parpool fails to start MATLAB 2014a

Hi,

I am trying to make a parallel computation, using MATLAB 2014a to take advantage of more simultaneous workers. When I first installed the program, both 'parpool' and 'matlabpool' were able to launch. However, as of the following morning neither has been able to start the session with the following messages,

parpool ('local',2) Error using parpool (line 99) The following error occurred while retrieving the name of process 79833:

(Surprisingly there is no error name list! )

>> matlabpool 3 Warning: matlabpool will be removed in a future release. Use parpool instead. Starting matlabpool using the 'local' profile ... Error using matlabpool (line 137) The following error occurred while retrieving the name of process 79833:

(And again there is no error name list! )

I was searching for some similar issues online, but at least the others are getting some further error names. Does it have anything to do with the 'set path' or s.th similar, as mentioned in the following links?

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/133891-matlab-2014a-cannot-enable-parpool

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/88973-errors-thrown-when-parallel-toolbox-invoked-or-coder-generation-attempted

Any hints will be appreciated.

MATLAB Version: 8.3.0.532 (R2014a)

Operating System: Darwin 13.2.0

Thanx.

[Edric Ellis]

This is definitely unexpected. I would suggest contacting MathWorks technical support to try and resolve this.