Could someone with the preference problems try the latest nightly build for 
R.app to see if the patch helps?

Thanks,
Rob J. Goedman
[email protected]



On Nov 8, 2013, at 6:58 AM, Robert J Goedman <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the feedback/updates. The flashing of the color chooser has been 
> there for a long time but I don't think that is causing this problem.
> 
> I can trigger the problem in Xcode and it shows clearly where it crashes. Its 
> attempting to darken an icon image, pixel by pixel, but the image has no data 
> if (on our systems at least) the 'Set Color' is not used as the path to get 
> there.
> 
> From what I've seen, it happens on a range of systems - below my 
> sessionInfo(). The work around is simple and I think innocuous enough that I 
> think I can commit. But it not very satisfactory not to get to the bottom of 
> this and to understand why only some of us encounter this problem.
> 
> Rob J. Goedman
> [email protected]
> 
> 
> 
> [R.app GUI 1.62 (6588) x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0]
> 
> [Workspace restored from /Users/rob/Projects/.RData]
> [History restored from /Users/rob/Projects/.Rapp.history]
> 
> 2013-11-08 06:42:18.669 R[65942:707] No data in destData 
> (darkenedImageWithColor.m)
>> sessionInfo()
> R Under development (unstable) (2013-10-30 r64123)
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0/x86_64 (64-bit)
> 
> locale:
> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
> 
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
> 
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] coda_0.16-1     grid_3.1.0      inline_0.3.13   lattice_0.20-25 
> Rcpp_0.10.6     rjags_3-11      rstan_2.0.1    
> [8] stats4_3.1.0   
>> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 8, 2013, at 3:00 AM, peter dalgaard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I was just about to tell you guys that have the problem to try running R.app 
>> with gdb attached to the process. Then I realized that gdb has gone in 
>> Mavericks to be replaced by lldb, which I don't have much of a clue about 
>> how to operate....
>> 
>> However, at least the first few steps seem to be similar to using gdb:
>> 
>> Get the process ID for R.app using
>> 
>> Peters-iMac:~ pd$ ps aux | grep R.app
>> pd              28620   0.1  0.5  3877356  21724   ??  S     1Nov13   
>> 0:43.29 /Applications/R.app/Contents/MacOS/R
>> pd              74190   0.0  0.0  2432784    596 s005  S+   11:45AM   
>> 0:00.01 grep R.app
>> 
>> Then attach to it using
>> 
>> Peters-iMac:~ pd$ lldb -p 28620
>> 
>> give your password to allow the debugger to control the process, then, when 
>> lldb fires up, tell it to resume the process
>> 
>> (lldb) continue
>> Process 28620 resuming
>> 
>> Next, you should try doing whatever it takes to reproduce the crash, figure 
>> out how to get a traceback, and report back to the list.
>> 
>> -pd
>> 
>> On 07 Nov 2013, at 10:19 , Rainer M Krug <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> I have to confirm both, the crash and the flashing of the colour wheel.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> sessionInfo()
>>> R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25)
>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 (64-bit)
>>> 
>>> locale:
>>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>> 
>>> attached base packages:
>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>>> version
>>>             _
>>> platform       x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0
>>> arch           x86_64
>>> os             darwin10.8.0
>>> system         x86_64, darwin10.8.0
>>> status
>>> major          3
>>> minor          0.2
>>> year           2013
>>> month          09
>>> day            25
>>> svn rev        63987
>>> language       R
>>> version.string R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25)
>>> nickname       Frisbee Sailing
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Rainer
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 11/07/13, 02:17 , John Magnotti wrote:
>>>> I removed my current R.app and installed the one at:
>>>> http://r.research.att.com/#GUI
>>>> R-3.0-branch-snowleopard-signed.pkg
>>>> 
>>>> but I still get an immediate crash when I 1) open the preferences
>>>> window and 2) click any of the icons in the main "Show All" screen
>>>> (but not the tabs)
>>>> 
>>>> I also noticed that switching away from either the Color or the Syntax
>>>> tab briefly flashes (open then close) the color wheel selection dialog
>>>> 
>>>>> sessionInfo()
>>>> R version 3.0.2 Patched (2013-11-04 r64155)
>>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 (64-bit)
>>>> 
>>>> locale:
>>>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>>> 
>>>> attached base packages:
>>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Is there any other specific information that would help?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> John
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Brandon Hurr <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Robert,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I never could reproduce what Brian, John or Ranier were seeing with my
>>>>> install (downloaded from http://r.research.att.com/ .
