[Rsiena-help] siena07 and network connections
Nate Doogan
doogan.1 at osu.edu
Wed Jan 18 19:52:16 CET 2012
Hi Ruth.
I discovered why R2.14+RSiena was not working. I found NaNs in one of my
covariates. For some reason this does not stop RSiena from running in R
versions less than 2.14.
I also discovered that once this covariate issue is fixed, the multiple
processor option works fine in R2.14. However, the issue is still present
in R versions less than 2.14. That is, everything works as expected in
R2.14. But I can still only use one processor in R versions < 2.14.
Additionally, opening port 10187 and unblocking R itself (I think this
means Windows gives all-port access to a program) did not solve the problem.
I'm perfectly satisfied at the moment, but I thought you may be interested
in the information. Thank you again for your help.
Nate
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Ruth Ripley <ruth at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> Nate,
>
> I have done some experiments on Windows 7 Home version. Here I am asked
> whether to allow the program to get incoming connections. (And it seems to
> set it up to allow, regardless of what I answer, but that is another issue!
> On the office machines it hangs whatever I do.) But if I add an entry for
> RGui in the incoming firewall tables, which says block this process, all is
> well. There is no message and it runs.
>
> On XP (not high security version, just a laptop with unprivileged user) I
> get a message but can ignore it completely. I can only think yours is a
> firewall issue, but not one specifically to do with the program: some other
> option has been turned off. I am not knowledgeable about Windows admin, but
> RGui or Rterm is trying to communicate with 'localhost' using port 10187.
> Maybe this port is not open. The actual number can be changed with a little
> effort (ask me how if you need to do it), in case your admin has turned
> them all off and would be willing to turn on one but not that one.
>
> Having been away for a few weeks, I guess I now need to check everything
> works with R 2.14.1.
>
> BTW, I gather from R 2.15 it will be possible to use openMP and
> multi-threading within R on Windows, but this would require major changes
> to RSiena so is unlikely to happen soon.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ruth
>
>
> On 15/01/2012 17:38, Nate Doogan wrote:
>
>> Hey Ruth.
>> This machine is using XP. I do not get the option to "unblock" or "keep
>> blocking." It appears to simply be a notice. In the past I have been
>> given the option, and I vaguely recall that it didn't matter which I
>> chose as you've said. But now it's the only lead I have for why the
>> estimation never begins. It could be something else altogether. I'll
>> continue checking and rechecking my scripts and the status of the
>> machines around here with respect to administration.
>> Also, I have tried this with RSiena release 167 and the most recent 191.
>> Thanks as always.
>> Nate
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Ruth Ripley <ruth at stats.ox.ac.uk
>> <mailto:ruth at stats.ox.ac.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> Nate,
>>
>> I have encountered this myself and never found a fix. You do not
>> need to allow access to the R process, so 'keep blocking' is OK, but
>> I seem to remember that unless you have privileges you cannot even
>> answer the question. But I will have another attempt to find a fix
>> from the admin side.
>>
>> I seem to remember it was OK on windows xp but not windows 7. Which
>> windows do you have?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ruth
>>
>>
>>
>> On 15/01/2012 16:19, Nate Doogan wrote:
>>
>> Hey group.
>> I am trying to diagnose and fix an issue with using multiple
>> processors
>> with a siena07 call on a Windows machine.
>> When I attempt to run siena07 with 4 processes, I get a pop-up
>> that is
>> clearly from Windows that says R is "blocked." It's not made
>> entirely
>> clear, but I assume this means it's a firewall issue. The
>> estimation
>> never begins. Indeed, a look in the firewall settings shows NO
>> exception
>> for R (there's a button for it, but it is not "checked" and I
>> can not
>> check it). I do not have access to change these settings. I'm
>> attempting
>> to work with the administrator with little success.
>> When I try to run the same call for a single process, the blockage
>> dialog box does not appear, and the estimation proceeeds (much more
>> slowly than usual, of course).
>> Does it even sound correct that the firewall could be the issue? Is
>> there a workaround that a non-administrator might be able to invoke
>> (e.g. change the way siena07 asks for multiple processes)? Or do
>> I need
>> to press my admin harder to get this done?
>> Thank you.
>> Nathan Doogan
>>
>>
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