Re: Remote kernels in Mathematica
- To: uiucuxc!yoda.ncsa.uiuc.edu!mathgroup-adm (Anand Patwardhan)
- Subject: Re: Remote kernels in Mathematica
- From: uiucuxc!quark.umd.edu!mcdonald (Bill MacDonald)
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 90 8:13:12 EDT
William M. MacDonald
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> I'd like to run a remote kernel in Mathematica, with the front end on
> a Macintosh. I do the necessary stuff in the 'Edit Connections' menu and add
> the hostnames (actually I put in the IP numbers) of the hosts on which I
> want to run the kernel. Now when I try to actually open a connection,
> Mathematica complains that it cannot find the 'Hosts' file and leaves MacTCP
> all confused.
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> I tried to explore and could not find any documentation about this
> file and/or its syntax etc..
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> Anybody out there have success in running a remote kernel in
> Mathematica on the Macintosh? Any suggestions?
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> Thanks in advance
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> Anand
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I am running from MacIICi to a DECstation 3100 using the frontend on the MAC
and the remote kernel on the DECstation. I had the same difficulty, but
solved it by deselecting the Host File box (take out the check). I think you
must need a local file and Mathematica can not find it. Let me hear from
you if this works or if there are other problems. Like many users I don't
have time to read every word in the documentation.
Bill (William M. MacDonald, Prof of Physics, U of Maryland)