That error message came from R 1.7.1, not R 1.8.0 (there is no 1.8). There is a reply to PR#3364 on R-bugs, and you seem not to have followed the advice there. Several such problems have been solved by reinstalling the OS and thereby removing rogue software.
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Full_Name: Yongchao Ge > Version: 1.8 > OS: Windows XP profesional > Submission from: (NULL) (146.203.2.152) > > > The R installation is fine on Windows XP, but when I started to open the R > program, then it pops out this message: > > "R for Windows GUI front-end has encountered a problem and needs to close. We > are sorry for the inconvenience....." > > The error signature is: > > AppName: rgui.exe AppVer: 1.71.30616.0 ModName: r.dll > ModVer: 1.71.30616.0 Offset: 0002966e > > > I have to say that I just bought a brand new Dell computer. Windows XP was just > installed fresh. I installed other softwares and also update the video card > driver from nvidia website. The model is dimension 8300. > > I checked the old messages on the R project. It seems one person also had a > similar problem. Check the message with the subject > "Rd] R for Windows GUI Front-End Problem (PR#3364)" > > However, I don't think somebody solved this problem. Have you read the reply to that item? > I also tried to install > R1.7, I still have the same problems. I'm not sure the monitor is one cause of > the problem since I'm using a high resolution 1600x1200 20inch LCD with DVI-D > connector to the computer. > > However I want to mention that I used the R source code on the same computer but > on the red hat linux 8.0 partition (note that my computer has dual boot > systems). The R worked fine. > > I'm not sure if recomipling R source code for window XP will work. if you have > suggestions to make R work on Windows XP, it will be much appreciated. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