>>>>> 
>>>>> Perhaps they could chime back in and give you more details.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm now running Mavericks and still cannot replicate.
>>>>> R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25)
>>>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 (64-bit)
>>>>> 
>>>>> locale:
>>>>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>>>> 
>>>>> attached base packages:
>>>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>>>> 
>>>>> Brandon
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Robert J Goedman 
>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Brandon,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Do you still see this problem?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Are you using Simon's build?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Rob J. Goedman
>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2013, at 3:28 AM, Prof Brian Ripley <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 01/01/2013 17:48, Robert J Goedman wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks for taking a look. I'll dig a bit further after getting back home
>>>>>> tomorrow. It only happens through 'Apple-,' and is then not limited to
>>>>>> just the Startup preferences (contrary to what I thought earlier).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There is a bug report, PR#15017, related to this that we also have not
>>>>>> been able to reproduce.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Rob J. Goedman
>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jan 1, 2013, at 10:01 AM, Prof Brian Ripley <[email protected]
>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sorry, cannot reproduce (with Simon's build or mine, on Lion).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Brian
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 31/12/2012 19:37, Robert J Goedman wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Simon & Brian,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Surely this is not high on your minds today, but I did notice an
>>>>>> issue with R.app.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Using below versions of R-3.0 and the Lion64 version of R.app I
>>>>>> noticed that by immediately invoking the Startup preferences. e.g. by
>>>>>> Command/Apple-, R.app will segfault:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> *** caught segfault ***
>>>>>> address 0x10121d000, cause 'memory not mapped'
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Above route seems to always create the crash. I've seen a few other
>>>>>> occurrences, always with the Startup preferences screen not being
>>>>>> mapped, but less reproducible. Same behavior in Simon's build as in
>>>>>> my own build of R.app.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> A reasonable work around is to get there through the Set Colors icon.
>>>>>> I'm on OSX8.3 preview 3 and using Xcode 4.6 dp4. And using the CRAN
>>>>>> version of R, did not yet build R myself as outlined in the Install file.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Happy New Year, regards,
>>>>>> Rob J. Goedman
>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ------------ my own build----------------------------
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> R Under development (unstable) (2012-12-30 r61489) -- "Unsuffered
>>>>>> Consequences"
>>>>>> Copyright (C) 2012 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>>>>>> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>>>>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit)
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
>>>>>> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [R.app GUI 1.53 (6418) x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0]
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [Workspace restored from /Users/rob/Projects/.RData]
>>>>>> [History restored from /Users/rob/Projects/.Rapp.history]
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> sessionInfo()
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> R Under development (unstable) (2012-12-30 r61489)
>>>>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> locale:
>>>>>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> attached base packages:
>>>>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -------------R.app from
>>>>>> Simon---------------------------------------------
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> R Under development (unstable) (2012-12-30 r61489) -- "Unsuffered
>>>>>> Consequences"
>>>>>> Copyright (C) 2012 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>>>>>> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>>>>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>>>>>> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
>>>>>> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Natural language support but running in an English locale
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
>>>>>> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
>>>>>> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
>>>>>> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
>>>>>> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [R.app GUI 1.53 (6418) x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0]
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [Workspace restored from /Users/rob/Projects/.RData]
>>>>>> [History restored from /Users/rob/Projects/.Rapp.history]
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> sessionInfo()
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> R Under development (unstable) (2012-12-30 r61489)
>>>>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> locale:
>>>>>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> attached base packages:
>>>>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Brian D. Ripley, [email protected] 
>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]<[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
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Oct 2, 2013, at 6:09 AM, Brandon Hurr <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I cannot reproduce on my mac mini (2011). OS X 10.8.5.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25)
>>>>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 (64-bit)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> locale:
>>>>>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> attached base packages:
>>>>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 2:03 PM, John Magnotti <[email protected]
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Going to the preferences screen in R.app (Command + , or
>>>>>> R->preferences) and selecting any of the icons causes R to crash with
>>>>>> a segfault. If I click any the tabs at the top of the preferences
>>>>>> window R doesn't crash, but if I go back to the  "show all" tab and
>>>>>> choose an option it causes an immediate failure.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm running OS X 10.8.5, sessionInfo pasted below
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> John
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> sessionInfo()
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25)
>>>>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 (64-bit)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> locale:
>>>>>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> attached base packages:
>>>>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>>>>> 
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