[R-SIG-Mac] R.app crashes at startup on MacOS Sierra

Fri Apr 14 15:58:52 CEST 2017

Hi everyone,

I am having the same problem as reported above. I have a few try.

This message showed up

2017-04-14 09:52:56.964 R[21302:286348] -[_NSViewAuxiliary
setRuleThickness:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fdadeef26f0
2017-04-14 09:52:56.976 R[21302:286348] *** RController: caught ObjC
exception while processing system events. Update to the latest GUI version
and consider reporting this properly (see FAQ) if it persists and is not
known.
*** reason: -[_NSViewAuxiliary setRuleThickness:]: unrecognized selector
sent to instance 0x7fdadeef26f0
*** name: NSInvalidArgumentException, info: (null)
*** Version: R 3.3.2 (71607) R.app R 3.3.2 GUI 1.68 Mavericks build
Consider saving your work soon in case this develops into a problem.

Thank you!

On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 12:00 PM, David Diez <david.m.diez at gmail.com> wrote:

> I reinstalled macOS yesterday as well as R and MacTeX, and everything is
> working again!
> Killed half a day, but I'm excited to have things back :)
> The reinstallation instructions I followed are at
> https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25649?locale=en_US
>
> *I'm curious what machines others who are encountering issues are using.*
> Here are the two machines where I encountered problems:
>
>    - My personal machine: Macbook Pro Retina Mid 2014 (13-inch). Fixed
>    after macOS Sierra reinstall!
>    - My work machine: Macbook Pro Retina Mid 2014 (15-inch). I haven't
>    tried reinstalling macOS Sierra on this machine.
>
>
> My suspicion at this point is that the macOS Sierra update is at fault:
>
>    - Reinstalling programs before the full macOS reinstall did not fix
>    the problems.
>    - Going nuclear and reinstalling macOS, then reinstalling the same
>    programs did solve the problems.
>    - I have not changed any of the files I was using or changed what
>    programs I use.
>
>
> For the record, here are the exact programs where I was running into
> issues:
>
>    - Regular R installation and R GUI from CRAN. I ran into problems when
>    I'd open an .R text file when R was not already open.
>    - MacTeX installation and the TeXShop editor. The errors I encountered
>    were when using BIbTeX in particular -- typesetting using BibTeX worked
>    fine, but the files it generated would cause a failure when going back to
>    the regular LaTeX typesetting.
>
> Given that none of my colleagues seem to have been hit with the issue,
> guessing that only a small minority of machines are affected.
>
>
>
> On Friday, March 3, 2017 at 5:27:09 PM UTC-8, Ken Beath wrote:
>>
>> I’ve had no trouble with using RStudio so it is definitely a GUI problem.
>> I’ve also had no trouble with TeXShop so I assume that whatever LaTex
>> editor you are using is the problem.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> > On 1 Mar 2017, at 4:42 pm, David Diez <david.... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Anyone have any luck with figuring this out? I have the same problem on
>> both my personal and work computers immediately after installing Sierra.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure if it's related, but LaTeX has also been giving me issues
>> ever since I installed Sierra on my personal machine.
>> >
>> > I'm close to completely wiping my personal machine to try to fix the R
>> and LaTeX issues. If I do, I'll report back on if it fixes the issue.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > David
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 1:37:10 AM UTC-8, Patricia Gouzien wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am experiencing the following issues:
>> > R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31) -- "Sincere Pumpkin Patch"
>> > Copyright (C) 2016 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>> > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit)
>> >
>> > R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>> > You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
>> > Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>> >
>> >   Natural language support but running in an English locale
>> >
>> > R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
>> > Type 'contributors()' for more information and
>> > 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>> >
>> > Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
>> > 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
>> > Type 'q()' to quit R.
>> >
>> > [R.app GUI 1.68 (7288) x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0]
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Selection:
>> >
>> > R crashes. Any help on this is greatly appreciated.
>> > Sierra 10.12.2
>> >
>> > Thanks so much!
>> > Pat
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