Re: [R] fix and edit don't work: unable to open X Input Method-segfault
On Sun, 08-Jan-2012 at 03:32PM -0600, Paul Johnson wrote:
| I can't run fix() or edit() anymore. Did I break my system?
|
| I'm running Debian Linux with R-2.14.1. As far as I can tell, the R
| packages came from Debian's testing wheezy repository. I would
| like to know if users on other types of systems see the same
| problem. If no, then, obviously, it is a Debian-only issue and I
I compiled R-2.14.1 on CentOS and on Kubuntu (64 bit) without any
problem. Since Kubuntu is a Debian based distro, I don't think it's a
Debian problem. However, if R-2.14.0 still works for you but R-2.14.1
does not, that's an indication that it would be the debs you used.
| can approach it from that point of view. And if no other Debian
| users see same, it means it is a me-only problem, and that's
| discouraging :)
[...]
| sessionInfo()
| R version 2.14.1 (2011-12-22)
| Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
|
| locale:
| [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C
| [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
| [5] LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
| [7] LC_PAPER=C LC_NAME=C
| [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C
| [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
|
| attached base packages:
| [1] grid stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods
| [8] base
|
| other attached packages:
| [1] ggplot2_0.8.9 proto_0.3-9.2 reshape_0.8.4 plyr_1.6
| fix(mpg)
| Error in dataentry(datalist, modes) : invalid device
| In addition: Warning message:
| In edit.data.frame(get(subx, envir = parent), title = subx, ...) :
| unable to open X Input Method
That looks like an OS issue (assuming it's not a problem with the deb).
|
| Same happens no matter what packages are loaded, so far as I can tell.
| Here it is without ggplot2, in case you were suspicious of those
| particular datasets.
|
|
| library(datasets)
| datasets()
| Error: could not find function datasets
No surprise there. Everyone will get that message since there is no
datasets function.
| help(package=datasets)
| fix(CO2)
| Error in dataentry(datalist, modes) : invalid device
| In addition: Warning message:
| In edit.data.frame(get(subx, envir = parent), title = subx, ...) :
| unable to open X Input Method
There's that X message again.
[...]
HTH
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[R] fix and edit don't work: unable to open X Input Method-segfault
I can't run fix() or edit() anymore. Did I break my system? I'm running Debian Linux with R-2.14.1. As far as I can tell, the R packages came from Debian's testing wheezy repository. I would like to know if users on other types of systems see the same problem. If no, then, obviously, it is a Debian-only issue and I can approach it from that point of view. And if no other Debian users see same, it means it is a me-only problem, and that's discouraging :) I get this same R crash whether I try fix when R is running in a terminal or in Emacs with ESS. I've not seen this before, but Google leads to some bug reports on Ubuntu in 2007, where it was claimed that the problem was fixed. The really bad part is that the second try causes a segmentation fault in R itself. library(ggplot2) Loading required package: reshape Loading required package: plyr Attaching package: ‘reshape’ The following object(s) are masked from ‘package:plyr’: rename, round_any Loading required package: grid Loading required package: proto sessionInfo() R version 2.14.1 (2011-12-22) Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) locale: [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8 [5] LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 [7] LC_PAPER=C LC_NAME=C [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] grid stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods [8] base other attached packages: [1] ggplot2_0.8.9 proto_0.3-9.2 reshape_0.8.4 plyr_1.6 fix(mpg) Error in dataentry(datalist, modes) : invalid device In addition: Warning message: In edit.data.frame(get(subx, envir = parent), title = subx, ...) : unable to open X Input Method fix(mpg) *** caught segfault *** address (nil), cause 'unknown' Traceback: 1: edit.data.frame(get(subx, envir = parent), title = subx, ...) 2: edit(get(subx, envir = parent), title = subx, ...) 3: fix(mpg) 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: Same happens no matter what packages are loaded, so far as I can tell. Here it is without ggplot2, in case you were suspicious of those particular datasets. library(datasets) datasets() Error: could not find function datasets help(package=datasets) fix(CO2) Error in dataentry(datalist, modes) : invalid device In addition: Warning message: In edit.data.frame(get(subx, envir = parent), title = subx, ...) : unable to open X Input Method -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
