No problem, glad to try to help. There probably isn’t a problem with R.gui itself (when you “run R” on a Mac by clicking the icon you are causing your computer to actually run the R.gui which in turn is running R under the hood).
So if the problem re-occurs, note the name of the most recent file (it probably was opened when you launched R prior to R faulting). Then find that file and change the extension (temporarily). Then try to launch R again and I expect it will not have a problem. Bryan > On Nov 5, 2016, at 11:43 AM, C W <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Bryan, > > I appreciate your detailed explanation. I am not an R expert, I do not know > how to fix the R.gui you mentioned. > > I kept on opening and closing R, after a dozen tries, the error went away > temporarily. I still get the error, but it was not every time. > > Since then, I have upgraded to R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31). > > I think this problem may come back, please let me know when you find a > solution. Thank you! > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 8:28 PM, Bryan Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, I should add that when you rename the offending file you need to > change its extension, otherwise R will follow the file. > > >>> Original Message: > > I had something similar earlier this week (also on Sierra). I was in touch > with Simon who suggested it might be a bad workspace image, so you can try to > remove any .RData or .rda files. However, in my case it was not that (I > don’t save workspace images or histories for that matter). But I removed all > of those from my entire computer anyway and the problem remained (a few were > left on shared drives by others who were saving workspace images). > > Ultimately I was able to trace the problem to something being wrong with the > “recent” list. In my case R.gui was trying to open the most recent file in > the list, but something about the link to it was corrupted. I verified this > by running R from the command line and sourcing the file that seemed to be > associated with the crash. It worked fine, so the file was not the problem. > > So, here’s what worked for me: When R.gui is asking you for a “selection” to > close down, see if the File -> Open Recent… option can still be selected, and > if so, go all the way down to the clear menu item. Once this list of > recently opened files was empty, R.gui ran fine. In my case not all files > would clear from the list. There was one left, and it was the one apparently > causing the problem. I renamed it so R.gui couldn’t use it/find it, and then > the problem was gone. Again, there was nothing wrong with the file, there > was something wrong with the “remembering”. > > A few days later, I had to repeat this process when the problem re-occurred. > There may be something genuinely conflicted between Sierra and R.gui, only > time will tell. If it proves to be a widespread problem more observations > should help narrow it down. But this is what I experienced and how I fixed > it. > > Bryan > > > > On Nov 4, 2016, at 7:31 PM, C W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear R list, > > > > Every time I start R, the following error message come up: > > > > *** caught segfault *** > > address 0x0, cause 'unknown' > > > > 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: > > > > > > Sometimes I get this error message instead, > > > > 2016-11-04 16:50:08.446 R[23372:326103] -[NSDrawerWindow > > setRuleThickness:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fabc94a74b0 > > 2016-11-04 16:50:08.454 R[23372:326103] *** RController: caught ObjC > > exception while processing system events. Update to the latest GUI version > > and consider reporting this properly (see FAQ) if it persists and is not > > known. > > *** reason: -[NSDrawerWindow setRuleThickness:]: unrecognized selector sent > > to instance 0x7fabc94a74b0 > > *** name: NSInvalidArgumentException, info: (null) > > *** Version: R 3.3.2 (71607) R.app R 3.3.2 GUI 1.68 Mavericks build > > Consider saving your work soon in case this develops into a problem. > > Here's the sessionInfo(), > > > >> sessionInfo() > > R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31) > > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit) > > Running under: macOS Sierra 10.12.1 > > > > 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 > > [7] base > > > > > > I would appreciate any help, thank you! > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
