Dear List I tried using rJava respectively JRI to run R code from within Java but got an error message reproducible. I have broken down the problem to this simple piece of code: import org.rosuda.JRI.*; public class rtest { public static void main(String[] args) { Rengine re=new Rengine(); re.assign("x", "Peter"); } } Compiling is ok, but when I try to run it the jvm crashes with the following error message: # An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment: # # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0xb54763fd, pid=5716, tid=3085089680 # # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (10.0-b22 mixed mode, sharing linux-x86) # Problematic frame: # C [libR.so+0xe63fd] # # An error report file with more information is saved as: # /home/cruckert/workspace/OWL-Test/src/hs_err_pid5716.log # # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit: # http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code. # See problematic frame for where to report the bug. Greetings Christian PS: The hs_err_pid5716.log: # An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment: # # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0xb54763fd, pid=5716, tid=3085089680 # # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (10.0-b22 mixed mode, sharing linux-x86) # Problematic frame: # C [libR.so+0xe63fd] # # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit: # http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code. # See problematic frame for where to report the bug. # --------------- T H R E A D --------------- Current thread (0x08058800): JavaThread "main" [_thread_in_native, id=5717, stack(0xb7ddb000,0xb7e2c000)] siginfo:si_signo=SIGSEGV: si_errno=0, si_code=1 (SEGV_MAPERR), si_addr=0x0000000c Registers: EAX=0x00000000, EBX=0xb55dd51c, ECX=0x00000001, EDX=0xb5612c78 ESP=0xb7e2aed0, EBP=0xb7e2af38, ESI=0x08141da8, EDI=0x00000000 EIP=0xb54763fd, CR2=0x0000000c, EFLAGS=0x00210202 Top of Stack: (sp=0xb7e2aed0) 0xb7e2aed0: 000007cc 00000003 b7e2af60 ffffffff 0xb7e2aee0: 08141cf0 ffffffff b7e2af18 08141468 0xb7e2aef0: 00000000 b5612c78 000000b8 00000000 0xb7e2af00: b5612b20 b5612bd8 000000b8 08141da0 0xb7e2af10: 00000001 08058ca0 b7e2af38 00000020 0xb7e2af20: 0000003e 00000000 00000001 b55dd51c 0xb7e2af30: 000000b8 b5612b20 b7e2afa8 b5479d19 0xb7e2af40: 049393b2 b7ff3ff4 b567dc2c 0813fb28 Instructions: (pc=0xb54763fd) 0xb54763ed: 08 83 e0 10 88 45 bb 88 55 ba 8b 55 bc 83 c1 01 0xb54763fd: 8b 47 0c 89 75 dc 89 77 0c 83 42 0c 01 0f b6 55 Stack: [0xb7ddb000,0xb7e2c000], sp=0xb7e2aed0, free space=319k Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code) C [libR.so+0xe63fd] C [libR.so+0xe9d19] Rf_allocVector+0xa89 C [libjri.so+0x475f] jri_getString+0x5f C [libjri.so+0x35f4] Java_org_rosuda_JRI_Rengine_rniPutString+0x24 v ~BufferBlob::Interpreter v ~BufferBlob::Interpreter v ~BufferBlob::Interpreter v ~BufferBlob::StubRoutines (1) V [libjvm.so+0x21c5cd] V [libjvm.so+0x310748] V [libjvm.so+0x21c460] V [libjvm.so+0x245a86] V [libjvm.so+0x237288] C [java+0x1b98] JavaMain+0x2c8 C [libpthread.so.0+0x54fb] Java frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code) v ~BufferBlob::Interpreter v ~BufferBlob::Interpreter v ~BufferBlob::Interpreter v ~BufferBlob::StubRoutines (1) --------------- P R O C E S S --------------- Java Threads: ( => current thread ) 0x08096000 JavaThread "Low Memory Detector" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5723, stack(0xb58c4000,0xb5915000)] 0x0808b400 JavaThread "CompilerThread0" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5722, stack(0xb5915000,0xb5996000)] 0x0808a000 JavaThread "Signal Dispatcher" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5721, stack(0xb5996000,0xb59e7000)] 0x08081c00 JavaThread "Finalizer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5720, stack(0xb5b21000,0xb5b72000)] 0x08080800 JavaThread "Reference Handler" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=5719, stack(0xb5b72000,0xb5bc3000)] =>0x08058800 JavaThread "main" [_thread_in_native, id=5717, stack(0xb7ddb000,0xb7e2c000)] Other