I am running R 1.0.1, ESS 5.0 and GNU Emacs 20.4.1 under SuSe Linux 6.3, but I cannot get ESS to start R. I have tried mailing a bug report from within ESS but have received no reply after a week (this is why I am posting here) The symptoms are: I follow the instuctions in the ESS README, go M-x R, but R terminates with the message "must set --save, --nosave or --vanuilla". I do that (have to hack the ESS source essd-r.el to do so, setting the variables in /home/me/.emacs doesn''t work) , but then ESS reports "timeout waiting for prompt", even when I set the timout period to a _very_ long time. I have now tried many different versions of ESS, both in rpm and tar.gz form, none work for me. The problem lies with R, I suspect. I had compiled from source myself and have been using it intensively for a few weeks. No problem. <sincere-praise> Also, I have been using R for a couple of years now and am continually amazed at how good it is, not just "for a free software project", but just good, period. Kudos to all involved. </sincere-praise> "Why not install the RPM?" you may ask. To which I reply "After downloading the 6MB rpm I could not install it because rpm failed to unpack it." The message is: R-base unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic I also add that I have setp up R and ESS (both from source) on my Solaris box with absolutely zero hassle, just "./configure && make && make install". I have a pretty much virgin install of SuSE 6.3, R is the only non-rpm''ed software installed. Any clues? -- -------------------------- John Williams Institut für Marketing II Humboldt Universität Berlin -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._