[VoxBo] Fwd: spm2_norm_calc through vbprep waiting in queue

[Daniel Y Kimberg]

Jarrod Lewis-Peacock wrote:
> Dear voxbo crowd,
> Does anybody have any suggestions about the problem talked about below?
> We're still having problems completing spm2_* jobtypes (having the voxbo
> scheduler issue them out of the Wait state) through the vbprep interface.
> Changing the priority on the jobs in the queue doesn't have any effect.
> Could this be a configuration problem between voxbo and spm?

Hi Jarrod.  Here are a few things to check...

> The voxbo queue .job file looks ok (the 1 argument is read in
> successfully), but the job still hangs in Wait. Do you have any
> suggestions for why this might be happening?
>
> Also, in the original spm2_norm_calc file, the following line confuses me:
> setenv MATLABPATH=$(SPM2_PATH)
>
> Where is this SPM2_PATH variable being define? I couldn't find it
> anywhere. I wonder if the spm path has anything to do with our jobs
> hanging in Wait?

It should be defined in your defaults file (VoxBO/etc/defaults).  If
it's missing, someone from the CfN can forward you a copy of ours
(someone?).  This doesn't explain why your stripped down version
didn't work, which is very odd.  It might be helpful to take a look at
the VoxBo/etc/logs/voxbo.log file to see if the job is really not
running or is just repeatedly getting re-started.  Also keep an eye on
the queue directory files for that job (.job and .log) to see if
there's any action.  It may be helpful to restart the scheduler (or
voxq --reset it) when modifying jobtypes.  Also double-check that when
you put your bogus jobtype in, you didn't have editor backup files in
the directory and/or multiple jobtypes with the same name.

dan