Threads: 0x0807f400 VMThread [stack: 0xb5bc3000,0xb5c44000] [id=5718] 0x080a9800 WatcherThread [stack: 0xb5843000,0xb58c4000] [id=5724] VM state:not at safepoint (normal execution) VM Mutex/Monitor currently owned by a thread: None Heap def new generation total 960K, used 315K [0x8c0c0000, 0x8c1c0000, 0x8c5a0000) eden space 896K, 35% used [0x8c0c0000, 0x8c10ed50, 0x8c1a0000) from space 64K, 0% used [0x8c1a0000, 0x8c1a0000, 0x8c1b0000) to space 64K, 0% used [0x8c1b0000, 0x8c1b0000, 0x8c1c0000) tenured generation total 4096K, used 0K [0x8c5a0000, 0x8c9a0000, 0x900c0000) the space 4096K, 0% used [0x8c5a0000, 0x8c5a0000, 0x8c5a0200, 0x8c9a0000) compacting perm gen total 12288K, used 46K [0x900c0000, 0x90cc0000, 0x940c0000) the space 12288K, 0% used [0x900c0000, 0x900cba78, 0x900cbc00, 0x90cc0000) ro space 8192K, 73% used [0x940c0000, 0x946a34a0, 0x946a3600, 0x948c0000) rw space 12288K, 58% used [0x948c0000, 0x94fb8668, 0x94fb8800, 0x954c0000) Dynamic libraries: 06000000-0641b000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3604585 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so 0641b000-06435000 rwxp 0041a000 08:01 3604585 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so 06435000-06855000 rwxp 06435000 00:00 0 08048000-08052000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3604730 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/bin/java 08052000-08053000 rwxp 00009000 08:01 3604730 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/bin/java 08053000-0816d000 rwxp 08053000 00:00 0 [heap] 8c0c0000-8c1c0000 rwxp 8c0c0000 00:00 0 8c1c0000-8c5a0000 rwxp 8c1c0000 00:00 0 8c5a0000-8c9a0000 rwxp 8c5a0000 00:00 0 8c9a0000-900c0000 rwxp 8c9a0000 00:00 0 900c0000-90cc0000 rwxp 900c0000 00:00 0 90cc0000-940c0000 rwxp 90cc0000 00:00 0 940c0000-946a4000 r-xs 00001000 08:01 3604906 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/client/classes.jsa 946a4000-948c0000 rwxp 946a4000 00:00 0 948c0000-94fb9000 rwxp 005e5000 08:01 3604906 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/client/classes.jsa 94fb9000-954c0000 rwxp 94fb9000 00:00 0 954c0000-95599000 rwxp 00cde000 08:01 3604906 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/client/classes.jsa 95599000-958c0000 rwxp 95599000 00:00 0 958c0000-958c4000 r-xs 00db7000 08:01 3604906 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/client/classes.jsa 958c4000-95cc0000 rwxp 958c4000 00:00 0 b519b000-b51c9000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 90647 /lib/libncurses.so.5.6 b51c9000-b51cc000 rwxp 0002d000 08:01 90647 /lib/libncurses.so.5.6 b51cc000-b51d8000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 90117 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 b51d8000-b51d9000 rwxp 0000b000 08:01 90117 /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 b51d9000-b51ed000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3138226 /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3 b51ed000-b51ee000 rwxp 00013000 08:01 3138226 /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3 b51ee000-b5214000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3142830 /usr/lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1 b5214000-b5215000 rwxp 00025000 08:01 3142830 /usr/lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1 b5215000-b5241000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 90245 /lib/libreadline.so.5.2 b5241000-b5245000 rwxp 0002c000 08:01 90245 /lib/libreadline.so.5.2 b5245000-b5246000 rwxp b5245000 00:00 0 b5246000-b52f6000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3138780 /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.3.0.0 b52f6000-b52f7000 rwxp 000af000 08:01 3138780 /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.3.0.0 b52f7000-b52f8000 rwxp b52f7000 00:00 0 b52f8000-b537e000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3145129 /usr/lib/libblas.so.3gf.0 b537e000-b537f000 rwxp 00086000 08:01 3145129 /usr/lib/libblas.so.3gf.0 b5390000-b55db000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3530789 /usr/lib/R/lib/libR.so