[R-SIG-Mac] [R] A problem someone should know about

[Richard M. Heiberger]

This looks like a specific Macintosh error that appears at random intervals.
I get it at random, and unreproducible times.  I reported it (or
perhaps a close relative)
to the r-sig-mac list in September 2014.

Rich


On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> On 30/03/15 11:52, Ian Lester wrote:
>>
>> I’m a novice and this message looks like it shouldn’t be ignored. Someone
>> who knows what they’re doing should probably take a look.
>> Thanks
>> Ian Lester
>>
>>> logfat.lm<-(lm(body.fat~log(BMI)))
>>> plot(logfat)
>>
>> Error in plot(logfat) : object 'logfat' not found
>>>
>>> plot(logfat.lm)
>>
>> Hit <Return> to see next plot:
>> Hit <Return> to see next plot:
>> Hit <Return> to see next plot:
>> Mar 29 18:10:18 iansimac.gateway rsession[69550] <Error>: Error: this
>> application, or a library it uses, has passed an invalid numeric
>> value (NaN, or not-a-number) to CoreGraphics API. This is a serious
>> error and contributes to an overall degradation of system stability
>> and reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem.
>> It will become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
>
>
> Please make your examples *reproducible* as the posting guide requests.
>
> I *presume* that your data are the "fat" data from the "UsingR" package,
> which you did not mention.
>
> After installing and loading "UsingR" I did
>
>> logfat.lm <- lm(body.fat~log(BMI),data=fat)
>> plot(logfat.lm)
>
> and got a sequence of plots, with no error thrown. It would appear that
> whatever is causing the error that you saw is peculiar to your system.
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf Turner
>
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