Please do not send reports on year-old versions of R: see the R posting guide.
Please try the latest version of 2.0.1 beta, and if you can reproduce this, send full instructions on how to reproduce it. However, check the rw-FAQ first, for this looks like an error in your display drivers, not in R. On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is a bug apparently caused by Windows XP's interaction with R. > > I was getting an error message when running C:\Program > Files\R\rw1081\bin\Rgui.exe. Odly enough, his problem was happening only > when I was not connected to the network using my ethernet connection. > > Using Google, I found the same error described on a thread (see attached) > as: Nothing was attached - see the posting guide. > > The R installation is fine on Windows XP, but when I started to open the R > > program, then it pops out this message: > > > > "R for Windows GUI front-end has encountered a problem and needs to close. > We > > are sorry for the inconvenience....." > > > > The error signature is: > > > > AppName: rgui.exe AppVer: 1.71.30616.0 ModName: r.dll > > ModVer: 1.71.30616.0 Offset: 0002966e > > > > There was a hint in that message that screen resolution might be the culprit > so I checked my Display settings and changed the setting of my second > (external) monitor (which was not attached) 's resolution from 32 bit to 8 > bit. I have not had a problem since. Weird but it works!? > > P.S.: The primary display device is still set at 32 bits. > > Cheers, > > Pierre Richard > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel