[R] Segmentation fault when using "plot" function

[Henrik Bengtsson]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:58 AM, cchace <cchace at wellington.com> wrote:
>
> I frequently get a segmentation fault error when using the "plot" command.
> It happens about half the time.
>
> We are running an old version of R (R version 2.8.0 (2008-10-20) on Linux.
>
> I did a quick search for this problem and didn't find anything. Apologies if
> I missed it.

Eventually some kind person with lots of extra time on his/her hand
will install R v2.8.0 on their machine, try to reproduce the problem,
troubleshoot it, fix the bug, and provide you with a customized
retroactive patched R v2.8.0 that you could install.  While waiting
for that to happen, you may want to try out R v2.12.2.

/Henrik

>
>
>  *** Process received signal ***
>  Signal: Segmentation fault (11)
>  Signal code: Address not mapped (1)
>  Failing at address: 0x231e18f22
>  [ 0] /lib64/libc.so.6 [0x3c84a300a0]
>  [ 1] /lib64/libc.so.6(strlen+0x10) [0x3c84a76090]
>  [ 2] /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 [0x3c8765d101]
>  [ 3] /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6(_XlcCreateLC+0x46) [0x3c8765e5d6]
>  [ 4] /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6(_XlcUtf8Loader+0x10) [0x3c8767ebe0]
>  [ 5] /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6(_XOpenLC+0x104) [0x3c87665674]
>  [ 6] /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6(_XlcCurrentLC+0x8) [0x3c87665768]
>  [ 7] /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6(XSupportsLocale+0x9) [0x3c87665b59]
>  [ 8] /usr/lib64/R/modules//R_X11.so(X11_Open+0x51) [0x2aaab8a32581]
>  [ 9] /usr/lib64/R/modules//R_X11.so(X11DeviceDriver+0x19a) [0x2aaab8a336aa]
>  [10] /usr/lib64/R/modules//R_X11.so [0x2aaab8a33c30]
>  [11] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659cff75e]
>  [12] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x427) [0x3659ccc2d7]
>  [13] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659ccd6a2]
>  [14] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x427) [0x3659ccc2d7]
>  [15] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_applyClosure+0x291) [0x3659ccfa41]
>  [16] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x2fb) [0x3659ccc1ab]
>  [17] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(GEcurrentDevice+0x158) [0x3659c95a88]
>  [18] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659d25c99]
>  [19] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659cff75e]
>  [20] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x427) [0x3659ccc2d7]
>  [21] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659ccd6a2]
>  [22] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x427) [0x3659ccc2d7]
>  [23] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_applyClosure+0x291) [0x3659ccfa41]
>  [24] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x2fb) [0x3659ccc1ab]
>  [25] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659ccd6a2]
>  [26] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x427) [0x3659ccc2d7]
>  [27] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_applyClosure+0x291) [0x3659ccfa41]
>  [28] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_usemethod+0x3fa) [0x3659d019da]
>  [29] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659d0203d]
>  *** End of error message ***
>
> Process R segmentation fault at Thu Mar 17 09:33:59 2011
>
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