[R-SIG-Mac] R console

[Rob Goedman]

Hi Weiwei,

After following your (Weiwei Shi's) steps exactly, I can reproduce the problem on Mountain Lion 10.8.1 with R-2.16.

It's kind of annoying that I've not been able to ever again get anything else as below exception (the 4 dreaded questions).

Also attached a core dump.

I removed any history and .RData files, tried resetting it by moving the preferences out of the way. XQuartz 2.7.2. is happily running. Same with R.app GUI version 6240 (after fixing a small typo in  the latest commit:  i -> index).

Regards,
Rob

Rob J. Goedman
goedman at mac.com








On Aug 24, 2012, at 7:51 AM, Weiwei Shi <helprhelp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am using OS X 10.8 and have XQuartz installed. I can still reproduce the
> errors. Do you think R for mac will correct that problem?
> 
> To make the problem clear again, if you click the "startup" under the top
> bar (below the "General"), the problem comes out; while if you directly
> click on Startup on the bar menu, it is fine.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Weiwei
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Simon Urbanek <Simon.Urbanek at r-project.org
>> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 24, 2012, at 8:42 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Aug 24, 2012, at 7:03 AM, Noia Raindrops <noia.raindrops at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> I thing you need to install X11.app.
>>>> see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5293
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Strictly speaking, that is only needed on Mountain Lion, as prior
>> versions of OSX include X11 on the installation DVD/DMG.
>>> 
>>> I don't use the R OSX GUI, but Emacs/ESS. That being said, I can
>> replicate the problem on Mountain Lion (10.8.1) with XQuartz installed.
>>> 
>>> If Weiwei is using ML, then he should install the above, however note
>> that the name of the app is now XQuartz.app and not X11.app. So even if
>> installed, the GUI icon selection will still fail.
>>> 
>>> If  Weiwei is not using ML, then X11 is available on the installation
>> DVD on pre-Lion versions of OSX, or if on Lion (10.7) it is available from
>> the 'Packages' folder on the install DMG.
>>> 
>>> I am adding John Fox as a cc: to this e-mail as in the course of
>> searching, I noted the R Commander installation instructions (
>> http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation-notes.html),
>> which includes mention of X11.app, but not XQuartz.app for Mountain Lion.
>> So that page and related documentation will need to be updated.
>>> 
>> 
>> ... and just to be explicit - there is no X11 on OS X 10.8 anymore. Apple
>> has removed it from the OS and no longer supports it.
>> 
>> One X11 build is available as 3rd party download from
>> http://xquartz.macosforge.org but it is no longer Apple's X11 as included
>> in previous OS X versions. The current R GUI release only supports Apple's
>> X11 (i.e., the autostart etc.; you can still use X11 R packages with any
>> X11 implementation).
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Weiwei Shi, Ph.D
> Research Scientist
> 
> 
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