On 10/29/2006 1:12 AM, Jesse Albert Canchola wrote: > I'm using R on Windows XP Professional SP2. > > I figured out the fix for my buffer overflow problem that did not allow me > to use Rgui.exe for about two weeks. I would keep getting "console not > found" and even when I uninstalled and re-installed got the same problem. > > Here's how the problem started. In Rgui.exe, I attempted to get more > visible output in the buffer (I wanted to be able to scroll up the to the > top and see the variable names, etc.), so I put the max of all 9's in the > > Rgui.exe > > pull-down menus > > Edit > Gui Preferences... > buffer bytes 9999999999999 > > and > >> lines 9999999999999999999 > > not realizing this would effectively break the Rgui.exe and no matter what > you did to clean R out of your machine and re-install it, you would get > the same thing (with both v2.3.1 and v2.4.0). After a couple of weeks of > using Rterm.exe and meeting deadlines, I finally had time to wade through > the vague references online regarding where the problem might be.
Thanks for the report. I'll take a look and see if there's a more friendly way to handle this. Generally starting with the --vanilla option is a good idea to help with diagnosing startup problems. If they go away, you've got a problem in one of your startup files, and ?Startup tells you how to trace through the startup process. Duncan Murdoch > > Here's the fix. > > Basically, you have to find the Rconsole file (no extension) outside of > the R installation directories (the installation directories will have at > least two copies but those will not be chosen first by the R environment. > What this means is that even if you delete every trace of the > installation, the Rconsole will linger unbenownst to you ready to strike > when you re-install. I found the errant copy in my "My Documents" folder > on my desktop. The way I did it was to put in the following (in its > entirety) in the Rterm.exe window (found at the bottom of ?Rconsole help > file within Rterm.exe): > > #### BEGIN R CODE #### > ruser <- Sys.getenv("R_USER") > cat("\n\nLocation for personal configuration files is\n R_USER = ", > ruser, "\n\n", sep="") > ## see if there are personal configuration files > sapply(c("Rconsole", "Rdevga"), function(x) > file.exists(file.path(ruser, x))) > > ## show the configuration files used > showConfig <- function(file) > { > ruser <- Sys.getenv("R_USER") > path <- file.path(ruser, file) > if(!file.exists(path)) path <- file.path(R.home(), "etc", file) > file.show(path, header=path) > } > showConfig("Rconsole") > ##### END CODE #### > > This will bring up the Rconsole file wherever it exists. Simply open up > the file (if not already open) in the free within-Windows Wordpad.exe > (Start > Run > Open Wordpad.exe) and change the values back to some > smaller number. For me I changed the problematic "bufbytes" and > "buflines" below: > > ### BEGIN Rconsole Code Portion ### > # memory limits for the console scrolling buffer, in bytes and lines > bufbytes = 9999999999999 > buflines = 9999999999999999999 > ### > > to something small like > > ### BEGIN Rconsole Code Portion ### > # memory limits for the console scrolling buffer, in bytes and lines > bufbytes = 25000 > buflines = 50000 > ### > > And voila! my Rgui.exe worked like a charm. It was fun using the > Rterm.exe while it lasted -- forces you to learn code you usually take for > granted in the windows environment. ;O) > > Regards, > Jesse A. Canchola > > Biostatistician III > Bayer Healthcare, Diagnostics Division > Berkeley, California USA > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________________________ > > The information contained in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the > intended recipient(s) and may be confidential, proprietary, and/or legally > privileged. Inadvertent disclosure of this message does not constitute a > waiver of any privilege. If you receive this message in error, please do not > directly or indirectly use, print, copy, forward, or disclose any part of > this message. Please also delete this e-mail and all copies and notify the > sender. Thank you. > > For alternate languages please go to http://bayerdisclaimer.bayerweb.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.