[R] Error from Brugs "'r for windows gui front-end has stopped working''

[Uwe Ligges]

On 25.01.2012 18:50, Jin Minming wrote:
> Hello Uwe,
>
> Yes. These packages are what I used for the test in Windows 7 and vista system:
>   R-2.14.1 in 32-bit
>   BRugs version 0.7-5
>   OpenBUGS version (3.2.1)

On a Win 7 32 bit with the same software as described above, I cannot 
reproduce a crash (except for using a different path since the once you 
are using does not work for me, since OpenBUGS cannot deal with spaces 
in the paths which is the case under German versions of Windows).
Hence my suggestion to ask on some BUGS mailing list if anybody can 
reproduce your problems.

Uwe Ligges


>
> Thanks,
>
> Wei
>
>
> --- On Wed, 25/1/12, Uwe Ligges<ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>  wrote:
>
>> From: Uwe Ligges<ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
>> Subject: Re: [R] Error from Brugs "'r for windows gui front-end has stopped working''
>> To: "Jin Minming"<jminming at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
>> Date: Wednesday, 25 January, 2012, 11:09
>> I just tried all 100 iterations both
>> under WinXP and Windows Server 2008
>> of your script under 32-bit R (which I assume you are using
>> when talking
>> about the old BRugs below).
>>
>> Please confirm:
>> R-2.14.1 in 32-bit
>> BRugs version 0.7-5
>> OpenBUGS version (3.2.1)
>>
>> I do not have any Win7 machine available before Friday.
>>
>> Uwe Ligges
>>
>>
>> On 25.01.2012 09:55, Jin Minming wrote:
>>> I forgot to add the R codes. The following are the
>> codes I used for this problem:
>>>
>>>
>>> ###    Step by step example:
>> ###
>>> library(BRugs) # loading BRugs
>>>
>>> ## Now setting the working directory to the examples'
>> one:
>>> setwd(options()$OpenBUGSExamples)
>>>
>>> ## add a simple loop
>>> for (mn in 1:100){
>>>
>>> ## some usual steps (like clicking in WinBUGS):
>>> modelCheck("Ratsmodel.txt")
>>    # check model file
>>> modelData("Ratsdata.txt")
>>      # read data file
>>> modelCompile(numChains=2)
>>      # compile model with 2 chains
>>> modelInits(rep("Ratsinits.txt", 2))  # read init
>> data file
>>> modelUpdate(1000)
>>            # burn in
>>> samplesSet(c("alpha0", "alpha"))
>>     # alpha0 and alpha should be monitored
>>> modelUpdate(1000)
>>            # 1000 more iterations
>> ....
>>>
>>> samplesStats("*")
>>            # the summarized results
>>>
>>> ## some plots
>>> #samplesHistory("*", mfrow = c(4, 2)) # plot the
>> chain,
>>> #samplesDensity("alpha")
>>        # plot the densities,
>>> #samplesBgr("alpha[1:6]")
>>       # plot the bgr statistics, and
>>> #samplesAutoC("alpha[1:6]", 1)
>>    # plot autocorrelations of 1st chain
>>>
>>> # force to print the current loop number
>>> flush.console()
>>> print(mn)
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 24/1/12, Jin Minming<jminming at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Jin Minming<jminming at yahoo.com>
>>>> Subject: [R] Error from Brugs "'r for windows gui
>> front-end has stopped working''
>>>> To: r-help at r-project.org
>>>> Date: Tuesday, 24 January, 2012, 20:08
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I just try to run the example in R brugs packages,
>> but not
>>>> only once. Loop is added in this example. After
>> several
>>>> times (7, 11, or other random number), there is an
>> error
>>>> message "r for windows gui front-end has stopped
>> working".
>>>> This happened in two laptops with windows 7 and
>> vista. I
>>>> have tried different versions of R (2.14.1 and
>> 2.13) and
>>>> Brugs packages (0.7.1 and 0.7-5). But it works well
>> in a
>>>> computer installed with Windows XP system.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone has some idea how to avoid this crash in
>> Windows
>>>> Vista or 7 system?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
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