I frequently get a segmentation fault error when using the "plot" command. It happens about half the time.
We are running an old version of R (R version 2.8.0 (2008-10-20) on Linux. I did a quick search for this problem and didn't find anything. Apologies if I missed it. *** Process received signal *** Signal: Segmentation fault (11) Signal code: Address not mapped (1) Failing at address: 0x231e18f22 [ 0] /lib64/libc.so.6 [0x3c84a300a0] [ 1] /lib64/libc.so.6(strlen+0x10) [0x3c84a76090] [ 2] /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 [0x3c8765d101] [ 3] /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6(_XlcCreateLC+0x46) [0x3c8765e5d6] [ 4] /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6(_XlcUtf8Loader+0x10) [0x3c8767ebe0] [ 5] /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6(_XOpenLC+0x104) [0x3c87665674] [ 6] /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6(_XlcCurrentLC+0x8) [0x3c87665768] [ 7] /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6(XSupportsLocale+0x9) [0x3c87665b59] [ 8] /usr/lib64/R/modules//R_X11.so(X11_Open+0x51) [0x2aaab8a32581] [ 9] /usr/lib64/R/modules//R_X11.so(X11DeviceDriver+0x19a) [0x2aaab8a336aa] [10] /usr/lib64/R/modules//R_X11.so [0x2aaab8a33c30] [11] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659cff75e] [12] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x427) [0x3659ccc2d7] [13] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659ccd6a2] [14] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x427) [0x3659ccc2d7] [15] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_applyClosure+0x291) [0x3659ccfa41] [16] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x2fb) [0x3659ccc1ab] [17] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(GEcurrentDevice+0x158) [0x3659c95a88] [18] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659d25c99] [19] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659cff75e] [20] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x427) [0x3659ccc2d7] [21] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659ccd6a2] [22] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x427) [0x3659ccc2d7] [23] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_applyClosure+0x291) [0x3659ccfa41] [24] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x2fb) [0x3659ccc1ab] [25] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659ccd6a2] [26] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_eval+0x427) [0x3659ccc2d7] [27] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_applyClosure+0x291) [0x3659ccfa41] [28] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so(Rf_usemethod+0x3fa) [0x3659d019da] [29] /usr/lib64/R/lib/libR.so [0x3659d0203d] *** End of error message *** Process R segmentation fault at Thu Mar 17 09:33:59 2011 -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Segmentation-fault-when-using-plot-function-tp3384603p3384603.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.