[R] R-OSX error: 'memory not mapped'

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Atte Tenkanen wrote:

> I often get a following error with R
>
> *** caught segfault ***
> address 0x78807e00, cause 'memory not mapped'
>
> Possible actions:
> 1: abort (with core dump)
> 2: normal R exit
> 3: exit R without saving workspace
> 4: exit R saving workspace
>>
> Selection:
>
> The system is OSX 4.9 and R-version 2.4.1.
>
> Is there something to d0?

Does this involve your own compiled code?

If so, run R under a debugger (e.g. R -d gdb) when you will get more 
information.  (You may also be able to get a core dump from option 1 and 
look at that in a debugger, but what happens is OS-dependent, including 
system settings in the OS.)

If not, it is likely to be a MacOS-specific problem, so please send a 
reproducible example to the R-sig-mac list.

-- 
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