[R-SIG-Mac] 64-bit build of R crashes while idle

[Simon Urbanek]

On Nov 6, 2008, at 13:04 , Steve Lianoglou wrote:

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> On Nov 6, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>> On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:25 , Steve Lianoglou wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Early last week, I installed the 64-bit leopard build for R  
>>> provided here: http://r.research.att.com/
>>>
>>> I've realized that when R.app is running in the background (and  
>>> sitting idle), it eventually beach-balls. When I switch over to  
>>> see what's happening, I see that R is crashed, and it's giving me  
>>> options to:
>>>
>>> * abort
>>> * save workspace then abort
>>> * 1 or 2 others
>>>
>>> Sorry, I didn't copy the issue down exactly because I hastily quit  
>>> it and reinstalled R 2.7.2 to get back to work.
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>> Note that the Leopard build contains both 32-bit *and* 64-bit, so  
>> you don't have to install anything special to get back to 32-bit -  
>> just start the 32-bit version of the GUI and you're set.
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> I knew I could switch between 32-bit and 64-bit versions of R from  
> the command line, but I wasn't sure how to do it using the R.app  
> GUI. How do I do it?
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Each is a separate binary - if you start the 32-bit R.app you get 32- 
bit R. If you start 64-bit R.app, you get 64-bit R --- it's as simple.  
I recommend renaming the 64-bit one to R64.app to make it easier to  
remember which is which :).

Cheers,
Simon


> I feel like I remember reading somewhere that you can find a 64-bit  
> checkbox in the "File > Get Info" dialog box to toggle 64bit apps.  
> Is that it?
>
> Thanks,
> -steve
>
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> Steve Lianoglou
> Graduate Student: Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology
> Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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> http://cbio.mskcc.org/~lianos
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