[R] R on Beowulf cluster?

[Liaw, Andy]

Dear R-help,

Has anyone tried running R on a Beowulf-type cluster?  I can get R to run in
batch (using R CMD BATCH) on a cluster, but am wondering if it is possible
to get an interactive R session on a compute node.  Right now, if I run:

  beorun --nolocal R

I just get the R start-up message and back to the shell prompt.  If I try

  bpsh 0 R

I can get R started (but the R prompt does not appear) and do computations,
but no access to an x11() device.  I'd very much appreciate any pointer.

Best,
Andy

Andy Liaw, PhD
Biometrics Research      PO Box 2000, RY33-300     
Merck Research Labs           Rahway, NJ 07065
andy_liaw <at> merck.com          732-594-0820