monitoring mpi solution

Hi all!

I am trying to run an aster mpi run in caelinux2011 and my bash window shows progress until just before the STAT_NON_LINE operator. From that point on, the bash terminal does not show any more progress but a peek into the system monitor shows that all of my requested processors are working hard.

My question is this: Is this behavior normal? How can I get the terminal show progress in the mpi run?

PS I have some confidence in my comm file, I has ran it to completion using a sequential build of aster.

Thank you!
Zamir

Actually, I just had not run a job that was long enough to see the updates in bash. It updates every 10 minutes or so, even if I set the refresh time to 1 minute in astk. Jobs do complete successfully.

I want to update my earlier post. My mpi solutions take longer than my sequential solutions, and often times, they behave very differently. Can anyone help me troubleshoot this? I am just using the standard build in CAElinux2011. Where should I look for proper settings and such?

Thanks!
Zamir

EDIT: Also, each command in my comm file is displayed several times. i.e. if I call 10 processors, each command is displayed ten times (even in the temp file in the flasheur directory).