[R-SIG-Mac] Mac R Gui crashes at startup -- suggestions?

Fri Jan 2 01:45:37 CET 2009

 From the crash report it looks like perhaps your history file has  
been corrupted. I'd delete it and try again

On Jan 1, 2009, at 4:26 PM, William Revelle <lists at revelle.net> wrote:

> MacBook Pro running  OS 10.5.6
>
> Running R 2.8.1 patched (2008-12-31)  (although same problem with  
> other installations).
>
> Trying to run R.app Gui  R 2.8.1 GUI 1.27 Tiger build 32-bit (5313)  
> but it crashes on loading every time.
>
> Problem just started today, I have reinstalled R 2.8.1 several  
> times, tried multiple versions of the GUI.  I continue to have it  
> give a malloc error when it starts.
>
> I can run  R 2.8.1 from the console in X11.  But after using the  
> GUI, that is painful.
>
> I have restarted multiple times, checked permissions, reinstalled R  
> (multiple times), tried different GUIs.  Time Travelled back to  
> yesterday to get what was working fine, all to no avail.
>
> Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
>
> Report from console log
> 1/1/09 6:10:31 PM R[1030] R(1030,0xa003c720) malloc: ***  
> mmap(size=712704) failed (error code=12)
> *** error: can't allocate region
> *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
> 1/1/09 6:10:31 PM R[1030] R(1030,0xa003c720) malloc: ***  
> mmap(size=712704) failed (error code=12)
> *** error: can't allocate region
> *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
> 1/1/09 6:10:33 PM ReportCrash[1032] Formulating crash report for  
> process R[1030]
> 1/1/09 6:10:34 PM ReportCrash[1032] Saved crashreport to /Volumes/WR/ 
> bill/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/R_2009-01-01-181031_WR.crash using  
> uid: 503 gid: 503, euid: 503 egid: 503
> 1/1/09 6:10:34 PM ReportCrash[1032] Saved crashreport to /Volumes/WR/ 
> bill/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/R_2009-01-01-181031_WR.crash using  
> uid: 503 gid: 503, euid: 503 egid: 503
> 1/1/09 6:10:34 PM com.apple.launchd[110] ([0x0-0x91091].org.R- 
> project.R[1030]) Exited abnormally: Bus error
>
> 1/1/09 6:10:34 PM com.apple.launchd[110] ([0x0-0x91091].org.R- 
> project.R[1030]) Exited abnormally: Bus error
> 1/1/09 6:18:05 PM ReportCrash[1037] Formulating crash report for  
> process mdworker[887]
> 1/1/09 6:18:06 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c760.mdworker[887])  
> Exited abnormally: Segmentation fault
> 1/1/09 6:18:06 PM ReportCrash[1037] Saved crashreport to /Library/ 
> Logs/CrashReporter/mdworker_2009-01-01-181804_WR.crash using uid: 0  
> gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0
> 1/1/09 6:18:12 PM ReportCrash[1037] Formulating crash report for  
> process mdworker[1039]
> 1/1/09 6:18:12 PM ReportCrash[1037] Formulating crash report for  
> process mdworker[1039]
> 1/1/09 6:18:12 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c760.mdworker[1039])  
> Exited abnormally: Segmentation fault
> 1/1/09 6:18:12 PM ReportCrash[1037] Saved crashreport to /Library/ 
> Logs/CrashReporter/mdworker_2009-01-01-181811_WR.crash using uid: 0  
> gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0
>
> Error report (abbreviated, happy to send a longer one).
>
> Process:         R [1030]
> Path:            /Applications/R.app/Contents/MacOS/R
> Identifier:      org.R-project.R
> Version:         R 2.8.1 GUI 1.27 Tiger build 32-bit (5313)
> Code Type:       X86 (Native)
> Parent Process:  launchd [110]
>
> Date/Time:       2009-01-01 18:10:31.940 -0600
> OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.5.6 (9G55)
> Report Version:  6
>
> Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
> Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
> Crashed Thread:  0
>
> Thread 0 Crashed:
> 0   libSystem.B.dylib                 0xffff132f __longcopy + 303  
> (cpu_capabilities.h:249)
> 1   libSystem.B.dylib                 0xffff086e __memcpy + 206  
> (cpu_capabilities.h:246)
> 2   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x951ed3fb  
> _CFStringCheckAndGetCharacters + 187
