> If R is stuck in a long computation in C code that doesn't call > R_ProcessEvents, we're helpless. There is no way to stop that code > until it finishes. Even if you press <Esc> it may not help (just give > you the beachball), because the event of you pressing <Esc> must first > be processed so it can fire,
Command : rnorm(10000) then I press <Esc> reproduced the problem. It's not link to the computational time. Best regards, C. ~~ Mac Intel - OS 10.5.1 / 10.5.2 > sessionInfo() R version 2.6.2 (2008-02-08) i386-apple-darwin8.10.1 locale: fr_FR.UTF-8/fr_FR.UTF-8/fr_FR.UTF-8/C/fr_FR.UTF-8/fr_FR.UTF-8 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > desire so to find out what R is doing. > To do so, start a Terminal (in parallel to your unresponsive R) and > type: > gdb > attach R > > That should get you into the R process that is spinning. Now you can > issue > bt > to see where it really is. Very likely it will be somewhere is the > package performing the computation. But if it's not, then we want to > know. > > Anyway, I suspect that this is not really something we can do much > about (in the current GUI). The new GUI 2.0 is running R in a separate > thread, so it is always responsive despite R being busy, hence we can > deal better with unresponsive R there. > > Cheers, > Simon > > On Feb 10, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Ken Knoblauch wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I notice with R 2.6.2 on a powerpc and on a MacBook Pro that if I >> hit ESC to >> annul running a line in the GUI, input hangs with the spinning beach >> ball >> for an indefinite period of time. I haven't tried to see how long >> it will >> hang, but >> it is at least several minutes too long. Checking Force Quit >> indicates that >> R is not responding. >> >> On the power pc, w/ Tiger (but the same thing happens on my Intel >> Mac w/ >> Leopard) >> sessionInfo() >> R version 2.6.2 (2008-02-08) >> powerpc-apple-darwin8.10.1 >> >> locale: >> 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 >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> best, >> >> Ken _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
