[R-SIG-Mac] R refuses to run

[Steve Buyske]

I've had this problem and worked around it by
1) starting without the workspace, i.e.,
    R --no-restore-data
2) then loading the lme4 package
    library(lme4)
3) and finally loading the workspace
    load(".RData")

Steve



At 6:23 PM -0700 4/30/05, Jessi Brown wrote:
>Hello all. I apologize if there's an obvious solution to my problem,
>but I'm afraid I don't know my way around UNIX well enough to narrow
>down the cause of the problem.
>
>A few weeks ago, after downloading the LME4 library and working on
>some mixed models, the R version 2.0.1 crashed (I was then running Mac
>OS X 10.3.8). It then would refuse to run (GUI window opens briefly,
>then closes again), when either selected from the Finder or when
>prompted in Terminal (R.app). I tried to trash everything I could find
>to do with R, including R.app from the Applications folder and the
>R-framework folder from the System:Library and do a "clean" reinstall,
>but the restored version still refused to run.
>
>Recently I've upgraded the system to 10.3.9, and just yesterday ran
>the R 2.1.0 installer, but still nothing! I'm sorry that I have no bug
>report or crash log to offer, but if someone tells me where to look
>for it, I'll acquire it. Please, any advice as to what to do to regain
>the use of R!
>
>cheers, Jessi Brown
>University of Nevada-Reno
>
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