NOTES: RStudio gets stuck at "R is taking longer to start than usual"

[HenrikBengtsson]

Issue

At times, users report they get stuck at "R is taking longer to start than usual" after entering their credentials:

It is not clear why this happens, but at least once it was sufficient to remove ~/.local/share/rstudio, e.g.

$ mv ~/.local/share/rstudio ~/.local/share/rstudio.20231201.HIDE

and then retry.

[HenrikBengtsson]

There might be some clues in the ~/.local/share/rstudio/log/{rsession,rserver}*.log files. We might want to look for ERROR, e.g.

$ grep -E "\bERROR\b" ~/.local/share/rstudio/log/{rsession,rserver}*.log 

[HenrikBengtsson]

At least one user has reported that if they waited long enough (hours), the "R is taking longer to start than usual" would be resolved, and they'd get to a working RStudio Console.

[suanzaoren]

Hello, I have a question regarding Rstudio-server: When I access it using the remote server IP:8787, I keep seeing the message "R is taking longer to start than usual."

This prompt will remain and cannot be accessed. Moreover, I have tried the methods available online, but still couldn't solve this problem.

Additionally, my Rstudio-server and R language can run normally on the server, but they cannot be accessed via the remote server IP: 8787. Below are some screenshots of relevant information.

I really hope to receive your assistance. Thank you.