ah...McAfee 'free' virus scan invited itself onto my computer a few weeks ago; when i removed it, help() is now it's old, fast self!
> sessionInfo() R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31) x86_64-pc-mingw32 locale: [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252 [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 [4] LC_NUMERIC=C [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods [7] base loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] tools_2.11.1 thanks! Lee De Cola, PhD, MCP. DATA to Insight ldec...@comcast.net Reston, Virginia 703 709 6972 571 315 0577 mobile ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Newmiller" <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> To: ldec...@comcast.net, "John Kane" <jrkrid...@inbox.com> Cc: r-help@r-project.org Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 11:05:45 AM Subject: Re: [R] help server slow That sounds more like a networking lookup delay than R. You have not provided sessionInfo(), but it could be due to antivirus software if you are using Windows or Mac. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ldec...@comcast.net wrote: >help() seems the ONLY operation that's slow, Windows Task Manager >doesn't show anything intensive going on, other programs running >normally - it's as though a timer is set that diverts the request for a >minute. > >links within the help pages come up quickly, only the requests from the >console. > >...i suppose rebuilding R is worth a try...i'm running >R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31) > > >Lee De Cola, PhD, MCP. >DATA to Insight >ldec...@comcast.net >Reston, Virginia >703 709 6972 >571 315 0577 mobile >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Kane" <jrkrid...@inbox.com> >To: ldec...@comcast.net, r-help@r-project.org >Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 8:45:01 AM >Subject: RE: [R] help server slow > >It sounds like a local system problem. Are you running on a local >intranet or have something cpu intenstive running in the background? > >John Kane >Kingston ON Canada > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ldec...@comcast.net >> Sent: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:05:19 +0000 (UTC) >> To: r-help@r-project.org >> Subject: [R] help server slow >> >> suddenly a few days ago it takes about a minute for local help to >come up >> . >> >> i type : >> ?hist >> >> and get >> starting httpd help server ... done >> >> but only after a minute does >> http://127.0.0.1:15686/library/graphics/html/hist.html >> appear . >> >> >> Lee De Cola, PhD, MCP. >> DATA to Insight >> ldec...@comcast.net >> Reston, Virginia >> 703 709 6972 >> 571 315 0577 mobile >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >____________________________________________________________ >GET FREE SMILEYS FOR YOUR IM & EMAIL - Learn more at >http://www.inbox.com/smileys >Works with AIM��, MSN�� Messenger, Yahoo!�� Messenger, ICQ��, >Google >Talk��� and most webmails > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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