Matt,
please use
R -d gdb
and then "bt" for a more useful trace.
Thanks,
Simon
On Dec 2, 2010, at 4:06 PM, Matt Shotwell wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 12:12 -0500, ivo welch wrote:
>> I just figured out what is happening. The root drive (presumably OSX
>> virtual memory) becomes depleted. The error message about "memory not
>> mapped" was a hint, too. So, not really R's fault. However, I wonder
>
> It still may be R's fault. This segfault occurs because R (or third
> party code called by R) attempts to access memory beyond what is
> allocated/mapped. It's very likely a programming error. A bug report is
> warranted, subject to Duncan's earlier comments.
>
> Does the segfault only occur when a memory limit is reached?
>
> The top five functions in your traceback (below) are all defined in the
> base package...
>
> -Matt
>
> *** caught segfault ***
> address 0xdc3f9b48, cause 'memory not mapped'
> Traceback:
> 1: rep.int(seq_len(nx), rep.int(rep.fac, nx))
> 2: rep.int(rep.int(seq_len(nx), rep.int(rep.fac, nx)), orep)
> 3: expand.grid(seq_len(nx), seq_len(ny))
> 4: merge.data.frame(d, ss)
> 5: merge(d, ss)
> 6: valid.range(opt)
> 7: eval.with.vis(expr, envir, enclos)
> 8: eval.with.vis(ei, envir)
> 9: source("fut-into-opts.R")
>
>> whether R can be made to abort more gracefully, or at least trap the
>> error message and translate it into something more meaningful ("you
>> have run out of [virtual] memory when executing 'R statement' "). of
>> course, this may not be possible at all.
>>
>> /iaw
>>
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> Medical University of South Carolina
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