[R] segfault 'memory not mapped', dual core problem?

[Peter Dalgaard]

Barnet Wagman <bw at northbranchlogic.com> writes:

> >
> > It's highly unlikely that the dual core has anything to do with it
> > unless your system is overheating or has a hardware problem.
> >
> > Instead, see if you can create a script that reproduces the issue (if
> > random numbres are involved, use set.seed) and/or run R with the -d
> > gdb switch on and see if you can get a traceback.
> >   
> ^ Are there random numbers involved in estimating a logit (which is what
> I was running)? (I'm not using any random numbers in my functions or in
> generating my data.)  I wouldn't have thought so, but then I don't
> really understand how logit estimations are actually calculated.

Only if you use simulated data. Do you get the crash in the same place
if you rerun the same code on the same data?

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