[FLASH-USERS] Problem with HDF5 output on Ranger

[Sean Couch]

Hi Sean,

Are you sure there are plot_var's defined in the flash.par you are using?  I run on Ranger frequently and have not seen this message when I define plot_var's in my par file.

Sean

On Dec 7, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Sean Lynch <sean.m.lynch at drexel.edu> wrote:

> I've been having some problems with a Flash4 simulation creating HDF5 output files on TACC Ranger.
> 
> I wasn't sure what was happening so I tried the default Sedov problem and got the same error:
> 
> WARNING: you have called IO_writePlotfile but no plot_vars are defined.
> Put the vars you want in the plotfile in your flash.par (plot_var_1 = "dens")
> *** Wrote plotfile to sedov_hdf5_plt_cnt_0000 ****
> Initial plotfile written
> 
> I haven't changed the default flash.par so the plot variable are defined as:
> 
> plot_var_1 = "dens"
> plot_var_2 = "pres"
> plot_var_3 = "temp"
> 
> The plot file is written to disk but contains no data for density, pressure, or temperature.
> 
> I am using the default makefile for ranger.tacc.utexas.edu and have loaded the hdf5/1.6.5 module.
> 
> Has anyone experienced this behavior?