b55db000-b55e8000 rwxp 0024b000 08:01 3530789 /usr/lib/R/lib/libR.so b55e8000-b567d000 rwxp b55e8000 00:00 0 b567d000-b5684000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3768337 /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rJava/jri/libjri.so b5684000-b5685000 rwxp 00006000 08:01 3768337 /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rJava/jri/libjri.so b5685000-b56b7000 rwxp b5685000 00:00 0 b56b7000-b5842000 r-xs 02df0000 08:01 3548546 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/rt.jar b5842000-b5843000 r-xs 0000e000 08:01 2156370 /home/cruckert/workspace/OWL-Test/src/JRI.jar b5843000-b5844000 ---p b5843000 00:00 0 b5844000-b58c4000 rwxp b5844000 00:00 0 b58c4000-b58c7000 ---p b58c4000 00:00 0 b58c7000-b5915000 rwxp b58c7000 00:00 0 b5915000-b5918000 ---p b5915000 00:00 0 b5918000-b5996000 rwxp b5918000 00:00 0 b5996000-b5999000 ---p b5996000 00:00 0 b5999000-b59e7000 rwxp b5999000 00:00 0 b59e7000-b5b21000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3154710 /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive b5b21000-b5b24000 ---p b5b21000 00:00 0 b5b24000-b5b72000 rwxp b5b24000 00:00 0 b5b72000-b5b75000 ---p b5b72000 00:00 0 b5b75000-b5bc3000 rwxp b5b75000 00:00 0 b5bc3000-b5bc4000 ---p b5bc3000 00:00 0 b5bc4000-b5c52000 rwxp b5bc4000 00:00 0 b5c52000-b5c6c000 rwxp b5c52000 00:00 0 b5c6c000-b5c6f000 rwxp b5c6c000 00:00 0 b5c6f000-b5c8a000 rwxp b5c6f000 00:00 0 b5c8a000-b5c8b000 rwxp b5c8a000 00:00 0 b5c8b000-b5c8c000 rwxp b5c8b000 00:00 0 b5c8c000-b5c8f000 rwxp b5c8c000 00:00 0 b5c8f000-b5caa000 rwxp b5c8f000 00:00 0 b5caa000-b5cb0000 rwxp b5caa000 00:00 0 b5cb0000-b5cca000 rwxp b5cb0000 00:00 0 b5cca000-b5cd7000 rwxp b5cca000 00:00 0 b5cd7000-b5d55000 rwxp b5cd7000 00:00 0 b5d55000-b5dd5000 rwxp b5d55000 00:00 0 b5dd5000-b7d55000 rwxp b5dd5000 00:00 0 b7d55000-b7d64000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3604551 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/libzip.so b7d64000-b7d66000 rwxp 0000e000 08:01 3604551 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/libzip.so b7d66000-b7d89000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3604548 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so b7d89000-b7d8b000 rwxp 00023000 08:01 3604548 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so b7d8b000-b7d94000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 100515 /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.7.so b7d94000-b7d96000 rwxp 00008000 08:01 100515 /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.7.so b7d96000-b7d9e000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 100517 /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.7.so b7d9e000-b7da0000 rwxp 00007000 08:01 100517 /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.7.so b7da0000-b7da7000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 100513 /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.7.so b7da7000-b7da9000 rwxp 00006000 08:01 100513 /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.7.so b7da9000-b7dbd000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 100512 /lib/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.7.so b7dbd000-b7dbf000 rwxp 00013000 08:01 100512 /lib/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.7.so b7dbf000-b7dc6000 rwxp b7dbf000 00:00 0 b7dc6000-b7dd1000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3604538 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/libverify.so b7dd1000-b7dd2000 rwxp 0000b000 08:01 3604538 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/libverify.so b7dd2000-b7dd9000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 100522 /lib/i686/cmov/librt-2.7.so b7dd9000-b7ddb000 rwxp 00006000 08:01 100522 /lib/i686/cmov/librt-2.7.so b7ddb000-b7dde000 ---p b7ddb000 00:00 0 b7dde000-b7e2c000 rwxp b7dde000 00:00 0 b7e2c000-b7e4f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 100510 /lib/i686/cmov/libm-2.7.so b7e4f000-b7e51000 rwxp 00023000 08:01 100510 /lib/i686/cmov/libm-2.7.so b7e51000-b7e52000 rwxp b7e51000 00:00 0 