Hello, I am a newbie with Geant4 and I came across this interesting error trying to run exampleB1. I am using Ubuntu 18.04.1 and Geant4.10.04.p2, and when I compile my executable and run it, the following error comes up. ./exampleB1: symbol lookup error: ./exampleB1: undefined symbol: G4cout
I was previously able to get the example to run, at some point without modifications, the example is no longer able to run. I have never run into this problem before, and some advice would be much appreciated. Thank you very much for your time and help.
Just to double check, is the compilation with the unmodified or modified exampleB1 code? If the latter, what modifications have you made?
One thing to do to try and trace what’s happening would be to run the program as:
$ LD_DEBUG=symbols ./exampleB1
That should print out quite a bit of info about what’s symbols are being looked up from where. If you could post any relevant error messages here, we can look through (they’ll obviously be towards the end). If you’re not sure, post the entire output in a file attachment.
Hello bmorgan,
I have not made any modifications to the source Code, and I have tried changing around the cmake PREFIX value to no avail. here are all the G4cout outputs I got after running the command you recommended
Thank you for your assistance, this has been bugging this whole week.
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4Tree.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4FR.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4GMocren.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4visHepRep.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4RayTracer.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4VRML.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4vis_management.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4modeling.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4interfaces.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4physicslists.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4run.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4event.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4tracking.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4analysis.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4particles.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4geometry.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4materials.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4intercoms.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4global.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4clhep.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4graphics_reps.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4digits_hits.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4zlib.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4processes.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtGui.so.4 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/libG4track.so [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaudio.so.2 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so.6 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libICE.so.6 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXi.so.6 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 [0]
44738: symbol=G4cout; lookup in file=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0 [0]
44738: ./exampleB1: error: symbol lookup error: undefined symbol: G4cout (fatal)
./exampleB1: symbol lookup error: ./exampleB1: undefined symbol: G4cout
Thanks for the info - I’m still a little stumped on this. Was this install of Geant4 built with multithreading support, and how long ago was it built/installed? Could you try:
yea this is definitely a head scratcher. I’m pretty sure it was built with multithreading. I use a public Geant4 install on a server with people who do much larger simulations so I imagine they need it. I cant answer when it was built/installed though.
here is the output for the command.
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Okay I tried to change all the G4cout to std::cout and there was a new error that came up.
<<< Reference Physics List QBBC
-------- EEEE ------- G4Exception-START -------- EEEE -------*** G4Exception : Run3001 issued by : G4RunManager::SetUserThreadInitialization()Base-class G4RunManager cannot take G4UserWorkerThreadInitialization. Use G4MTRunManager.*** Fatal Exception *** core dump *** **** Track information is not available at this moment **** Step information is not available at this moment
-------- EEEE -------- G4Exception-END --------- EEEE -------
*** G4Exception: Aborting execution ***
Thanks again for the info, and also the extra test. I think the install of Geant4 is definitely MT, but for some reason your application is compiling without it. If you’re using CMake to build the application, could you run (in the build directory)
$ make clean
$ make VERBOSE=1
and post the output here please? In the output, the compile commands should have a -DG4MULTITHREADED flags present.
Good morning, I ran the commands with Verbose=1 and there was this large output I ran a search program and It could find DG4MULTITHREADED flag anywhere. Do you think there was something that I may have messed up with cmake? Error.txt (93.0 KB)
and also linking it to those libraries and setting the RPATH accordingly. However, when you’re running the example, it’s trying to use the Geant4 10.4 libraries under /usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib, so that’s the immediate cause of the issue. There’s two possible causes for this:
Is LD_LIBRARY_PATH set in your environment and does it include /usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib?
Are you doing a make install before running the application? CMake will strip the RPATH and consequently might be picking up the “bad” libs either from LD_LIBRARY_PATH or any settings in /etc/ld.so.conf that point the linker to /usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib
I checked the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and it included the path you mentioned. I tried running make install but it followed an error. I’m pretty sure it has to do with the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX. I have it set to /home/jfehrenbach/B1.
However, I do not know what I should change it to if that is the issue.
I used ccmake in advanced mode and found at the bottom there are two which also may be the cause for the issue.
These directories are pathways to a local Geant4 version I do not want to use. However, I tried using the /usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2 and couldn’t find a directory inside called source. Do you know where these are supposed to be going? Thank you again.
I don’t think you need to install here (and the prefix shouldn’t be an issue) as the executable will be runnable directly from where it is built. To use the Geant4 install under /usr/local, I’d try the following steps:
Check that there is a file /usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2/lib/Geant4-10.4.2/Geant4Config.cmake (or at least one named Geant4Config.cmake somewhere under /usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04p2
Delete the contents of the directory where you’re building the application - going from the output of your previous build, this would be
$ make VERBOSE=1
# check the compile commands have `-isystem` entries for /usr/local/geant4/geant4.10.04.p2/include/Geant4` etc
$ ./exampleB1
NB: double check that the sources you have for the example have been copied from the 10.4.2 release as those from 10.7.1 are likely not to work when compiled against 10.4.2.