Gambit FAQ

The gambit command will be available after initializing your environment for Fluent. See this page for more information.

Remote Display Problems

If you are having trouble running Gambit, please try using the '-dev x11' flag as shown below:

gambit -dev x11

The default driver is OpenGL and many SC users often do not have an OpenGL enabled X server on their computers.

Remote Display Problems with Mac Computers

If you are getting the following output from the "gambit -dev X11" command where your local computer is a Apple Mac computer and the remote system is a SC system:

cosmos% gambit -dev X11 Starting /usr/local/Fluent.Inc/gambit2.3.16/lnx86/gambit ... Gambit build SP2006033020. Using X_DEVICE_DRIVER with standard visual. Received X Error <9: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)>. XErrorEvent: display = cosmos.tamu.edu:12.0 type = 0 resourceid = 87 serial = 242 error_code = 9 FAQ request_code = 73 minor_code = 0 Received exception: SIGSEGV (segmentation violation)

Please use the -Y flag for your ssh command (eg. ssh -Y cosmos) to login to the SC system before starting Gambit.

Running Gambit in Batch Mode

You should use the following style of command in your batch job script for running Gambit in batch mode:

gambit -inp journalfile

See the following for more information about Gambit journal files:

• Journal Modes in Gambit
• Gambit Command Reference Guide