[Burlap]

--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
adjustable is not in enumeration:
5
(
adjustableRunTime
clockTime
cpuTime
runTime
timeStep
)
Can somebody help me solve this problem please?


I have come across this issue on several occasions. I prepare a case on Ubuntu for Windows (WSL2) and then take it across to a native Ubuntu machine to run it, but everything: surfaceFeatureExtract, blockMesh, snappyHexMesh, etc. comes up with the Foam Fatal Error, as seen above.



I have checked a similar thread title "runtime is not in enumeration" but that didn't seem to help. I installed a different version of OpenFOAM, formatted the entire PC, reinstalled Linux & OpenFOAM but no luck yet.





I am relatively new to OpenFOAM so I'm sorry if it's a silly question.

[jherb]

I think you want adjustableRunTime, not adjustable.

[Matheus.Costa]

A lot of thanks, I had the same problem and editing the controlDict like you said solved it like a charm!

[Tobermory]

Essentially "adjustable is not in enumeration" is telling you that the keyword "adjustable" is not in the list of acceptable options ... and it then writes out the enumeration list - in this case there were 5 possibilities (listed between the brackets).

This is a fantastic feature of OpenFOAM, and one which you can game if you don't know what option to use by just writing banana as the value for any parameter. The code will of course crash, but you can then see what options are available, and then pick the right one.