thanks for the tip. I ended up putting module path in the system csh.cshrc and that appears to have resolved the issue. On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 11:39 AM Stephan Wiesand <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello Susan, > > > On 26. Mar 2019, at 18:00, Susan James <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > [resend with correction in the .cshrc snippet] > > > > Hello All, > > > > Loading software modules in a startup script is broke on SL-7.3 but > works with no issue on Centos-7.x OS. See below. If anyone has clues as > to how to fix this, please share. > > loading software modules (or modifying environment variables like PATH, > LD_LIBRARY_PATH etc. in any other way ) in "startup scripts" (and in > particular ~/.*shrc, which is the worst way of doing this) is the root of > all evil. > > To fix it, just don't do it. > > Move deviations from the default and supported environment into scripts > *not* run during login. Way easier to debug, way less surprising. > > - Stephan > > > > > > [ snippet from .cshrc ] > > module load jdk/1.8.0_05 > > module load python/3.5.1 > > module load matlab/2018b > > module load gcc/6.3.0 > > > > > > [ broke SL-7.3 ] > > apps5.als% id > > uid=40013(alsoper2) gid=31(controls) groups=31(controls) > > apps5.als% tcsh > > .user_aliases > > ModuleCmd_Load.c(213):ERROR:105: Unable to locate a modulefile for > 'jdk/1.8.0_05' > > .epics.local - linux-x86_64 > > .epics.local - EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST set to controls network > > ModuleCmd_Load.c(213):ERROR:105: Unable to locate a modulefile for > 'matlab/2018b' > > ModuleCmd_Load.c(213):ERROR:105: Unable to locate a modulefile for > 'gcc/6.3.0' > > ModuleCmd_Load.c(213):ERROR:105: Unable to locate a modulefile for > 'python/3.5.1' > > apps5.als% module list > > No Modulefiles Currently Loaded. > > > > > > [works Centos-7.x] > > sioc02.als% id > > uid=40013(alsoper2) gid=31(controls) groups=31(controls) > > sioc02.als% tcsh > > .user_aliases > > .epics.local - linux-x86_64 > > .epics.local - EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST set to controls network > > sioc02.als% module list > > Currently Loaded Modulefiles: > > 1) jdk/1.8.0_05 2) matlab/2018b 3) gcc/6.3.0 4) python/3.5.1 > > sioc02.als% > > > > -- Susan James <[log in to unmask]> +1.510.486.6507 Scientific Computing Services (formerly HPCS) Science IT *(2018 ALS Klaus Halbach Award- HPC Services)* Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory US Department of Energy One Cyclotron Road, MS 50B-3209 Berkeley, CA 94720