R lme4 Error in '/ usr / lib / rstudio / bin / rsession': malloc (): memory corruption:

Question

Whenever I run the lmer or glmer from lme4 , I get the following error:

Error in '/ usr / lib / rstudio / bin / rsession': malloc (): memory corruption:

I am updating all R packages, but still getting the same error. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

sessionInfo ()

 R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31) Platform: i686-pc-linux-gnu (32-bit) Running under: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS locale: [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 [4] LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NAME=C LC_ADDRESS=C [10] LC_TELEPHONE=C LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base other attached packages: [1] lme4_1.1-13 Matrix_1.2-8 loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] minqa_1.2.4 MASS_7.3-45 tools_3.3.2 Rcpp_0.12.9 splines_3.3.2 [6] nlme_3.1-131 grid_3.3.2 nloptr_1.0.4 lattice_0.20-34 

Edited

 library(lme4) fm1 <- lmer(Reaction ~ Days + (Days | Subject), sleepstudy) 

It produces the following error:

Error in '/ usr / lib / rstudio / bin / rsession': malloc (): memory corruption:

Answer 1

There were reports of problems with the latest Matrix package, 1.2-8, on a 32-bit OS (people from Terry Terno and Brian Ripley). Perhaps the fix on the way may take some time (pers., M. Maechler), so I would try to downgrade the matrix to version 1.2-7, for example. devtools::install_version("Matrix","1.2-7") (you will need to install compilation tools). If you look at the NEWS file for Matrix, I suspect this has something to do with:

• C-API: Now SuiteSparse_long is defined as int64_t on all platforms, and now we include (C99) 'inttypes.h

Answer 2

During the time when the problem was diagnosed and resolved by me (the Matrix keeper):

Matrix 1.2-8 updated its API, but RcppEigen copied part of the Matrix C API (headers, etc.) ... and is now no longer compatible ... only with a 32-bit version.

At the same time, an update to RcppEigen (and the Matrix too). Please install the latest versions of these two, and all such lme4 problems should lme4 away.

Answer 3

There might be a problem updating Ubuntu. I had the same problem, but after the last update of the Ubuntu database, the problem was fixed.