Michael, On Jun 16, 2011, at 8:40 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> Hi — > > As my first post on this list, I'll try to be complete but succinct. > > This is the symptom described in the R for Max OSX FAQ 12.16: "R.app GUI > crashes on startup" This started for me on Version 2.13, running on Mac OS > 10.6.7. (I had been away from R for a few months, so I can't ID a single > trigger.) I followed the instructions in FAQ 12.16. Moved the history file. > There was no Rdata workspace to move (not that I could find). It is .RData (note the dot!) and it is a hidden file. You can move it aside with this (in Terminal): mv ~/.RData ~/myOldData.RData Also note that the history file is configurable so it could be .Rapp.history or .Rhistory - so make sure you checked both (ever since the configurability this issue is in fact rare). > No problem running R on the command line at all. I upgraded to 2.14, to see > if it would persist. Same thing, suggesting an environment issue. But I don't > know what it is about my environment I should troubleshoot. I cannot get a > crash log using the instructions in 12.16, because no crash menu appears. All > I get is this in the system log: > > Jun 16 12:24:48 mcgLaptop-5 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[285] > ([0x0-0x1c71c7].org.R-project.R[19629]): Exited with exit code: 2 > > I apologize if this report is in some way incomplete. Any advice on how to > proceed? > It is almost entirely incomplete because you don't say what actually happens. We ask you to, please, report exact facts, not your interpretation thereof. If there was a crash, please send the crash report. If there was an error, please send the exact error. Cheers, Simon _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
