Well, if nothing else it is probably time to update anyway. If that does not help, we can hope that some of the gurus have some suggestions. It really sounded like a local network problem :( Best of luck
John Kane Kingston ON Canada -----Original Message----- From: ldec...@comcast.net Sent: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:28:45 +0000 (UTC) To: jrkrid...@inbox.com Subject: Re: [R] help server slow 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. [1]DATA to Insight ldec...@comcast.net [2]Reston, Virginia 703 709 6972 571 315 0577 mobile _________________________________________________________________ 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 _________________________________________________________________ [3]3D Marine Aquarium Screensaver Preview Free 3D Marine Aquarium Screensaver Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at [4]www.inbox.com/marineaquarium References 1. http://ldecola.net/d2i 2. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1626+Wainwright+Dr,+Reston,+VA+20190&sll=38.964985,-77.349768&sspn=0.006473,0.009645&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1626+Wainwright+Dr,+Reston,+Fairfax,+Virginia+20190&ll=38.899583,-77.45636&spn=0.829356,1.234589&z=10 3. http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium 4. http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium ______________________________________________ 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.