[Bugs-r-devel] [Fwd: Re: strange error with bugs() on Mac OSX]

[Rodney S. <rsp...@mc...>]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: strange error with bugs() on Mac OSX
Date: 	Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:19:02 -0500
From: 	Rodney Sparapani <rsp...@mc...>
To: 	Luca Pozzi <luc...@AS...>
References: 	<BUGS%200...@JI...>



>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> hello, I am trying to run bugs() from a Mac (yes, I really need to
> use
> WinBUGS and not JAGS although the latter works better), but some
> problem
> occurs and R prints the following
>
> fixme:keyboard:RegisterHotKey (0x1002a,13,0x00000002,3): stub
> fixme:ole:GetHGlobalFromILockBytes cbSize is 13824
> err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {0003000a-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
> not
> registered
> err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {0003000a-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
> not
> registered
> err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object
> {0003000a-0000-0000-c000-000000000046} could be created for context
> 0x3
> Errore in bugs.run(n.burnin, bugs.directory, WINE = WINE, useWINE =
> useWINE,  :
>   Look at the log file and
> try again with 'debug=TRUE' to figure out what went wrong within
> Bugs.
>
> but this message is no use since:
> -debug=TRUE: this option only keep WB open after the run, so that, if 
> any error message is displayed in WB you will be able to read it. But 
> this time no WB error message appears and so this suggestion from R 
> isquite a default message that is of no help this time.
>
> .log file: the problem is that, being the .log file nothing but a 
> trnscription of the lines appearing on the WB command line there is no 
> .log because in my
> case WB stops before running, before even starting to process the 
> model and so
> on, the only thing that happens is WB opening and showing the licence
> agreement.
> This, together with the message printed out on R command line, make me
> think to an error in the licence registration, but I can't find it.. 
> moreover before the expiration of my previous key the R2B interface 
> worked well, but I have installed the new one (several times, just in 
> case...) but nothing's changed... when I tried again with the old key 
> I received an additional message of expired key, when I run again the 
> immortal key nothing changes (it probably doesn't load the new one 
> correctly).
>
> notice that WB runs fine if I run it directly..
>
> Please help me...
>
> Luca Pozzi
Hi Luca:

It looks like you are using R2WinBUGS, correct?  Make sure that you
have the latest version.  Also, I think there is a bug in R2WinBUGS
that requires the following workaround.  I always have to set
working.directory=".".

-- 

Hi Gang:

Luca assures me that he also needs to set working.directory=".".
I know you guys aren't interested in debugging on OS X, but 
perhaps there could be an entry in the PROBLEMS file, or
similar like README.MACOSX, that gives this simple workaround?

-- 
Rodney Sparapani      Center for Patient Care & Outcomes Research (PCOR)
Sr. Biostatistician              http://www.mcw.edu/pcor
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