R devel - Nov 2004 - Solution to problem running R 1.8.1 on Windows XP (PR#7357)

This is a bug apparently caused by Windows XP's interaction with R.

I was getting an error message when running C:\Program
Files\R\rw1081\bin\Rgui.exe.  Odly enough, his problem was happening only
when I was not connected to the network using my ethernet connection.

Using Google, I found the same error described on a thread (see attached)
as:
> 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
> 
There was a hint in that message that screen resolution might be the culprit
so I checked my Display settings and changed the setting of my second
(external) monitor (which was not attached) 's resolution from 32 bit to 8
bit.   I have not had a problem since.  Weird but it works!?   

P.S.: The primary display device is still set at 32 bits.

Cheers,

Pierre Richard
RichardP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Please do not send reports on year-old versions of R: see the R posting 
guide.

Please try the latest version of 2.0.1 beta, and if you can reproduce 
this, send full instructions on how to reproduce it.  However, check the 
rw-FAQ first, for this looks like an error in your display drivers, not in 
R.

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 RichardP@DFO-MPO.GC.CA wrote:
> This is a bug apparently caused by Windows XP's interaction with R.
> 
> I was getting an error message when running C:\Program
> Files\R\rw1081\bin\Rgui.exe.  Odly enough, his problem was happening only
> when I was not connected to the network using my ethernet connection.
> 
> Using Google, I found the same error described on a thread (see attached)
> as:
Nothing was attached - see the posting guide.
> > 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
> > 
> 
> There was a hint in that message that screen resolution might be the
culprit
> so I checked my Display settings and changed the setting of my second
> (external) monitor (which was not attached) 's resolution from 32 bit
to 8
> bit.   I have not had a problem since.  Weird but it works!?   
> 
> P.S.: The primary display device is still set at 32 bits.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Pierre Richard
> RichardP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
> 
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