Why even after 4 hours the command parpool('local',5) not finished?

I used the command parpool('local',5) in matlab 2014b installed in a desktop with 6 processors. Since 10:44 am from today, matlab presents this message: Starting parallel pool (parpool) using the 'local' profile ... and the status is busy.

What can is happening?

[Trevor]

Same issue. Did parpool(2) and it's been busy for minutes.

Answer 1

[Brendan Hamm]

I would highly suggest that you validate your settings. In MATLAB select the drop down from the 'Parallel' icon (in the Environment section of the Home tab) and choose Manage Cluster Profiles. Select local and select the Validate button. Also, it should be noted that you should not use more workers than the number of PHYSICAL cores (using virtual cores will not aid you in speedup).