b7e52000-b7f9a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 100506 /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so b7f9a000-b7f9b000 r-xp 00148000 08:01 100506 /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so b7f9b000-b7f9d000 rwxp 00149000 08:01 100506 /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so b7f9d000-b7fa0000 rwxp b7f9d000 00:00 0 b7fa0000-b7fa2000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 100509 /lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so b7fa2000-b7fa4000 rwxp 00001000 08:01 100509 /lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so b7fa4000-b7fab000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3604572 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/jli/libjli.so b7fab000-b7fad000 rwxp 00006000 08:01 3604572 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/jli/libjli.so b7fad000-b7fae000 rwxp b7fad000 00:00 0 b7fae000-b7fc2000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 100520 /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.7.so b7fc2000-b7fc4000 rwxp 00013000 08:01 100520 /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.7.so b7fc4000-b7fc6000 rwxp b7fc4000 00:00 0 b7fc6000-b7fce000 rwxs 00000000 08:01 5267702 /tmp/hsperfdata_cruckert/5716 b7fce000-b7fd4000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 3604550 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/native_threads/libhpi.so b7fd4000-b7fd5000 rwxp 00006000 08:01 3604550 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/native_threads/libhpi.so b7fd5000-b7fd6000 rwxp b7fd5000 00:00 0 b7fd6000-b7fd7000 r-xp b7fd6000 00:00 0 b7fd7000-b7fd9000 rwxp b7fd7000 00:00 0 b7fd9000-b7ff3000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 90213 /lib/ld-2.7.so b7ff3000-b7ff5000 rwxp 00019000 08:01 90213 /lib/ld-2.7.so bfcde000-bfcf3000 rwxp bffeb000 00:00 0 [stack] ffffe000-fffff000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso] VM Arguments: java_command: rtest Launcher Type: SUN_STANDARD Environment Variables: PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games USERNAME=username LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386/client:/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/lib/i386:/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/../lib/i386 SHELL=/bin/bash DISPLAY=:0.0 Signal Handlers: SIGSEGV: [libjvm.so+0x3be710], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x10000004 SIGBUS: [libjvm.so+0x3be710], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x10000004 SIGFPE: [libjvm.so+0x30f810], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x10000004 SIGPIPE: [libjvm.so+0x30f810], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x10000004 SIGXFSZ: [libjvm.so+0x30f810], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x10000004 SIGILL: [libjvm.so+0x30f810], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x10000004 SIGUSR1: SIG_DFL, sa_mask[0]=0x00000000, sa_flags=0x00000000 SIGUSR2: [libjvm.so+0x311850], sa_mask[0]=0x00000000, sa_flags=0x10000004 SIGHUP: [libjvm.so+0x3115f0], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x10000004 SIGINT: [libjvm.so+0x3115f0], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x10000004 SIGTERM: [libjvm.so+0x3115f0], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x10000004 SIGQUIT: [libjvm.so+0x3115f0], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x10000004 --------------- S Y S T E M --------------- OS:lenny/sid uname:Linux 2.6.24-1-686 #1 SMP Thu May 8 02:16:39 UTC 2008 i686 libc:glibc 2.7 NPTL 2.7 rlimit: STACK 8192k, CORE 0k, NPROC 16376, NOFILE 1024, AS infinity load average:0.47 0.46 0.25 CPU:total 2 (2 cores per cpu, 1 threads per core) family 15 model 6 stepping 2, cmov, cx8, fxsr, mmx, sse, sse2, sse3 Memory: 4k page, physical 2075076k(356568k free), swap 2650684k(2650684k free) vm_info: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (10.0-b22) for linux-x86 JRE (1.6.0_06-b02), built on Mar 25 2008 00:39:19 by "java_re" with gcc 3.2.1-7a (J2SE release) time: Fri Jul 4 15:58:04 2008 elapsed time: 0 seconds