Hi Bryan, Right after I wrote the email, I restarted R and the problem came back. I guess I jinx-ed my luck. ;)
The funny thing is, I did not even have a Rscript, it was just the stand alone R console. I was actually using it as a calculator. I always thought OS X is more compatible with R than Windows, who knows. :( On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Bryan Hanson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
