[BioC] arrayQualityMetrics run as batch-job: unable to start device PNG

[Wolfgang Huber]

Hi Knut

if James' pointers do not help, can you please send an example script that reproduces the error and the output of sessionInfo. This type of matter is very system- and version-dependent.

	Best wishes
	Wolfgang

Il giorno Nov 13, 2012, alle ore 3:58 PM, James W. MacDonald <jmacdon at uw.edu> ha scritto:

> Hi Knut,
> 
> On 11/13/2012 7:14 AM, Knut Hansen wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm trying to run a R-script which calls arrayQualityMetrics as a
>> batch-job on a remote machine. But I get the error message:
>> Error in X11(paste("png::", filename, sep = ""), g$width, g$height,
>> pointsize,  :
>>   unable to start device PNG
> 
> See R FAQ 7.19 (http://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#How-do-I-produce-PNG-graphics-in-batch-mode_003f)
> 
> Best,
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
>> 
>> The script runs fine if I run it interactively from the command line.
>> 
>> A bit of googleing tells me that this may have to do with the R png
>> device which needs the X11 device.
>> 
>> Does anybody have any hints on how I can solve this?
>> 
>> Knut Hansen
>> 
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