> 3   com.apple.Foundation              0x953b11a3 -[NSCFString  
> getCharacters:range:] + 67
> 4   com.apple.Foundation              0x953b6604  
> _NSNewStringByAppendingStrings + 1044
> 5   com.apple.Foundation              0x953b6150 -[NSString  
> stringByAppendingString:] + 192
> 6   org.R-project.R                   0x000077e0 -[RController  
> doLoadHistory:] + 851 (RController.m:1514)
> 7   org.R-project.R                   0x00003c99 -[RController  
> awakeFromNib] + 2245 (RController.m:503)
> 8   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x9525d915 -[NSSet  
> makeObjectsPerformSelector:] + 181
> 9   com.apple.AppKit                  0x93f6645a -[NSIBObjectData  
> nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 1533
> 10  com.apple.AppKit                  0x93f5c686 loadNib + 264
> 11  com.apple.AppKit                  0x93f5bfe8 + 
> [NSBundle(NSNibLoading)  
> _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 946
> 12  com.apple.AppKit                  0x93f5bc2b + 
> [NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 171
> 13  com.apple.AppKit                  0x93f5bb69 + 
> [NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibNamed:owner:] + 391
> 14  org.R-project.R                   0x000028d0 main + 298 (main.m: 
> 65)
> 15  org.R-project.R                   0x0000278a _start + 216
> 16  org.R-project.R                   0x000026b1 start + 41
>
> Thread 1:
> 0   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x900151c6 mach_msg_trap + 10
> 1   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x9001c9bc mach_msg + 72
> 2   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x951d50ae  
> CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
> 3   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x951d5cd8 CFRunLoopRunInMode  
> + 88
> 4   com.apple.CFNetwork               0x9284d052  
> CFURLCacheWorkerThread(void*) + 396
> 5   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x90046095 _pthread_start + 321
> 6   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x90045f52 thread_start + 34
>
> Thread 2:
> 0   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x900151c6 mach_msg_trap + 10
> 1   libSystem.B.dylib                 0x9001c9bc mach_msg + 72
> 2   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x951d50ae  
> CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
> 3   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x951d5cd8 CFRunLoopRunInMode  
> + 88
> 4   com.apple.Foundation              0x953ee64d -[NSConnection  
> sendInvocation:internal:] + 3005
> 5   com.apple.Foundation              0x953ed7c9 -[NSDistantObject  
> forwardInvocation:] + 329
> 6   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x9525496a ___forwarding___ +  
> 986
> 7   com.apple.CoreFoundation          0x952549d2  
> _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 50
> 8   org.R-project.R                   0x00004c57 -[RController  
> readThread:] + 250 (RController.m:652)
> 9   com.apple.Foundation              0x953b77ed -[NSThread main] + 45
> 10  com.apple.Foundation              0x953b7394 __NSThread__main__  
> + 308
> 11  libSystem.B.dylib                 0x90046095 _pthread_start + 321
> 12  libSystem.B.dylib                 0x90045f52 thread_start + 34
>
> Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
>  eax: 0x00040000  ebx: 0x00000020  ecx: 0x0006dcd2  edx: 0xfffc0000
>  edi: 0x00040000  esi: 0xffd25000  ebp: 0xbfffec9c  esp: 0xbfffec90
>   ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00010246  eip: 0xffff132f   cs: 0x00000017
>   ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x00000037
>  cr2: 0x00000000
>
>
>
>
> -- 
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> Professor            http://personality-project.org/personality.html
> Department of Psychology             http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/psych/
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>
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