# Slurm error when running pvserver with mpiexec.

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slurm-error-when-running-pvserver-with-mpiexec/10858
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** mpi
**Created:** [November 24, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slurm-error-when-running-pvserver-with-mpiexec/10858 "2022-11-24T21:30:27Z")
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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2022, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slurm-error-when-running-pvserver-with-mpiexec/10858/2 "2022-11-25T07:39:06Z")

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> [@NotDrJeff](#):
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> linux paraview-5.10.0

Why not 5.11.0 or 5.10.1 ?

> “mpiexec -np pvserver --sp 12029”.

make sure to use the right executable by using path, eg:

`./mpiexec -np 4 ./pvserver`

> pvserver unfortunately does not run with my sytem mpi

What is your system mpi ?

You may be able to use `--system-mpi`, see this:

- [Leveraging MPICH ABI compatibility for distributed binaries - #14 by utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/leveraging-mpich-abi-compatibility-for-distributed-binaries/3441/14)
- [MPICH ABI Compatibility Initiative | MPICH](https://www.mpich.org/abi/)

tbh in an HPC context you **want** to use your system MPI, so if mpich compat do not work for you, I’d consider compiling pvserver with the HPC provided mpi for better performance.

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