[R] Configuring R-2.10 help html server on Linux?

[Tom Wainwright]

Rolf,

Many thanks!  That was it exactly.  I had forgotten we use a proxy server here.

	Tom Wainwright

On 11/23/2009 04:01 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
>
> On 24/11/2009, at 12:21 PM, Tom Wainwright wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> I had a similar experience on my IMac (Mac OS X Version 10.4.11) --- but
> the error
> message made some mention of ``proxies''. The problem got fixed by
> adjusting
> the Firefox preferences. On the Mac the appropriate set of clicks is
> Advanced --> Network --- Configure how Firefox connects to the Internet
> (Settings)
>
> Then (I think!) the key was to click on/activate ``Manual proxy
> configuration'', and
> then to make sure that ``127.0.0.1'' appears in the window labelled ``No
> Proxy for:''.
>
> This is all Mac stuff, and it's not at all clear to me that it will
> translate to the
> Linux setting, but it *might* give you somewhere to start. Good luck.
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf Turner
>
>
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Tom Wainwright
NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center
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