[Mesa-users] need Assistance

Tue Feb 17 15:53:46 UTC 2026

> Yes 

ok. now follow the example of copying a test suite case given at 

https://docs.mesastar.org/en/25.12.1/using_mesa/best_practices.html

and do several of the suggested experiments.

always include mesa-users in your replies so that others may be able to help.

fxt

> On Feb 17, 2026, at 8:22 AM, Wafa Gull <Wafa.Gull at usm.edu> wrote:
> 
> Yes Sir,
> 
> But it looks like my software has some issues because now I just tried to run the original one and still got the same answer.
> 
> wafa at wafa-HP-Pavilion-Laptop-15-eg0xxx:~/mesa/star/test_suite/rsp_Cepheid$ ./mk
> gfortran -Wno-uninitialized -fno-range-check -fmax-errors=7 -fdiagnostics-color  -fprotect-parens -fno-sign-zero -fbacktrace -ggdb -finit-real=snan -fopenmp -fbounds-check -Wuninitialized -Warray-bounds -ggdb -ffree-form -ffree-line-length-none -x f95-cpp-input -std=f2008 -Wno-error=tabs -I/home/wafa/mesa/include -I../src -c ../src/run_star_extras.f90
> ../src/run_star_extras.f90:30:0:
> 
>    30 |       include "test_suite_extras_def.inc"
>       | 
> Fatal Error: Cannot open included file 'test_suite_extras_def.inc'
> compilation terminated.
> make: *** [/home/wafa/mesa/star/work_standard_makefile:39: run_star_extras.o] Error 1
> 
> FAILED
> 
> all replies and efforts must be appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Wafa GullFrom: Frank Timmes <fxtimmes at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 8:59 AM
> To: Wafa Gull <Wafa.Gull at usm.edu>
> Cc: Frank Timmes <fxtimmes at gmail.com>; Théo-Courty <tcourty at apc.in2p3.fr>; mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org>
> Subject: Re: [Mesa-users] need Assistance
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> 
> 
> did you follow the installation directions at
> 
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> and successfully compile mesa?
> 
> fxt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > On Feb 17, 2026, at 7:49 AM, Wafa Gull via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you for both of you.
> > Actually I want to keep the mesa in its original form so that I can compare my changes to the original one.
> >
> > This is what I copied my folder in which I am intended to do changes and compiled it .
> >
> > Now, I am planning to copy whole test_suite folder so that it might not spit that out.
> >
> > If there is any other way please let me know. How can I do that?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Wafa Gull
> >
> > From: Théo-Courty <tcourty at apc.in2p3.fr>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 7:35 AM
> > To: Wafa Gull <Wafa.Gull at usm.edu>
> > Cc: mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Mesa-users] need Assistance
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> > Hi Wafa,
> >
> > I tried with version r25.12.1 and it compiled out-of-the-box without any issue. Maybe double check that your MESA_DIR and MESASDK_ROOT variables are set up/exported correctly.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Théo
> >
> >> Le 16 févr. 2026 à 20:18, Wafa Gull via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> a écrit :
> >>
> >> Dear mesa users,
> >>
> >> I am a new user, and I am trying to model the cepheid variable star below the 6 solar masses.
> >> For this sake I have just download latest MESA software.
> >>
> >> I have copied the original folder rsp_cepheid from star/test_suite/rsp_cepheid to my new folder and run but it is spitting out this error.
> >> wafa at wafa-HP-Pavilion-Laptop-15-eg0xxx:~/mesa/star/test_suite/wafa_work/rsp_cepheid_wafa$ ./mk
> >> gfortran -Wno-uninitialized -fno-range-check -fmax-errors=7 -fdiagnostics-color  -fprotect-parens -fno-sign-zero -fbacktrace -ggdb -finit-real=snan -fopenmp -fbounds-check -Wuninitialized -Warray-bounds -ggdb -ffree-form -ffree-line-length-none -x f95-cpp-input -std=f2008 -Wno-error=tabs -I/home/wafa/mesa/include -I../src -c ../src/run_star_extras.f90
> >> ../src/run_star_extras.f90:30:0:
> >>
> >>    30 |       include "test_suite_extras_def.inc"
> >>       |
> >> Fatal Error: Cannot open included file 'test_suite_extras_def.inc'
> >> compilation terminated.
> >> make: *** [/home/wafa/mesa/star/work_standard_makefile:39: run_star_extras.o] Error 1
> >>
> >> FAILED.
> >>
> >> Do I need to copy some other things as well to run my code?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Wafa Gull
> >>
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