[R] R process must die - can I save history?

2012-10-02 Thread Mike Miller
I connected from my desktop Linux box to a Linux server using ssh in an xterm, but that xterm was running in Xvnc. I'm running R on the server in that xterm (over ssh). Something went wrong with Xvnc that has caused it to hang, probably this bug:

Re: [R] R process must die - can I save history?

2012-10-02 Thread Bert Gunter
?history in a fresh R session, to see what might be possible. I'll bet the answer is, No, you're screwed, though. Nevertheless, maybe Linux experts can save you. May the Force be with you. -- Bert On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Mike Miller mbmille...@gmail.com wrote: I connected from my

Re: [R] R process must die - can I save history?

2012-10-02 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On 02/10/2012 18:29, Bert Gunter wrote: ?history in a fresh R session, to see what might be possible. I'll bet the answer is, No, you're screwed, though. Nevertheless, maybe Linux experts can save you. Maybe not. On a Unix-alike see ?Signals. If you can find the pid of the R process and it

Re: [R] R process must die - can I save history?

2012-10-02 Thread steven mosher
thanks Dr. R. this will come in handy in the future as I have a knack for hanging R. On Oct 2, 2012 12:01 PM, Prof Brian Ripley rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk wrote: On 02/10/2012 18:29, Bert Gunter wrote: ?history in a fresh R session, to see what might be possible. I'll bet the answer is, No,

Re: [R] R process must die - can I save history?

2012-10-02 Thread Michael Weylandt
Agreed -- very cool trick. Thanks Prof Ripley Michael On Oct 2, 2012, at 9:59 PM, steven mosher mosherste...@gmail.com wrote: thanks Dr. R. this will come in handy in the future as I have a knack for hanging R. On Oct 2, 2012 12:01 PM, Prof Brian Ripley rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk wrote: On

Re: [R] R process must die - can I save history? [SOLVED]

2012-10-02 Thread Mike Miller
This is a solution for UNIX/Linux-type OS users and a lot of it is only related to R in the sense that it can allow you to reconnect to an R session. I managed to do it and to save history, thanks to helpful messages from Ista Zahn and Brian Ripley. To explain this, I will call my two Linux