Removing adobe's pdf plugin does indeed remove the black screen problem, but also creates a segfault error and attendant forced quits (see attached screen capture). Occasionally, <Error>: ATSFontFindFromContainer failed: count = 2. crops up instead. Turns out I do also have the PDF Browser plugin (for use by Firefox) in my ~/Library/Internet Plugins. Removing that as well seems to fix both black screen (adobe plugin present) and various memory errors (PDF Browser plugin present).
The direct Help/Vignettes route seemingly always works fine no matter what is present. On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:55 AM, isaac Kohane <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, I do have the Adobe plugin installed. > > So, I deleted the following file: /library/Internet > Plug-Ins/AdobePDFViewer.plugin > > and presto! the pdf's are now visible. Thanks! > > Again, congratulations on 3.8.1, it's going to be great. > > -Zak > > > On Feb 11, 2009, at 9:45 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote: > > I have tested the exactly same setup and it works for me without >> problems. >> >> One thought - do you happen to have Adobe Acrobat or some other 3rd >> party viewer installed as browser plugin for PDF? >> >> Cheers, >> Simon >> >> >> On Feb 10, 2009, at 14:05 , Eric Wooten wrote: >> >> Sure, sorry to forget about that in the first place: >>> >>> sessionInfo() >>>> >>> R version 2.8.1 Patched (2009-01-01 r47431) >>> i386-apple-darwin9.5.0 >>> >>> locale: >>> en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 >>> >>> attached base packages: >>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >>> >>> >>> Mac OSX 10.5.6 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:40 PM, isaac Kohane < >>> [email protected] >>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> Thanks for asking. Here you go: >>> >>> R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22) >>> >>> sessionInfo() >>> R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22) >>> i386-apple-darwin8.11.1 >>> >>> >>> locale: >>> en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 >>> >>> attached base packages: >>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >>> >>>> >>>> >>> OX X 10.5.6 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 10, 2009, at 1:29 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Feb 10, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Eric Wooten wrote: >>> >>> Can you, please, be more specific - for example why don't you tell >>> us which package you're looking >at - that would make it much easier >>> to reproduce ... >>> >>> Choose a package. The first one in my listing happens to be ABarray. >>> Click "Overview." Select either option (the first being >>> ABarray.pdf:). Get black screen. >>> >>> If you'd prefer a more CRAN-based package, try vcd. Select >>> "Overview"; click "residual shading.pdf"; get black screen. >>> >>> >>> Hm... I cannot replicate this - in 2.8.1 it shows the paper for me >>> without problems. >>> Zak, Eric, can you, please, send me your sessionInfo() as well as the >>> version of the OS X you're running? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Simon >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Simon Urbanek < >>> [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>> On Feb 10, 2009, at 10:12 , David Winsemius wrote: >>> >>> I'm guessing that it is known, but if not, I can report that it also >>> happens on my Mac. >>> >>> For instance in the 64 bit GUI using the att.research binary R , >>> clicking on the doBy line in the Package Manager window brings up a >>> page with a link to "overview". Clicking on that brings up a black >>> page in the viewing window. >>> >>> The other aspect of the Package Manager that does not appear >>> finished is the lack of any functionality of the forward and back >>> buttons. When using the PM for viewing documentation on packages >>> that are not loaded I need to return to the package index page >>> because the fwd and back buttons are always greyed out. >>> >>> >>> The usual shortcuts (Cmd+Left/Cmd+Right) still work. It appears that >>> this was in fact broken by Apple in 10.5 not by us. Anyway, this >>> should be fixed now. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> S >>> >>> >>> I just figured that both these were rather minor difficulties, since >>> the overall capacities of R on the Mac are so vast. I would much >>> rather that the developers continue as they have been, dealing with >>> substantive problems like fixing rggobi/Ggobi. >>> >>> ... um ... I'm losing you here - I don't think that it either >>> substantive or a problem at least on my end ... >>> >>> >>> >>> Thank you to all who contributed to that addition. Very kewl. Tried >>> to break it, er, test it with a big data set but it held up well. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> David Winsemius >>> >>> sessionInfo and R.Version output follows >>> >>> sessionInfo() >>> R version 2.8.1 Patched (2009-01-07 r47515) >>> i386-apple-darwin9.6.0 >>> >>> locale: >>> en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 >>> >>> attached base packages: >>> [1] splines stats graphics grDevices utils datasets >>> methods base >>> >>> other attached packages: >>> [1] doBy_3.7 lattice_0.17-20 nlme_3.1-90 Design_2.1-2 >>> survival_2.34-1 Hmisc_3.4-4 >>> >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >>> [1] cluster_1.11.12 grid_2.8.1 tools_2.8.1 >>> >>> R.Version() >>> $platform >>> [1] "i386-apple-darwin9.6.0" >>> >>> $arch >>> [1] "i386" >>> >>> $os >>> [1] "darwin9.6.0" >>> >>> $system >>> [1] "i386, darwin9.6.0" >>> >>> $status >>> [1] "Patched" >>> >>> $major >>> [1] "2" >>> >>> $minor >>> [1] "8.1" >>> >>> $year >>> [1] "2009" >>> >>> $month >>> [1] "01" >>> >>> $day >>> [1] "07" >>> >>> $`svn rev` >>> [1] "47515" >>> >>> $language >>> [1] "R" >>> >>> $version.string >>> [1] "R version 2.8.1 Patched (2009-01-07 r47515)" >>> >>> >>> On Feb 9, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Zak wrote: >>> >>> Just installed the latest (3.8.1) R for Mac OS X after working for a >>> year on a much older version. Now, when I use the package manager and >>> then select a package with an overview that happens to be a pdf then >>> the pdf does not open up in the lower pane as it used to but only a >>> black pane appears. The pdf's are definitely there (as I can access >>> them through the vignette() utility (Bioconductor). Is this a known >>> bug/feature? Is it something to do with installing over prior >>> versions? Help! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -Zak >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
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