[Rd] RGui Startup Error on Win2000 (PR#3084)

[Uwe Ligges]

Joaquin Diaz-Saiz wrote:
> Girish Zambre escribió:
> 
>> Uwe,
>>
>> I just did some experimentation.   The problem on my computer comes from
>> tseries.zip.  I  removed the directories "/library/tseries" and
>> "/library/waveslim" and R started up fine.  Then I restored
>> "/library/waveslim" ; again R started fine. I then removed
>> "/library/waveslim" and restored "/library/tseries"; and R DID NOT 
>> start up
>> fine.   I don't know what version of tseries it is.  It is just the 
>> current
>> tseries.zip off of the United States mirror http://cran.us.r-project.org/
>> dated  04-Mar-2003 12:57 .
>>
>> I just downloaded tseries_0.9-11.tgz and from the changelog it suggests I
>> have version 0.9-10.  This might be the problem.
>>
>> waveslim, though, works just great.  This beats Octave !
>>
>>
>>
>> GB Zambre
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uwe Ligges" 
>> <ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
>> To: <gzambre at ieee.org>
>> Cc: <r-devel at stat.math.ethz.ch>; "Joaquin Diaz-Saiz"
>> <xoaquin at worldnet.att.net>
>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 9:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Rd] RGui Startup Error on Win2000 (PR#3084)
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>> gzambre at ieee.org wrote:
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Full_Name: Girish Zambre
>>>> Version: 1.7.0
>>>> OS: Win2000
>>>> Submission from: (NULL) (66.7.170.2)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just started looking at and trying R.  The problem could be external
>>>>     
>>
>> to R, but
>>  
>>
>>>> I really don't know. It reads
>>>>
>>>> 'The instruction at "0x004412f0" referenced memory a "0x0095e40c". the
>>>>     
>>
>> memory
>>  
>>
>>>> could not be "read" '
>>>>
>>>> I get this after installing modules "waveslim.zip" and "tseries.zip" 
>>>> and
>>>> restarting.
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> this is the 2nd bug report on this within one or two days (the other one
>>> has #3079).
>>> Please check
>>>  a) whether there is really a bug and
>>>  b) whether it has been reported before.
>>>
>>>
>>> And again two questions:
>>>  a) which version of *package* tseries?
>>>  b) what way did you install it?
>>>
>>> For me
>>>   install.packages("tseries")
>>> works!
>>>
>>> I guess you downloaded a tseries version that was compiled for R<1.7.0.
>>> The most recent Windows binary on CRAN ( != most recent tseries version)
>>> for R-1.7.0 should be called tseries_0.9-11.zip on
>>> CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/1.7  --- note the 1.7!!!
>>>
>>> Joaquin and Girish, does the correct binary solve your problem?
>>>
>>> Uwe Ligges
>>> 
>>
> Hi All:
> 
> I just downloaded the tseries_0.0-11.zip file and installed. I have the 
> same problem, R would not start. Attached is the file produced by the 
> operating system that may be of some help.

I cannot reproduce this,
  neither on Windows NT4.0 SP6, nor on Windows XP SP1;
  neither with the R-1.7.0 binaries from CRAN nor with my self-compiled 
versions (R-1.7.0 and R-1.7.0 patched).

Uwe