[R] Error with 1.9.0 - Invalid HOMEDRIVE

[Brett Melbourne]

Hi Uwe,

This is what the log says when neither homedrive or homepath are set
manually. This is after R has failed to start (I don't know if that's
important). Hope that helps. Let me know if there's any other info I can
gather.

Brett


C:\WINDOWS\system32>set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne\Application Data
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=CAVIAR
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMESHARE=\\desnet\melbourne
include=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\atl\include;C:\Program
Fil
es\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Visual St
udio\VC98\include
lib=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\lib;C:\Program
Files\Micro
soft Visual Studio\VC98\lib
LOGONSERVER=\\CAYENNE
MSDevDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\PROGRAM
FILES\TH
INKPAD\UTILITIES;C:\Program
Files\Hummingbird\Connectivity\7.10\Accessories\;C:\
Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Visu
al Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
Studio\Common\MSD
ev98\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools;C:\Program
Files\
Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\INSIGH~1\splus61\cmd
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0204
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
USERDNSDOMAIN=DES.UCDAVIS.EDU
USERDOMAIN=DES
USERNAME=melbourne
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne
windir=C:\WINDOWS




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Uwe Ligges" <ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
To: "Brett Melbourne" <bamelbourne at ucdavis.edu>
Cc: "Duncan Murdoch" <dmurdoch at pair.com>; "Prof Brian Ripley"
<ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>; "David Scott" <d.scott at auckland.ac.nz>;
<r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [R] Error with 1.9.0 - Invalid HOMEDRIVE


> Brett Melbourne wrote:
> > Some more diagnostic information on this problem related to Windows
> > critical updates.
> >
> > I am running R 1.8.1 and 1.9.0 under Windows XP Pro, on a laptop, which
is
> > networked at work but frequently used off the network. R starts properly
> > sometimes, when attached to the network, but never when disconnected and
> > logged on to the same (networked) user profile. R does however, always
start
> > properly on a non-network profile local to my machine.
> >
> > I have all the critical Windows XP updates installed, so later updates
did
> > not fix the problem.
> >
> > On failing to start 1.8.1, entering debug gives the message "Unhandled
> > exception in Rgui.exe (MSVCRT.DLL):0xC0000005:Access Violation"
> >
> > The following observations apply to both 1.8.1 and 1.9.0:
> >
> > Setting HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH does not fix the problem (see SET dump
> > appended to end of message).
> > Rebooting in safe mode (with networking) does not fix the problem.
> > Rebooting in safe mode (without networking) does fix the problem but in
that
> > case I am running on a non-network profile local to the machine, which
> > always works anyway. So the problem appears to be related to networking.
> >
> > I can confirm that the offending update is KB835732. Incidentally, this
> > uninstalls with the message "Setup detected programs on your computer: R
for
> > Windows 1.8.1. If KB835732 is removed, these programs might not run
> > properly". So, the update appears to be aware of an interaction with R
> > 1.8.1.
> >
> > Both R 1.9.0 and R 1.8.1 run properly after uninstalling the offending
> > update.
> >
> > I will install r-patched tomorrow at work and let you know what happens.
> >
> > cheers
> > Brett
> >
> > Brett Melbourne, Postdoctoral Fellow
> > Center for Population Biology
> > University of California Davis CA 95616
> >
> >
> > SET dump: environment when R fails: HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH set
explicitly.
> >
> > C:\WINDOWS\system32>SET
> > ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
> > APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne\Application Data
> > CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
> > COMPUTERNAME=CAVIAR
> > ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
> > HOMEDRIVE=C:
> > HOMEPATH = C:
>
>
> That's wrong. Please set it to a sensible HOMEPATH, e.g. simply
> SET HOMEPATH=\
> or
> SET HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\melbourne
>
> More interesting: What does the log say when you have not set HOMEPATH
> before???
>
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
>
>
> > HOMESHARE=\\desnet\melbourne
> > include=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
Studio\VC98\atl\include;C:\Program
> > Fil
> > es\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> > Visual St
> > udio\VC98\include
> > lib=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\lib;C:\Program
> > Files\Micro
> > soft Visual Studio\VC98\lib
> > LOGONSERVER=\\CAYENNE
> > MSDevDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98
> > NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
> > OS=Windows_NT
> > Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\PROGRAM
> > FILES\TH
> > INKPAD\UTILITIES;C:\Program
> > Files\Hummingbird\Connectivity\7.10\Accessories\;C:\
> > Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program
Files\Microsoft
> > Visu
> > al Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
> > Studio\Common\MSD
> > ev98\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
Studio\Common\Tools;C:\Program
> > Files\
> > Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\INSIGH~1\splus61\cmd
> > PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
> > PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
> > PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4, GenuineIntel
> > PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
> > PROCESSOR_REVISION=0204
> > ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
> > PROMPT=$P$G
> > SESSIONNAME=Console
> > SystemDrive=C:
> > SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
> > TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
> > TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
> > USERDNSDOMAIN=DES.UCDAVIS.EDU
> > USERDOMAIN=DES
> > USERNAME=melbourne
> > USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne
> > windir=C:\WINDOWS
> >
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