I have tested it with ecj20, since I know that there are some changes ongoing in SVN lately on coevolve. Maybe the things Rob mentioned (thanks Rob) can be also vital for the changes and updates on master/slave in SVN. Also master / slave coevolve2 example as far as I see has been changed.. Nikola On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 12:28:06 -0500, Sean Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Nikola, line 267 of MasterProblem.java is a nonsensical error in the >current version of ECJ on SVN. And running your example on SVN I get >no errors. Can you tell me what version of the software you're using? > >Sean > >On Feb 4, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Nikola N. wrote: > >> Hello, I have tried to start the example master / slave: coevolve1, >> run >> single computer. >> >> I have set the following lines in the coevolve1.master.params and >> coevolve1.slave.params: >> >> verbosity = 0 >> eval.compression = false >> >> However I experienced problems by starting the coevolve1 master/ >> slave. Here >> is the printout: >> - Master response: >> >> Threads: breed/1 eval/1 >> Seed: -241285081 >> Job: 0 >> Setting up >> Initializing Generation 0 >> Slave /127.0.0.1/1296838850404 connected successfully. >> Slave(/127.0.0.1/1296838850404) Slave is shutting down.... >> >> >> - Slave response: >> ... >> reading next problem >> Read problem: 2 >> Exception in thread "MainThread: " java.lang.NullPointerException >> at ec.eval.MasterProblem.evaluate(MasterProblem.java:267) >> at ec.eval.Slave.evaluateGroupedProblemForm(Slave.java:639) >> at ec.eval.Slave.main(Slave.java:457) >> >> >> - Also since there are going to be some changes around coevolve >> stuff, are >> there any changes also planned to be added to the master/slave ? >> >> >> Nikola