Hi, I just loaded ggplot2 and ran fix() both using R 2.14.1 from CRAN on Debian stable and Ubuntu 11.10 - no problems here . See one comment inline below.
> > Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 15:32:49 -0600 From: Paul Johnson > > <[email protected]> To: R-help <[email protected]> Subject: [R] > > fix and edit don't work: unable to open X Input Method->segfault > > Message-ID: > > <caerodj9+fbg9bbc_1x3use8eqqoq+mg4nb0hh1yr7yngp6g...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I can't run fix() or > > edit() anymore. Did I break my system? I'm running Debian Linux with > > R-2.14.1. As far as I can tell, the R packages came from Debian's > > testing "wheezy" repository. I would like to know if users on other > > types of systems see the same problem. If no, then, obviously, it is a > > Debian-only issue and I can approach it from that point of view. And > > if no other Debian users see same, it means it is a me-only problem, > > and that's discouraging :) I get this same R crash whether I try fix > > when R is running in a terminal or in Emacs with ESS. I've not seen > > this before, but Google leads to some bug reports on Ubuntu in 2007, > > where it was claimed that the problem was fixed. The really bad part > > is that the second try causes a segmentation fault in R itself. > > > >> > library(ggplot2) > > > > Loading required package: reshape > > Loading required package: plyr > > > > Attaching package: ?reshape? > > > > The following object(s) are masked from ?package:plyr?: > > rename, round_any > > > > Loading required package: grid > > Loading required package: proto > > > >> > sessionInfo() > > > > R version 2.14.1 (2011-12-22) > > Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) > > > > locale: > > [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C > > [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8 > > [5] LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 > > [7] LC_PAPER=C LC_NAME=C > > [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C > > > > [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C > > > > attached base packages: > > [1] grid stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods > > [8] base > > > > other attached packages: > > [1] ggplot2_0.8.9 proto_0.3-9.2 reshape_0.8.4 plyr_1.6 > > > >> > fix(mpg) > > > > Error in dataentry(datalist, modes) : invalid device > > In addition: Warning message: > > > > In edit.data.frame(get(subx, envir = parent), title = subx, ...) : > > unable to open X Input Method Did you run R as root? Kind regards, Johannes > > > >> > fix(mpg) > > > > *** caught segfault *** > > > > address (nil), cause 'unknown' > > > > Traceback: > > 1: edit.data.frame(get(subx, envir = parent), title = subx, ...) > > 2: edit(get(subx, envir = parent), title = subx, ...) > > 3: fix(mpg) > > > > Possible actions: > > 1: abort (with core dump, if enabled) > > 2: normal R exit > > 3: exit R without saving workspace > > 4: exit R saving workspace > > Selection: > > > > > > Same happens no matter what packages are loaded, so far as I can tell. > > > > Here it is without ggplot2, in case you were suspicious of those > > > > particular datasets. > > > >> > library(datasets) > >> > datasets() > > > > Error: could not find function "datasets" > > > >> > help(package=datasets) > >> > fix(CO2) > > > > Error in dataentry(datalist, modes) : invalid device > > In addition: Warning message: > > > > In edit.data.frame(get(subx, envir = parent), title = subx, ...) : > > unable to open X Input Method > > > > -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room > > 504 University of Kansas > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
