[R] dev() error

[Laura Quinn]

No nothing like that, I am running two parallel R sessions (something I
often do) and the other one is working absolutely fine - I am working
directly from my network, not via ssh, and certainly am not privvy to any
super user passwords!

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Uwe Ligges wrote:

> Laura Quinn wrote:
>
> > I don't know what I have done!! When I try to invoke a display function
> > via plot(), image() or whatever, my X11 window doesn't appear. I have
> > tried to type X11() but the following error message is displayed:
> >
> >
> >>x11()
> >
> > Error in X11(display, width, height, pointsize, gamma, colortype,
> > maxcubesize,
> > :
> >         unable to start device X11
> > In addition: Warning message:
> > unable to open connection to X11 display`'
>
> I guess you have logged via ssh by not allowing X forwarding, or you ave
> changed your UID using su or something like that...
>
> Has R been compiled with X11 support?
>
> Can you start any other program that uses X?
>
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
> > I have tried dev.cur() and dev.list() but these suggest that only my null
> > device is active and I am unsure how to activate my X11 device by any
> > other means!
> >
> > I'm sure this is a stupid question but could anyone please help?
> >
> > Thanks in advance..
> > Laura
> >
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