Known issues

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Known Issues

Title Category Resolution Description Posted Updated
Large MPI job startup hang with mvapich2/2.3 and mvapich2/2.3.1 Owens, Pitzer, Software Resolved
(workaround)

We have found that large MPI jobs may hang at startup with mvapich2/2.3 and mvapich/2.3.1 (on any compiler dependency) due to a known bug that has been fixed in release 2... Read more

5 years 7 months ago 1 month 2 weeks ago
LAMMPS 14May16 velocity command problem on Owens Software Resolved
(workaround)

LAMMPS 14May16 on Owens can hang when using the velocity command.  Inputs that hang on Owens work on Oakley and Ruby.  LAMMPS 31Mar17 on Owens also works.  Here is an example failing input snippet... Read more

8 years 7 months ago 1 month 2 weeks ago
Error when downloading SRA data on computing nodes Owens, Pitzer, Software Resolved
(workaround)

NCBI blocks any connection from computing nodes because they are behind firewalls. Thus OSC users cannot use SRA tools to download data "on-the-fly" at runtime on computing nodes, e.g. 'fastq-dump... Read more

5 years 11 months ago 1 month 2 weeks ago
VASP job with Out-of-Memory crashes compute node(s) Batch, Owens, Software Resolved
(workaround)

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8 years 1 month ago 1 month 2 weeks ago
Security vulnerabilities on ARM Forge versions prior to 22.0.x Software Resolved
(workaround)

ARM identified security vulnerabilities on ARM Forge versions prior to 22.0.x as follow:

  • Security update #1: A locally exploitable code-injection vulnerability was identified in... Read more
3 years 1 day ago 1 month 2 weeks ago
ORCA Bind to CORE Failure Software Resolved
(workaround)

The default CPU binding for ORCA jobs can fail sporadically.  The failure is almost immediate and produces a cryptic error message, e.g.:

... Read more          
2 years 2 months ago 1 month 2 weeks ago
Compatibility Issues with NumPy 2.0 Software Resolved
(workaround)

The newly released version of NumPy 2.0 includes substantial internal changes, including migrating code from C to C++. These modifications have led to significant issues... Read more

11 months 3 days ago 1 month 2 weeks ago
Multiple definition error Software Resolved
(workaround)

GNU compiler versions 10+ may have C compiler errors like

/.libs/libmca_mtl_psm.a(mtl_psm_component.o): multiple definition of `mca_mtl_psm_component'

This is a ... Read more

1 month 2 weeks ago 1 month 2 weeks ago
Type mismatch error Software Resolved
(workaround)

GNU compiler versions 10+ may have Fortran compiler errors like

Error: Type mismatch between actual argument at (1) and actual argument at (2) (REAL(4)/REAL(8))

... Read more

1 month 2 weeks ago 1 month 2 weeks ago
OSC will remove Jupyter MATLAB Kernel Cardinal, OnDemand Resolved

OSC will remove the default MATLAB Jupyter Kernel on Tuesday, May 20th, 2025. To create your own Jupyter MATLAB Kernel please follow the documentation on the MATLAB Page... Read more

1 month 2 weeks ago 1 month 2 weeks ago

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