[Rd] tiff(), jpeg(), and png() in R 2.7.0: problems if 'units = "in"' but default height and width

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Clearly you don't have cairo installed or functional, since the preferred 
versions of these devices do not use X11, and do trap this error.

> tiff("a.tiff", units = "in", res = 1200)
Error in tiff("a.tiff", units = "in", res = 1200) :
   unable to start device 'tiff'
In addition: Warning message:
In tiff("a.tiff", units = "in", res = 1200) : cairo error 'out of memory'

There is nothing new here (Xlib-based devices would crash with 
insufficient memory 'for ever'), but we will see if we can trap this.


On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Weigand, Stephen D. wrote:

> I love the new tiff(), jpeg(), and png() in R 2.7.0 but found
> an issue that I didn't see reported.
>
> When specifying 'units = "in"' but forgetting to change the
> default height and width (so the figure is unintentionally
> going to be 480 inches by 480 inches) I run into problems.
>
> Here's the reproducible example:
>
> tiff("a.tiff", units = "in", res = 1200,
>     compression = "lzw")
> hist(rnorm(10))
> dev.off()
>
> Before dev.off(), I get these warnings:
>
> Warning messages:
> 1: In title(main = main, sub = sub, xlab = xlab, ylab = ylab,
>  ... :
>  X11 protocol error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for
> operation)
> 2: In title(main = main, sub = sub, xlab = xlab, ylab = ylab,
> ... :
>  X11 protocol error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window
> parameter)
>
> and the dev.off() line will give me:
>
> *** caught segfault ***
> address 48, cause 'memory not mapped'
>
> Traceback:
> 1: dev.off()
>
> Possible actions:
> 1: abort (with core dump, if enabled)
> 2: normal R exit
> 3: exit R without saving workspace
> 4: exit R saving workspace
>
>
> My sessionInfo()
>
> R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22)
> sparc-sun-solaris2.10
>
> locale:
> C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils
> [5] datasets  methods   base
>
>
> My capabilities()
>    jpeg      png    tcltk      X11
>    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
>    aqua http/ftp  sockets   libxml
>   FALSE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
>    fifo   cledit    iconv      NLS
>    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
> profmem    cairo
>   FALSE    FALSE
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephen
>
> -- 
> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> Stephen Weigand
> Division of Biostatistics
> Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minn., USA
> Phone (507) 266-1650, fax 284-9542
>
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