gerris-mpi crashes with "The MPI_Init() function was called before MPI_INIT was invoked."

[inferrna]

gerris3D
[hmstr:16575] [[INVALID],INVALID] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: A system-required executable either could not be found or was not executable by this user in file ../../../../../../orte/mca/ess/singleton/ess_singleton_module.c at line 357
[hmstr:16575] [[INVALID],INVALID] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: A system-required executable either could not be found or was not executable by this user in file ../../../../../../orte/mca/ess/singleton/ess_singleton_module.c at line 230
[hmstr:16575] [[INVALID],INVALID] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: A system-required executable either could not be found or was not executable by this user in file ../../../orte/runtime/orte_init.c at line 132
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Sorry! You were supposed to get help about:
    orte_init:startup:internal-failure
But I couldn't open the help file:
    /usr/share/openmpi/help-orte-runtime: No such file or directory. Sorry!
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sorry! You were supposed to get help about:
    mpi_init:startup:internal-failure
But I couldn't open the help file:
    /usr/share/openmpi/help-mpi-runtime: No such file or directory. Sorry!
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*** The MPI_Init() function was called before MPI_INIT was invoked.
*** This is disallowed by the MPI standard.
*** Your MPI job will now abort.
[hmstr:16575] Abort before MPI_INIT completed successfully; not able to guarantee that all other processes were killed!

gerris2D
[hmstr:16584] [[INVALID],INVALID] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: A system-required executable either could not be found or was not executable by this user in file ../../../../../../orte/mca/ess/singleton/ess_singleton_module.c at line 357
[hmstr:16584] [[INVALID],INVALID] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: A system-required executable either could not be found or was not executable by this user in file ../../../../../../orte/mca/ess/singleton/ess_singleton_module.c at line 230
[hmstr:16584] [[INVALID],INVALID] ORTE_ERROR_LOG: A system-required executable either could not be found or was not executable by this user in file ../../../orte/runtime/orte_init.c at line 132
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sorry! You were supposed to get help about:
    orte_init:startup:internal-failure
But I couldn't open the help file:
    /usr/share/openmpi/help-orte-runtime: No such file or directory. Sorry!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sorry! You were supposed to get help about:
    mpi_init:startup:internal-failure
But I couldn't open the help file:
    /usr/share/openmpi/help-mpi-runtime: No such file or directory. Sorry!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*** The MPI_Init() function was called before MPI_INIT was invoked.
*** This is disallowed by the MPI standard.
*** Your MPI job will now abort.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: gerris-mpi 20110329-dfsg.2-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-28.41-generic 3.8.13.5
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 12 20:25:13 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-14 (89 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: gerris
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)