Many thanks to bothTravis and Mark. I shall investigate both options. Some of this is rather fuzzy to me, but I'll master it. I'll report back for the record once I sort it out.
Thanks Jack On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Hegner, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > On my (now horribly outdated) blog, I show how to prefer IPv4 in java, > through command line options. I don't know if/how this would translate to a > windows/cygwin setup... but I thought I'd throw it out there anyway... > > export HADOOP_OPTS=-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true > > more details can be found at: > http://www.travishegner.com/2009/06/hadoop-020-on-ubuntu-server-904-jaunty.html > > HTH, > > Travis Hegner > http://www.travishegner.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Laffoon [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 10:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Win7/cygwin SocketException: Address family not supported by > protocol > > Have you tried disabling ipv6? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Park [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 6:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Win7/cygwin SocketException: Address family not supported by > protocol > > I followed these marvelous instructions at > http://hbase.apache.org/docs/r0.20.4/cygwin.html > and got most everything to be configured correctly, localhost started, > etc. > But, when I run start-hbase.sh, I regularly get the error mentioned in > the subject line. > > From the web, it's suggested to tweak Windows hosts to say 127.0.0.1 > localhost which I did. No change. If I ping 127.0.0.1, it answers > just fine. > > Can anyone point to something I missed? > > Thanks > Jack > > The information contained in this communication is confidential and is > intended only for the use of the named recipient. Unauthorized use, > disclosure, or copying is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you > have received this communication in error, you should know that you are bound > to confidentiality, and should please immediately notify the sender or our IT > Department at 866.459.4599. >
