[R] R-OSX error: 'memory not mapped'

[Atte Tenkanen]

> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Atte Tenkanen wrote:
> 
> > I often get a following error with R
> >
> > *** caught segfault ***
> > address 0x78807e00, cause 'memory not mapped'
> >
> > Possible actions:
> > 1: abort (with core dump)
> > 2: normal R exit
> > 3: exit R without saving workspace
> > 4: exit R saving workspace
> >>
> > Selection:
> >
> > The system is OSX 4.9 and R-version 2.4.1.
> >
> > Is there something to d0?
> 
> Does this involve your own compiled code?

No. I have installed R 2.4.1 .dmg-package.

> 
> If so, run R under a debugger (e.g. R -d gdb) when you will get 
> more 
> information.  (You may also be able to get a core dump from option 
> 1 and 
> look at that in a debugger, but what happens is OS-dependent, 
> including 
> system settings in the OS.)
> 
> If not, it is likely to be a MacOS-specific problem, so please send 
> a 
> reproducible example to the R-sig-mac list.

Now working with linux-R but next time when using the OSX-version I'll do. Sometimes the console is full of red error texts. Perhaps I can copy and send them?

Atte T.
 
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