R help - Oct 2017 - <p>R encountered a fatal error. </p> The session was terminated. + *** caught illegal operation ***

I've seen similar issues reported on the RStudio community site:
https://community.rstudio.com/.  You might want to check in there, as I
think this may well be an RStudio issue rather than a problem with R itself.

Dave

On 26 October 2017 at 12:11, Eric Berger <ericjberger at gmail.com> wrote:
> How about going back to earlier versions if you don't need the latest
ones?
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Klaus Michael Keller <
> klaus.keller at graduateinstitute.ch> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I just installed the "Short Summer" R update last week. Now,
my R Studio
> > doesn't open anymore!
> >
> > --> <p>R encountered a fatal error. </p> The session
was terminated.
> >
> > and my R terminal doesn't close properly
> >
> > --> *** caught illegal operation ***
> >
> > I restarted my Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 and reinstalled both R 3.4.2 and
the
> > latest R studio but the problem persists.
> >
> > How can that issue be solved?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your a precious help!
> >
> > All the best from Switzerland,
> >
> > Klaus
> >         [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> >
> > ______________________________________________
> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/
> > posting-guide.html
> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
> >
>
>         [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/
> posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
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Also, check whether R runs standalone, either as Rgui or in Terminal.app (just
start Terminal and type "R" if you haven't tried it before.)

-pd
> On 26 Oct 2017, at 14:57 , David Barron <dnbarron at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 
> I've seen similar issues reported on the RStudio community site:
> https://community.rstudio.com/.  You might want to check in there, as I
> think this may well be an RStudio issue rather than a problem with R
itself.
> 
> Dave
> 
> On 26 October 2017 at 12:11, Eric Berger <ericjberger at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 
>> How about going back to earlier versions if you don't need the
latest ones?
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Klaus Michael Keller <
>> klaus.keller at graduateinstitute.ch> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> I just installed the "Short Summer" R update last week.
Now, my R Studio
>>> doesn't open anymore!
>>> 
>>> --> <p>R encountered a fatal error. </p> The session
was terminated.
>>> 
>>> and my R terminal doesn't close properly
>>> 
>>> --> *** caught illegal operation ***
>>> 
>>> I restarted my Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 and reinstalled both R 3.4.2
and the
>>> latest R studio but the problem persists.
>>> 
>>> How can that issue be solved?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance for your a precious help!
>>> 
>>> All the best from Switzerland,
>>> 
>>> Klaus
>>>        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>> 
>>> ______________________________________________
>>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more,
see
>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/
>>> posting-guide.html
>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>> 
>> 
>>        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>> 
>> ______________________________________________
>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/
>> posting-guide.html
>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>> 
> 
> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
-- 
Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Phone: (+45)38153501
Office: A 4.23
Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com

Just tried upgrading on this machine (better late than never...) R gave no
apparetn problems, either standalone or in RStudio 1.0.143. Newest RStudio gives
me a strange warning on startup:

Error in loadNamespace(name) : there is no package called ?.GlobalEnv?

but appears to run sanely otherwise. 

(Looks like I had a script window looking at a function in .GlobalEnv which was
no longer there. Closing the script seems to have cured the problem.)

-pd

> On 26 Oct 2017, at 15:04 , peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com>
wrote:
> 
> Also, check whether R runs standalone, either as Rgui or in Terminal.app
(just start Terminal and type "R" if you haven't tried it before.)
> 
> -pd
> 
>> On 26 Oct 2017, at 14:57 , David Barron <dnbarron at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> 
>> I've seen similar issues reported on the RStudio community site:
>> https://community.rstudio.com/.  You might want to check in there, as I
>> think this may well be an RStudio issue rather than a problem with R
itself.
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
>> On 26 October 2017 at 12:11, Eric Berger <ericjberger at
gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> How about going back to earlier versions if you don't need the
latest ones?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Klaus Michael Keller <
>>> klaus.keller at graduateinstitute.ch> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Dear all,
>>>> 
>>>> I just installed the "Short Summer" R update last
week. Now, my R Studio
>>>> doesn't open anymore!
>>>> 
>>>> --> <p>R encountered a fatal error. </p> The
session was terminated.
>>>> 
>>>> and my R terminal doesn't close properly
>>>> 
>>>> --> *** caught illegal operation ***
>>>> 
>>>> I restarted my Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 and reinstalled both R
3.4.2 and the
>>>> latest R studio but the problem persists.
>>>> 
>>>> How can that issue be solved?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks in advance for your a precious help!
>>>> 
>>>> All the best from Switzerland,
>>>> 
>>>> Klaus
>>>>       [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>>> 
>>>> ______________________________________________
>>>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and
more, see
>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/
>>>> posting-guide.html
>>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible
code.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>       [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>> 
>>> ______________________________________________
>>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more,
see
>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/
>>> posting-guide.html
>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>> 
>> 
>> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>> 
>> ______________________________________________
>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
> Phone: (+45)38153501
> Office: A 4.23
> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
-- 
Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Phone: (+45)38153501
Office: A 4.23
Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com