it looks like manager.hostname="127.0.0.1" does the trick. > options(bphost="127.0.0.1")
> library(BiocParallel) > register(MulticoreParam(2)) also works. Many thanks. On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 1:25 PM, Martin Morgan < martin.mor...@roswellpark.org> wrote: > Does it help to use the argument manager.hostname="localhost" (or indeed > the name of your computer) following > > https://support.bioconductor.org/p/88307/#88874 > > ? and can you clarify about how you explored using different ports? See > also ?SnowParam section 'Global Options' > > Martin > > On 11/22/2017 12:56 PM, Vincent Carey wrote: > >> from example(bplapply), after register(MulticoreParam(2, timeout=5)) >> >> bplppl> bplapply(1:10, fun) >> >> *Error in socketConnection(host, port, TRUE, TRUE, "a+b", timeout = >> timeout) : * >> >> * cannot open the connection* >> >> *In addition: Warning message:* >> >> *In socketConnection(host, port, TRUE, TRUE, "a+b", timeout = timeout) :* >> >> * problem in listening on this socket* >> >> I have tried turning off firewall, setting an open port, etc., to no >> avail. >> >> >> options(mc.cores=2); system.time(mclapply(1:10, function(x)Sys.sleep(1))) >>> >> >> user system elapsed >> >> 0.264 0.114 5.014 >> >> sessionInfo() >>> >> >> R version 3.4.3 beta (2017-11-20 r73757) >> >> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit) >> >> Running under: macOS Sierra 10.12.6 >> >> >> Matrix products: default >> >> BLAS: >> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.4/Resources/lib/ >> libRblas.0.dylib >> >> LAPACK: >> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.4/Resources/lib/ >> libRlapack.dylib >> >> >> locale: >> >> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 >> >> >> attached base packages: >> >> [1] parallel stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods >> >> [8] base >> >> >> other attached packages: >> >> [1] boot_1.3-20 BiocParallel_1.12.0 rmarkdown_1.8 >> >> >> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >> >> [1] compiler_3.4.3 backports_1.1.1 magrittr_1.5 rprojroot_1.2 >> >> [5] tools_3.4.3 htmltools_0.3.6 Rcpp_0.12.13 stringi_1.1.6 >> >> [9] knitr_1.17 stringr_1.2.0 digest_0.6.12 evaluate_0.10.1 >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel >> >> > > This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or > agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended > recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by > e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel