rstudio won't start from terminal, iff I specify a project on the command line

[cramjaco]

I can start rstudio from the terminal by running rstudio

However, If I run it specifying a project that I want to open (eg. with rstudio RClub.proj), I get an Error Starting R`.

This behavior is new, I've been running rstudio without problems for years, but I have updated things on my computer and perhaps the Rstudio version. I haven't yet followed the uninstall and reinstall r steps and so on as things are still working. I'm wondering if I can get a hint about what is happening.

This problem looks similar to this one:

Error starting RStudio (2022.12.0+353) from the command line (Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS)

I updated RStudio to 2022.12.0+353 on my Ubuntu laptop this morning. When I open RStudio from the command line (cd some_project; rstudio some_project.Rproj &) I get an error message and RStudio fails to open. RStudio does open correctly when I use the applications menu icon, or an RStudio icon on my "favourites" list. It also opens correctly when I run rstudio from the command line (opening with working directory == my home directory, rather than the directory where the command line call was made). The error message (printed inside an RStudio window) is as follows: Error Starting R The R session failed to start. RSTUDIO VERSION RStudio 2022.12.0+353 "Elsbeth Geranium " (7d165dcf, 2022-1…

which was closed as a duplicate of this one:

Ubuntu 22.04 Rstudio (2022.12.0-353) do not work.

Installing the RStudio (2022.12.0-353) over (2022.07.2-576) update it does not launch correctly. It doesn't allow me to launch it from the Dock, and if I launch it from the command line it gives me the following error: user@host:~$ rstudio libva error: vaGetDriverNameByIndex() failed with unknown libva error, driver_name = (null) [1308034:1218/080220.736716:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(481)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is desktop, ANGLE is I don't know how to solve it. I would appreciate your help.

In the later case, I also had that problem, but got rstudio to stop complaining about GPUs by telling it to use "software" for graphics.

The error follows

Error Starting R
The R session failed to start.

RSTUDIO VERSION
RStudio 2023.03.0+386 "Cherry Blossom " (3c53477a, 2023-03-09) for Ubuntu Bionic
[No error available]
[No errors emitted]
OUTPUT
[No output emitted]
/home/jacob/.local/share/rstudio/log/rsession-jacob.log
2023-04-06T15:58:31.353160Z [rsession-jacob] ERROR system error 2 (No such file or directory); OCCURRED AT rstudio::core::Error rstudio::core::FilePath::getChildren(std::vectorrstudio::core::FilePath&) const src/cpp/shared_core/FilePath.cpp:931; LOGGED FROM: rstudio::core::Error rstudio::session::projects::ProjectContext::startup(const rstudio::core::FilePath&, std::__cxx11::string*) src/cpp/session/projects/SessionProjectContext.cpp:268
2023-04-06T15:58:31.353884Z [rsession-jacob] ERROR system error 2 (No such file or directory) [path: ]; OCCURRED AT rstudio::core::Error rstudio::core::FilePath::makeCurrentPath(bool) const src/cpp/shared_core/FilePath.cpp:1400; LOGGED FROM: int main(int, char* const*) src/cpp/session/SessionMain.cpp:2248
2023-04-06T15:58:31.353884Z [rsession-jacob] ERROR system error 2 (No such file or directory) [path: ]; OCCURRED AT rstudio::core::Error rstudio::core::FilePath::makeCurrentPath(bool) const src/cpp/shared_core/FilePath.cpp:1400; LOGGED FROM: int main(int, char* const*) src/cpp/session/SessionMain.cpp:2248
NEXT STEPS
R can fail to start up for many reasons. The following may help you resolve the problem:

Investigate any errors above.
Make sure that R starts up correctly outside RStudio (using RGui, R.app, or R in a terminal).
Fully uninstall all versions of R from your machine, and reinstall the version you wish to use with RStudio.
Remove startup customizations such as an .Rprofile file, if present.
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RStudio 2023.03.0+386 "Cherry Blossom " (3c53477a, 2023-03-09) for Ubuntu Bionic

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/home/jacob/.local/share/rstudio/log/rsession-jacob.log

2023-04-06T15:58:31.353160Z [rsession-jacob] ERROR system error 2 (No such file or directory); OCCURRED AT rstudio::core::Error rstudio::core::FilePath::getChildren(std::vector<rstudio::core::FilePath>&) const src/cpp/shared_core/FilePath.cpp:931; LOGGED FROM: rstudio::core::Error rstudio::session::projects::ProjectContext::startup(const rstudio::core::FilePath&, std::__cxx11::string*) src/cpp/session/projects/SessionProjectContext.cpp:268
2023-04-06T15:58:31.353884Z [rsession-jacob] ERROR system error 2 (No such file or directory) [path: ]; OCCURRED AT rstudio::core::Error rstudio::core::FilePath::makeCurrentPath(bool) const src/cpp/shared_core/FilePath.cpp:1400; LOGGED FROM: int main(int, char* const*) src/cpp/session/SessionMain.cpp:2248
2023-04-06T15:58:31.353884Z [rsession-jacob] ERROR system error 2 (No such file or directory) [path: ]; OCCURRED AT rstudio::core::Error rstudio::core::FilePath::makeCurrentPath(bool) const src/cpp/shared_core/FilePath.cpp:1400; LOGGED FROM: int main(int, char* const*) src/cpp/session/SessionMain.cpp:2248