Hi all,
Here's a curosity I ran into since upgrading to 1.6.2 (precompiled
for Windows). When using the chm help I get the following warning. I saw
a recent post regarding this as a new warning (``dyn.load warning
message in R1.6.2 on Windows XP'' dated 1/28/03), but not in the context
of the help system. The warning only appears once and does not prevent
the chm file from opening, so it's more of a minor annoyance. Should I
fill out a bug report?
R> ?ls # use Rd help
R> options(chmhelp = TRUE)
R> ?ls # use chm help
Warning message:
DLL attempted to change FPU control word from 8001f to 9001f
R> ?ls # open again, but this time no warning
R> version
_
platform i386-pc-mingw32
arch i386
os mingw32
system i386, mingw32
status
major 1
minor 6.2
year 2003
month 01
day 10
language R
Regards,
Sundar
This is caused by a bug in a dll that MS Explorer loads when you ask for compiled help (which, as I understand, uses MS Explorer). The warning from R is to warn you that there's a buggy dll, but R is correcting it. Seem to recall that someone mentioned that upgrading Explorer eliminated the problem. Andy> -----Original Message----- > From: Sundar Dorai-Raj [mailto:sundar.dorai-raj at pdf.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 2:00 PM > To: R-help > Subject: [R] options(chmhelp = TRUE) > > > Hi all, > Here's a curosity I ran into since upgrading to 1.6.2 (precompiled > for Windows). When using the chm help I get the following > warning. I saw > a recent post regarding this as a new warning (``dyn.load warning > message in R1.6.2 on Windows XP'' dated 1/28/03), but not in > the context > of the help system. The warning only appears once and does > not prevent > the chm file from opening, so it's more of a minor annoyance. > Should I > fill out a bug report? > > > R> ?ls # use Rd help > R> options(chmhelp = TRUE) > R> ?ls # use chm help > Warning message: > DLL attempted to change FPU control word from 8001f to 9001f > R> ?ls # open again, but this time no warning > R> version > _ > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > arch i386 > os mingw32 > system i386, mingw32 > status > major 1 > minor 6.2 > year 2003 > month 01 > day 10 > language R > > > Regards, > Sundar > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-----Original Message----- >From: r-help-admin at stat.math.ethz.ch >[mailto:r-help-admin at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Sundar Dorai-Raj >Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 1:00 PM >To: R-help >Subject: [R] options(chmhelp = TRUE) > > >Hi all, > Here's a curosity I ran into since upgrading to 1.6.2 (precompiled>for Windows). When using the chm help I get the following >warning. I saw >a recent post regarding this as a new warning (``dyn.load warning >message in R1.6.2 on Windows XP'' dated 1/28/03), but not in >the context >of the help system. The warning only appears once and does notprevent>the chm file from opening, so it's more of a minor annoyance. ShouldI>fill out a bug report? > > >R> ?ls # use Rd help >R> options(chmhelp = TRUE) >R> ?ls # use chm help >Warning message: >DLL attempted to change FPU control word from 8001f to 9001f >R> ?ls # open again, but this time no warning >R> version > _ >platform i386-pc-mingw32 >arch i386 >os mingw32 >system i386, mingw32 >status >major 1 >minor 6.2 >year 2003 >month 01 >day 10 >language R > > >Regards, >SundarI just tried the same sequence using 1.6.2 on my WinXP Pro system and it works fine. I can bring up the CHM help file without problem or warning messages. You might want to be sure that you have all WinXP/IE service packs and updates installed, which includes some brand new security updates just released today. These latest updates are not yet on the MS Windows Update site, so be sure to use the WinXP AutoUpdate feature. HTH, Marc Schwartz
I have received this too each time I launch an R console and a new CHTML instance, using R1.6.2 on Windows NT. If I close the CHTML window, R crashes. Perhaps related, the Search tab in the CHTML window always returns "No topics found" for me regardless of what keyword/phrase is entered for the "base" and "recommended" packages (e.g. boot, lattice, nlme, etc) that were included in the binary installer from CRAN. (I seem to recall this might have previously been an issue discussed in R-help). The Windows CHTML search widget for MASS and other packages such as Hmisc seems to work as expected though. Best Regards, Bill> -----Original Message----- > From: Sundar Dorai-Raj [mailto:sundar.dorai-raj at pdf.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 2:00 PM > To: R-help > Subject: [R] options(chmhelp = TRUE) > > > Hi all, > Here's a curosity I ran into since upgrading to 1.6.2 (precompiled > for Windows). When using the chm help I get the following > warning. I saw > a recent post regarding this as a new warning (``dyn.load warning > message in R1.6.2 on Windows XP'' dated 1/28/03), but not in > the context > of the help system. The warning only appears once and does > not prevent > the chm file from opening, so it's more of a minor annoyance. > Should I > fill out a bug report? > > > R> ?ls # use Rd help > R> options(chmhelp = TRUE) > R> ?ls # use chm help > Warning message: > DLL attempted to change FPU control word from 8001f to 9001f > R> ?ls # open again, but this time no warning > R> version > _ > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > arch i386 > os mingw32 > system i386, mingw32 > status > major 1 > minor 6.2 > year 2003 > month 01 > day 10 > language R > > > Regards, > Sundar > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sundar Dorai-Raj wrote:> Hi all, > Here's a curosity I ran into since upgrading to 1.6.2 (precompiled for > Windows). When using the chm help I get the following warning. I saw a > recent post regarding this as a new warning (``dyn.load warning message > in R1.6.2 on Windows XP'' dated 1/28/03), but not in the context of the > help system. The warning only appears once and does not prevent the chm > file from opening, so it's more of a minor annoyance. Should I fill out > a bug report? > > > R> ?ls # use Rd help > R> options(chmhelp = TRUE) > R> ?ls # use chm help > Warning message: > DLL attempted to change FPU control word from 8001f to 9001f > R> ?ls # open again, but this time no warning > R> version > _ > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > arch i386 > os mingw32 > system i386, mingw32 > status > major 1 > minor 6.2 > year 2003 > month 01 > day 10 > language R > > > Regards, > SundarGot the same with Win98 R>options(chmhelp = TRUE) R>?lm Warning message: DLL attempted to change FPU control word from 8001f to 9001f platform i386-pc-mingw32 arch i386 os mingw32 system i386, mingw32 status major 1 minor 6.2 year 2003 month 01 day 10 language R Best, Renaud -- Dr Renaud Lancelot, v?t?rinaire CIRAD, D?partement Elevage et M?decine V?t?rinaire (CIRAD-Emvt) Programme Productions Animales http://www.cirad.fr/presentation/programmes/prod-ani.shtml (Fran?ais) http://www.cirad.fr/presentation/en/program-eng/prod-ani.shtml (English) ISRA-LNERV tel +221 832 49 02 BP 2057 Dakar-Hann fax +221 821 18 79 (CIRAD) Senegal e-mail renaud.lancelot at cirad.fr
On Thu, 06 Feb 2003 13:00:04 -0600, you wrote:>R> options(chmhelp = TRUE) >R> ?ls # use chm help >Warning message: >DLL attempted to change FPU control word from 8001f to 9001fAs Andy said, that's a bug in one of the help system DLLs. There are a number of Windows DLLs that contain this bug. I'm thinking of changing the behaviour in 1.7.0, as follows: 1. By default, the bug will be silently corrected. 2. Optionally, it will print the warning you saw. 3. The option will be enabled for people testing packages. Any comments? Duncan Murdoch