Thanks a lot Duncan and David, the remedy was to delete the files .Rhistory and .RData via the terminal - with "rm . Rhistory" etc. (By default they are hidden on OS X.) Now R.app opens fine.
best, Steve David Winsemius wrote: > > Probably best further discussed on R-SIG-Mac list: > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > ... since that is where the tricks of convincing MacOSX to display > system files is discussed and a semi-regular basis: > > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-November/006768.html > > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-March/005925.html > > -- > David. > > On Nov 20, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Stropharia wrote: > >> >> Thanks Duncan, >> >> I managed to get R to start through the terminal this way. Still no >> luck >> getting the R.app to start. Is it possible to directly access (and >> then >> trash or modify) the .RData and .RProfile files? I assume they would >> be >> recreated if I could then open the R.app. Having searched for them on >> spotlight and in the /user/library folder, I don't see them anywhere >> - are >> they always located in the same place on OS X? >> >> thanks, >> >> Steve >> >> >> Duncan Murdoch-2 wrote: >>> >>> On 20/11/2009 12:33 AM, Stropharia wrote: >>>> Dear R users, >>>> >>>> I am running R 2.10.0 on OS X 10.5.8. >>>> >>>> I had been running 2.10 successfully for about a week (and have used >>>> previous R versions for 2+ years on the same computer) until 2 >>>> days ago >>>> it >>>> failed to start up for me. Now when I try to start R, the >>>> application >>>> tries >>>> to initiate for several minutes then crashes. Looking at the >>>> activity >>>> monitor, my memory usage goes from having about 1.6Gb free (out of >>>> 2Gb) >>>> to >>>> <7Mb in the first 10-15 seconds of attempting to start the >>>> program. At >>>> this >>>> point I either have to force quit R (as everything starts to >>>> freeze up) >>>> or >>>> wait several minutes for it to crash. >>>> >>>> I have erased the application and reinstalled it 4 times now - with >>>> exactly >>>> the same result. I looked around in the Library and System folders >>>> to see >>>> if >>>> any other files needed to be removed, but couldn't find any. I >>>> have also >>>> restarted the computer and repaired permissions multiple times - >>>> and then >>>> reinstalled R, with no luck. The exact same thing happens if I >>>> start R64. >>>> >>>> I did not updated OS X or R, or install any other programs, just >>>> prior to >>>> this first happening and am at a loss to explain what's going on. >>>> I have >>>> copied the first part of one of the crash logs below. Does anyone >>>> have >>>> any >>>> ideas for to remedy this? >>> >>> >>> It sounds like one of your user-specific startup files is causing the >>> problem, e.g. .RData, or .Rprofile. Did you try starting R with >>> option >>> --vanilla? That will skip them. >>> >>> Duncan Murdoch >>> >>>> best, >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> #---------------- Crash log ------------------------ >>>> Process: R [231] >>>> Path: /Applications/R.app/Contents/MacOS/R >>>> Identifier: org.R-project.R >>>> Version: R 2.10.0 GUI 1.30 Leopard build 32-bit (5511) >>>> Code Type: X86 (Native) >>>> Parent Process: launchd [101] >>>> >>>> Date/Time: 2009-11-18 23:15:45.570 -0500 >>>> OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a) >>>> Report Version: 6 >>>> Anonymous UUID: D86CDCBC-00FD-4AEE-AB50-2EFE0DAE9E1E >>>> >>>> Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) >>>> Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000067ee2 >>>> Crashed Thread: 0 >>>> >>>> Thread 0 Crashed: >>>> 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0xffff07c7 __memcpy + 39 >>>> (cpu_capabilities.h:246) >>>> 1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96a6a0b4 >>>> __CFStringEncodeByteStream >>>> + >>>> 4052 >>>> 2 com.apple.Foundation 0x94446eb7 >>>> -[NSString(NSStringOtherEncodings) >>>> getBytes >>>> :maxLength:usedLength:encoding:options:range:remainingRange:] + >>>> 295 >>>> 3 com.apple.Foundation 0x94446a1a >>>> _NSNewStringByAppendingStrings >>>> + 538 >>>> 4 com.apple.Foundation 0x94446760 -[NSString >>>> stringByAppendingString:] + 192 >>>> 5 org.R-project.R 0x00009ce8 -[RController >>>> doLoadHistory:] + >>>> 808 >>>> 6 org.R-project.R 0x000076df -[RController >>>> awakeFromNib] >>>> + >>>> 2319 >>>> 7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x96ac07f5 -[NSSet >>>> makeObjectsPerformSelector:] + 181 >>>> 8 com.apple.AppKit 0x92efed8e -[NSIBObjectData >>>> nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 1533 >>>> 9 com.apple.AppKit 0x92ef4fba loadNib + 264 >>>> 10 com.apple.AppKit 0x92ef491c + >>>> [NSBundle(NSNibLoading) >>>> _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 946 >>>> 11 com.apple.AppKit 0x92ef455f + >>>> [NSBundle(NSNibLoading) >>>> loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 171 >>>> 12 com.apple.AppKit 0x92ef449d + >>>> [NSBundle(NSNibLoading) >>>> loadNibNamed:owner:] + 391 >>>> 13 org.R-project.R 0x00002538 main + 296 >>>> 14 org.R-project.R 0x000023d6 start + 54 >>>> #---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://old.nabble.com/R-2.10-%27memory-leak%27--on-OS-X-tp26422775p26443494.html >> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. > > David Winsemius, MD > Heritage Laboratories > West Hartford, CT > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/R-2.10-%27memory-leak%27--on-OS-X-tp26422775p26448361.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.
