Many thanks for replying. I gave installation another try and used C/C++ dev with PTP. Interestingly, the previous error is replaced by a hung debug dialog box saying "Operation in progress". If I cancel after a long time I receive cannot connect to debugger error. I have installed sdm available at PTP downloads page.
MPICH Info:
MPICH2 Version: 1.4.1
MPICH2 Release date: Wed Aug 24 14:40:04 CDT 2011
MPICH2 Device: ch3:nemesis
Console:
#PTP job_id=17246
Ctrl-C caught... cleaning up processes
Errors:
eclipse.buildId=4.4.0.I20140606-1215
java.version=1.7.0_65
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=en_US
Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.cpp.product
Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.cpp.product
org.eclipse.ptp.launch
Error
Thu Aug 14 09:51:56 CDT 2014
Cannot connect to debugger
org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Cannot connect to debugger
at org.eclipse.ptp.internal.debug.core.PSession.connectToDebugger(PSession.java:127)
at org.eclipse.ptp.launch.ParallelLaunchConfigurationDelegate$DebuggerSession.run(ParallelLaunchConfigurationDelegate.java:84)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run(ModalContext.java:122)
eclipse.buildId=4.4.0.I20140606-1215
java.version=1.7.0_65
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=en_US
Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.cpp.product
Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.cpp.product
org.eclipse.debug.ui
Error
Wed Aug 13 20:24:01 CDT 2014
Tab group extension: org.eclipse.cdt.launch.applicationProfileLaunchTabGroup for type org.eclipse.cdt.launch.applicationLaunchType for the [profile] mode has been replaced by extension: org.eclipse.cdt.launch.applicationProfileLaunchTabGroup