[R-gui] GUI error message (EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS).

[Dan Putler]

Hi Donovan,

Wrong list. You want the R-SIG-Mac list. This list relates to bindings
to GUI toolkits and developing GUI applications in R. Although, a number
of the folks who maintain R for Mac OS X are also on this list.

Dan

On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 10:35 -0700, Donovan Anderson wrote:
> 
> Folks,
>     My GUI (5401: 1.28 Leopard build 32 bit) has just started having
> problems.  When I double click on it, it tries to start, bounces for a while
> and then closes.  I get a R unexpectedly quit error and Leopard asks me if
> I want to restart.  When I check the report I get:
> Process:         R [658]
> Path:            
> /Volumes/R-GUI-5401-2.9-leopard-Leopard/R.app/Contents/MacOS/R
> Identifier:      org.R-project.R
> Version:         R 2.9.0 GUI 1.28 Leopard build 32-bit (5401)
> Code Type:       X86 (Native)
> Parent Process:  launchd [87]
> 
> Date/Time:       2009-05-07 11:36:32.095 -0700
> OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.5.6 (9G2030)
> Report Version:  6
> 
> Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
> Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
> Crashed Thread:  0
> 
> Thread 0 Crashed:
> 0   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x908c2e33
> __CFStrConvertBytesToUnicode + 51
> 1   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x908c3c98 __CFStringEncodeByteStream
> + 2712
> 2   com.apple.Foundation              0x96bb58a7
> -[NSString(NSStringOtherEncodings)
> getBytes:maxLength:usedLength:encoding:options:range:remainingRange:] + 295
> 3   com.apple.Foundation              0x96c07f45
> -[NSString(NSStringOtherEncodings) cStringLength] + 133
> 4   com.apple.Foundation              0x96bb5728 -[NSCFString cStringLength]
> + 232
> 5   com.apple.Foundation              0x96bb5318
> _NSNewStringByAppendingStrings + 296
> 6   com.apple.Foundation              0x96bb5150 -[NSString
> stringByAppendingString:] + 192
> 7   org.R-project.R                   0x00009fb8 -[RController
> doLoadHistory:] + 808
> 8   org.R-project.R                   0x000079c8 -[RController awakeFromNib]
> + 2232
> 9   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x9091a915 -[NSSet
> makeObjectsPerformSelector:] + 181
> 10  com.apple.AppKit                  0x9309b45a -[NSIBObjectData
> nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 1533
> 11  com.apple.AppKit                  0x93091686 loadNib + 264
> 12  com.apple.AppKit                  0x93090fe8 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading)
> _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 946
> 13  com.apple.AppKit                  0x93090c2b +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading)
> loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 171
> 14  com.apple.AppKit                  0x93090b69 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading)
> loadNibNamed:owner:] + 391
> 15  org.R-project.R                   0x00002948 main + 296
> 16  org.R-project.R                   0x000027e6 start + 54
> 
> Thread 1:
> 0   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x92cbb1c6 mach_msg_trap + 10
> 1   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x92cc29bc mach_msg + 72
> 2   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x908920ae CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
> 3   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x90892cd8 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
> 4   com.apple.CFNetwork               0x95f93ebe
> CFURLCacheWorkerThread(void*) + 396
> 5   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x92cec095 _pthread_start + 321
> 6   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x92cebf52 thread_start + 34
> 
> Thread 2:
> 0   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x92cbb1c6 mach_msg_trap + 10
> 1   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x92cc29bc mach_msg + 72
> 2   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x908920ae CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
> 3   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x90892cd8 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 88
> 4   com.apple.Foundation              0x96bed64d -[NSConnection
> sendInvocation:internal:] + 3005
> 5   com.apple.Foundation              0x96bec7c9 -[NSDistantObject
> forwardInvocation:] + 329
> 6   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x9091196a ___forwarding___ + 986
> 7   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x909119d2 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 50
> 8   org.R-project.R                   0x0000dd35 -[RController readThread:]
> + 245
> 9   com.apple.Foundation              0x96bb67ed -[NSThread main] + 45
> 10  com.apple.Foundation              0x96bb6394 __NSThread__main__ + 308
> 11  libSystem.B.dylib                 0x92cec095 _pthread_start + 321
> 12  libSystem.B.dylib                 0x92cebf52 thread_start + 34
> 
> Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
>   eax: 0xa00686e0  ebx: 0x908c2e14  ecx: 0x00000000  edx: 0x00000000
>   edi: 0xbfffe6f8  esi: 0x00000200  ebp: 0xbfffe608  esp: 0xbfffe5f8
>    ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00010246  eip: 0x908c2e33   cs: 0x00000017
>    ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x00000037
>   cr2: 0x00000000
> 
> Session Info for R:
> 
> > sessionInfo()
> R version 2.9.0 Patched (2009-05-05 r48465)
> i386-apple-darwin9.6.0
> 
> locale:
> en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
> 
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
> > 
> 
> 
>     Has anyone seen this before.  R runs fine from the command line.  It is
> just the GUI that is having problems.  This started happening after I used
> the GUI to download the package CAR.  The read/write permissions look fine
> for the GUI and reinstalling R (or the GUI) doesnt help.  Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
> 
>     Cheers,
>     Donovan Anderson
>     University of Washington
> 
> 
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Dan Putler
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