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >    2 - PreprocessingTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >    3 - CommandLineUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >    4 - FFTUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >    5 - RandomUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >    6 - OnlineHelpUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >    7 - OptionsUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >    8 - UtilityUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >    9 - FileIOTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >   10 - SimdUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >   11 - LegacyToolsTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >   12 - AnalysisDataUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >   13 - SelectionUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >   14 - TrajectoryAnalysisUnitTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> >   15 - MdrunTests (ILLEGAL)
> >> >> >> > Errors while running CTest
> >> >> >> > make[3]: *** [CMakeFiles/run-ctest] Error 8
> >> >> >> > make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/run-ctest.dir/all] Error 2
> >> >> >> > make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/check.dir/rule] Error 2
> >> >> >> > make: *** [check] Error 2
> >> >> >> --
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