R2.0.1 for Mac OS X 10.3 problem
It did not `break R': just rename your .RData which appears to have become corrupted. Please always start R with --vanilla before concluding it is broken.
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Greg Arnold wrote:
This combination was operating satisfactorily until I tried updating lme4 and
Matrix. My attempts to do this ultimately broke R. The R console appears
briefly, then collapses. I have tried downloading and reinstalling R
without success. Typing 'R' into Terminal gives the error message bring up
the usual introduction, then the error message:
Error in methods:::mlistMetaName(mi, ns) :
The methods object name for "coerce" must include the name of the
package that contains the generic function, but there is no generic function
of this name
Fatal error: unable to restore saved data in .RData
Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595