Thanks Duncan, I managed to get R to start through the terminal this way. Still no luck getting the R.app to start. Is it possible to directly access (and then trash or modify) the .RData and .RProfile files? I assume they would be recreated if I could then open the R.app. Having searched for them on spotlight and in the /user/library folder, I don't see them anywhere - are they always located in the same place on OS X?
thanks, Steve Duncan Murdoch-2 wrote: > > On 20/11/2009 12:33 AM, Stropharia wrote: >> Dear R users, >> >> I am running R 2.10.0 on OS X 10.5.8. >> >> I had been running 2.10 successfully for about a week (and have used >> previous R versions for 2+ years on the same computer) until 2 days ago >> it >> failed to start up for me. Now when I try to start R, the application >> tries >> to initiate for several minutes then crashes. Looking at the activity >> monitor, my memory usage goes from having about 1.6Gb free (out of 2Gb) >> to >> <7Mb in the first 10-15 seconds of attempting to start the program. At >> this >> point I either have to force quit R (as everything starts to freeze up) >> or >> wait several minutes for it to crash. >> >> I have erased the application and reinstalled it 4 times now - with >> exactly >> the same result. I looked around in the Library and System folders to see >> if >> any other files needed to be removed, but couldn't find any. I have also >> restarted the computer and repaired permissions multiple times - and then >> reinstalled R, with no luck. The exact same thing happens if I start R64. >> >> I did not updated OS X or R, or install any other programs, just prior to >> this first happening and am at a loss to explain what's going on. I have >> copied the first part of one of the crash logs below. Does anyone have >> any >> ideas for to remedy this? > > > It sounds like one of your user-specific startup files is causing the > problem, e.g. .RData, or .Rprofile. Did you try starting R with option > --vanilla? That will skip them. > > Duncan Murdoch > >> best, >> >> Steve >> >> >> #---------------- Crash log ------------------------ >> Process: R [231] >> Path: /Applications/R.app/Contents/MacOS/R >> Identifier: org.R-project.R >> Version: R 2.10.0 GUI 1.30 Leopard build 32-bit (5511) >> Code Type: X86 (Native) >> Parent Process: launchd [101] >> >> Date/Time: 2009-11-18 23:15:45.570 -0500 >> OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a) >> Report Version: 6 >> Anonymous UUID: D86CDCBC-00FD-4AEE-AB50-2EFE0DAE9E1E >> >> Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) >> Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000067ee2 >> Crashed Thread: 0 >> >> Thread 0 Crashed: >> 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0xffff07c7 __memcpy + 39 >> (cpu_capabilities.h:246) >> 1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96a6a0b4 __CFStringEncodeByteStream >> + >> 4052 >> 2 com.apple.Foundation 0x94446eb7 >> -[NSString(NSStringOtherEncodings) >> getBytes:maxLength:usedLength:encoding:options:range:remainingRange:] + >> 295 >> 3 com.apple.Foundation 0x94446a1a >> _NSNewStringByAppendingStrings >> + 538 >> 4 com.apple.Foundation 0x94446760 -[NSString >> stringByAppendingString:] + 192 >> 5 org.R-project.R 0x00009ce8 -[RController >> doLoadHistory:] + >> 808 >> 6 org.R-project.R 0x000076df -[RController awakeFromNib] >> + >> 2319 >> 7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96ac07f5 -[NSSet >> makeObjectsPerformSelector:] + 181 >> 8 com.apple.AppKit 0x92efed8e -[NSIBObjectData >> nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 1533 >> 9 com.apple.AppKit 0x92ef4fba loadNib + 264 >> 10 com.apple.AppKit 0x92ef491c +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) >> _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 946 >> 11 com.apple.AppKit 0x92ef455f +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) >> loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 171 >> 12 com.apple.AppKit 0x92ef449d +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) >> loadNibNamed:owner:] + 391 >> 13 org.R-project.R 0x00002538 main + 296 >> 14 org.R-project.R 0x000023d6 start + 54 >> #---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/R-2.10-%27memory-leak%27--on-OS-X-tp26422775p26443494.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.