[R] Fatal error: unable to restore saved data in .RData

[Luke Tierney]

If you are able to create a .Rdata file for which this fails can you
record the last few commands before you create the .Rdata file?

luke


On Fri, 10 Oct 2008, Thompson, David (MNR) wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am unable to start an R session by double-clicking on an existing
> .RData file from the Windoze file explorer.
> A dialogue appears with the message
> 	"Fatal error: unable to restore saved data in .RData",
>
> and I notice in the R Console the last few lines are:
> 	"Loading required package: R2HTML
> 	 NULL
> 	 error in function ()  : unused argument(s) (1:43)"
>
> I tried starting a fresh R session, changing the working directory,
> saving a new empty workspace, closing R, and restarting with the new
> (empty) .RData file to the same effect.
>
> I tried with the --vanilla option, changing the working directory and
> loading the existing workspace,  and get the error message:
> 	"Error in function ()  : unused argument(s) (1:43)"
>
> And again with the --no-restore-data option, same effect.
>
> Suggestions?
> Thanx, DaveT.
> ###
> # system info:
>> sessionInfo() ; cat("\n") ; Sys.info()[c(1:3,5)]
> R version 2.7.2 (2008-08-25)
> i386-pc-mingw32
>
> locale:
> LC_COLLATE=English_Canada.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_Canada.1252;LC_MONETARY=
> English_Canada.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_Canada.1252
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices datasets  tcltk     utils     methods
> base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] debug_1.1.0     mvbutils_1.1.1  lattice_0.17-14 plotrix_2.4-7
> svSocket_0.9-5  TinnR_1.0.2     R2HTML_1.59     Hmisc_3.4-3
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] cluster_1.11.11 grid_2.7.2      svMisc_0.9-5    tools_2.7.2
>
>  sysname                      release                      version
> machine
> "Windows"                         "XP" "build 2600, Service Pack 2"
> "x86"
> # system info:
> ###
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