R devel - Aug 2005 - unable to start pdf, postscript devices (PR#8052)

Full_Name: Jeffrey Freedman
Version: 2.1.1
OS: Mac 10.4.2
Submission from: (NULL) (169.226.95.21)


All of a sudden, I cannot generate pdf, postscript, jpeg, png graphics. I get
the following error:

R(273) malloc: ***  Deallocation of a pointer not malloced: 0x113e870; This
could be a double free(), or free() called with the middle of an allocated
block; Try setting environment variable MallocHelp to see tools to help debug
Error in pdf(psfile) : unable to start device pdf

This originally happened running R version 2.1.0. I upgraded to 2.1.1 and the
same problem still occurs. No other changes to the operating system and no new
software installation has occurred on the computer running R, which is an Apple
Dual 2 GHz Power PC G5.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The following in NEWS is probably relevant:

                 CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.1.1 patched

     o   File creation errors in pdf(), postscript(), xfig() resulted
         in a pointer being freed twice.  (Reported by Matt McCall)

So,

1) Please try R-patched as we do ask you to (before sending a bug report).

2) You probably do not have permission to open the files in the current 
directory, hence the error that is being handled twice.


On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 jmf at atmosinfo.com wrote:
> Full_Name: Jeffrey Freedman
> Version: 2.1.1
> OS: Mac 10.4.2
> Submission from: (NULL) (169.226.95.21)
>
>
> All of a sudden, I cannot generate pdf, postscript, jpeg, png graphics. I
get
> the following error:
>
> R(273) malloc: ***  Deallocation of a pointer not malloced: 0x113e870; This
> could be a double free(), or free() called with the middle of an allocated
> block; Try setting environment variable MallocHelp to see tools to help
debug
> Error in pdf(psfile) : unable to start device pdf
>
> This originally happened running R version 2.1.0. I upgraded to 2.1.1 and
the
> same problem still occurs. No other changes to the operating system and no
new
> software installation has occurred on the computer running R, which is an
Apple
> Dual 2 GHz Power PC G5.
>
> Thank you for your attention to this matter.
>
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