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

[Simon Urbanek]

This has been fixed in more recent R versions, please upgrade you R.

Cheers,
Simon


> On Apr 14, 2017, at 9:58 AM, C W <tmrsg11 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am having the same problem as reported above. I have a few try.
> 
> This message showed up
> 
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> 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]
> > 
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> > Selection: 
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> > R crashes. Any help on this is greatly appreciated.
> > Sierra 10.12.2
> > 
> > Thanks so much!
> > Pat
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