[BioC] X11 problem

[Sean Davis]

On Thursday 07 September 2006 10:59, Seth Falcon wrote:
> "D.Enrique ESCOBAR ESPINOZA" <escobarebio at yahoo.com> writes:
> > i m running R in a fedora core 5 x86 server wothout
> > X11 service.
> > X11 is the default device for R
> > So when I m drawing png images,
> > I receive this error output
> >
> > Error in X11(paste("png::", filename, sep = ""), width, height,
> > pointsize,  :
> >         unable to start device PNG
> > In addition: Warning message:
> > unable to open connection to X11 display ''
> > Execution halted
> >
> > How can I do for drawing png without starting X11 which isn installed
> > in my server?
>
> I'm not sure.  I've encountered similar issues when using R remotely
> via ssh and no X11 forwarding.  One would think png is independent
> from X11, but it may not be.
>
> This is a question for R-help, not Bioconductor.  There are likely to
> be folks there that know the answer.

Just to save the trouble, this is an R FAQ (well, not exactly, but I think it 
will answer the question at least partially):

http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-FAQ.html#How-do-I-produce-PNG-graphics-in-batch-mode_003f

Sean