[Rd] How to enable core dump?

[peter dalgaard]

On Apr 9, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Wincent wrote:

> Dear all, I encountered a core dump like this,
> 
> (R:24072): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_drawable_get_display: assertion
> `GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed
> 
> *** caught segfault ***
> address 0x78, cause 'memory not mapped'
> 
> 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: 1
> aborting ...
> Segmentation fault
> 
> When I select 1, there is still no saved core dump. I guess because it is
> not enabled. May I ask how to enable this option? Thanks.

You need to set the resource limits before starting R.

Exactly how depends on your operating system (and you didn't tell), and the shell. With bash on unix-alikes, try "help ulimit" which will point you at "ulimit -c 20000" for max 20MB core files. 

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> Wincent Rong-gui HUANG
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> Dept of Public and Social Administration
> City University of Hong Kong
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