Just one other comment. If you want to try running Linux over Windows you might want to check out how the AndLinux project (google to find) is progressing. I had tried it about a year ago and it was much faster than VMware although at that time it was still a bit immature.
On 10/17/06, Gabor Grothendieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe there are timing problems using that setup with sockets? I once tried > VMware (not with Ryacas but just to try it out) and found it slow as can > be expected with an emulated environment. Since you have Windows XP just > use the Windows version of Ryacas directly. > > On 10/17/06, Simon Blomberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Gabor, > > > > I'm running Quantian (Debian) inside a VMware virtual machine, on a > > Windows XP host. > > > > I installed the latest version of yacas from the source tarball. I > > remembered to ./configure --enable-server to allow server connections. > > make and make install worked ok, after some fiddling. I checked that the > > yacas server option worked, by doing yacas --server 3333, and then > > telnet'ing to 127.0.0.1 3333 to check. It worked fine. I installed > > Ryacas. I then tried it out and got the following error: > > > > > library(Ryacas) > > Loading required package: XML > > > yacas('Integrate(x)x;') > > [1] "Starting Yacas!" > > Error in socketConnection(host = "127.0.0.1", port = 9734, server = > > FALSE, : > > unable to open connection > > In addition: Warning message: > > 127.0.0.1:9734 cannot be opened > > > Accepting requests from port 9734 > > > > I tried again (stubborn, I guess): > > > > > yacas('Integrate(x)x;') > > [1] "Starting Yacas!" > > Accepting requests from port 9734 > > YacasServer Could not bind to the socket > > : Address already in use > > /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Ryacas/yacdir/R.ys(1) : File not found > > CommandLine(1) : Expecting ) closing bracket for sub-expression, but > > got x instead > > > > Any ideas where I may be going wrong? I don't know anything about > > sockets. I've cross-posted to r-sig-debian. They may be interested. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Simon. > > > > -- > > Simon Blomberg, B.Sc.(Hons.), Ph.D, M.App.Stat. > > Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies > > The Australian National University > > Canberra ACT 0200 > > Australia > > T: +61 2 6125 7800 email: Simon.Blomberg_at_anu.edu.au > > F: +61 2 6125 0757 > > CRICOS Provider # 00120C > > > > The combination of some data and an aching desire for > > an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer > > can be extracted from a given body of data. > > - John Tukey. > > > > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.