Hi,
My Fedora 11 linux (version 2.6.30.9-96.fc11.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 4 00:02:04
EST 2009) recently updated me to R-2.10.0, and help.start() is no longer
working. I see in the release notes that R now uses an internal web server to
autogenerate help pages. Here's what I'm getting:
IN R:
> help.start()
starting httpd help server ... done
If '/usr/bin/xdg-open' is already running, it is *not* restarted, and
you must switch to its window.
Otherwise, be patient ...
>
IN Firefox:
Firefox starts up, but gets a "connection refused" error:
While trying to retrieve the URL: http://127.0.0.1:11586/doc/html/index.html
The following error was encountered:
* Connection to 127.0.0.1 Failed
The system returned:
(111) Connection refused
I have checked all my firewall settings, and as far as I can tell the connection
should be allowed. In fact, and unexpectedly, if I try on the command line:
wget http://127.0.0.1:11586/doc/html/index.html
the index document is returned, so I know the R server is running OK on that
port, but apparently refusing the connection to Firefox.
Has anyone else had a similar experience or have any wild guesses about a
solution?
--
Tom Wainwright
NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Newport, Oregon
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