The command which hangs: I'm hoping there is a simple explanation, but I searched on-line and nothing jumped out.
> cl <- makeCluster(type="SOCK",c("localhost"),manual=TRUE) Manually start worker on localhost with C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-214~1.2/bin/Rscript.exe "C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.2/library/snow/RSOCKnode.R" MASTER=localhost PORT=11944 OUT=/dev/null SNOWLIB=C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.2/library [HANGS] > cl <- makeCluster(type="SOCK",c("localhost","localhost"),manual=TRUE) Manually start worker on localhost with C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-214~1.2/bin/Rscript.exe "C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.2/library/snow/RSOCKnode.R" MASTER=localhost PORT=11944 OUT=/dev/null SNOWLIB=C:/Program Files/R/R-2.14.2/library [HANGS] The computer: Dell Inspiron I6400 with T2300 Dual Core processor The OS: > version _ platform i386-pc-mingw32 arch i386 os mingw32 system i386, mingw32 status major 2 minor 14.2 year 2012 month 02 day 29 svn rev 58522 language R version.string R version 2.14.2 (2012-02-29) ______________________________________________ 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.