[R] R2.0.1 for Mac OS X 10.3 problem

[Horacio Montenegro]

     I have the same problem, in Windows, and I think
the .Rdata is not corrupted. Load R without loading
the.Rdata file - move or rename it. Then library(lme4)
and load the .Rdata - it should work.

    cheers,
          Horacio


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Horacio Montenegro
PhD Student in Genetics and Molecular Biology
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
phone: +55 19 3788 1151


--- Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> It did not `break R': just rename your .RData which
> appears to have become 
> corrupted.
> 
> Please always start R with --vanilla before
> concluding it is broken.
> 
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Greg Arnold wrote:
> 
> > This combination was operating satisfactorily
> until I tried updating lme4 and 
> > Matrix.  My attempts to do this ultimately broke
> R.  The R console appears 
> > briefly, then collapses.   I have tried
> downloading and reinstalling R 
> > without success.  Typing 'R' into Terminal gives
> the error message bring up 
> > the usual introduction, then the error message:
> > Error in methods:::mlistMetaName(mi, ns) :
> >        The methods object name for "coerce" must
> include the name of the 
> > package that contains the generic function, but
> there is no generic function 
> > of this name
> > Fatal error: unable to restore saved data in
> .RData
> 
> -- 
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