On 22 Mar 2014 12:38, "Philippe GROSJEAN" <Philippe.GROSJEAN@umons.ac.be>
wrote:
>
> On 21 Mar 2014, at 20:21, Gábor Csárdi <csardi.gabor@gmail.com> wrote:
> > In my opinion it is somewhat cumbersome to use this for everyday work,
> > although good virtualization software definitely helps.
> >
> > Gabor
> >
> Additional info: you access R into the VM from within the host by ssh.
You can enable x11 forwarding there and you also got GUI stuff. It works
like a charm, but there are still some problems on my side when I try to
disconnect and reconnect to the same R process. I can solve this with, say,
screen. However, if any X11 window is displayed while I disconnect, R
crashes immediately on reconnection.

You might find the program 'xpra' useful. It's like screen, but for x11
programs.

-n

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