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  • Start a new session (red/orange "power on" button at the top right
  • Logout then log back in to the RStudio web application (arrow on paper icon at the top right)

Warning

The R version upgrade may cause issues if you have installed many R packages locally. This can happen because your local package version is no longer compatible with the latest version of some (e.g. Bioconductor) program we have installed, but since your local installs take precedence they shadow the more up to date globally installed version. See Local/Global package installation conflicts below for more information.

R and RStudio Server R versions

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To see what packages are installed system-wide for a given R version, users can look at the version's package installation directories:

  • R 3 3.4.4 (Ubuntu 18.04 only)6.3
    • /usr/lib/R/library
    • /usr/lib/R/site-library
  • R 34.6.1 (Ubuntu 18.04 only) 0.3/stor/system/opt/R/R-3.6.1/lib/R/libraryR 3.6.3 (Ubuntu 20.04 only)/usr/4.0.3/lib/R/library/usr/lib/R/site-librar
  • R 4.03.31 /stor/system/opt/R/R-4.03.31/lib/R/library

Local/Global package installation conflicts

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If problems persist, please email our rctf-support@utexas.edu support email, including a description of what error or issue you are experiencing.

EDU pod connection issue

An issue on the EDU pod may arise when students use the edupod.cns.utexas.edu virtual host to access RStudio server. The edupod.cns.utexas.edu virtual host acts as a front end load balancer for the request, and forwards it to one of the back-end compute servers. If this occurs, try accessing individual servers specifically:

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If accessing a specific server works when using the virtual host does not, please let us know by emailing our rctf-support@utexas.edu support email.

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Zombie processes

A "zombie" RStudio process may be preventing you from successfully logging in to an RStudio session. If your POD has more than one compute server, try logging in to one of the others. If that works, the issue is related to something on the compute server you can't login to.

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kill -9 65327

File upload issues

Sometimes users will get an "Unexpected response from server" error when attempting to upload a file. Here are some troubleshooting tips:

  • Try the Browser issues troubleshooting tips, especially:
    • Make sure your browser is up to date with the most current version
    • Try the operation in at least 2 different up-to-date browsers (e.g. Chrome and Firefox)
    • Try the operation in a private/incognito/safe browser session
  • Try the upload operation from the JupyterHub web application instead of from RStudio
  • Try connecting to a specific back-end compute server as described at EDU pod connection issue

Disk quota exceeded

Another type of problem can arise when a user's 100 GB Home directory quota has been exceeded (not applicable on the EDU pod, which does not have Home directory quotas). This can produce errors when trying to start RStudio Server or R, perform work in R, or even install additional packages. For example, you may see a "Cannot connect to service" message after logging in to RStudio Server. Or, if an R session has been established and saving a new file would exceed the Home directory quota, users will often (but not always) see an error like the following:

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