[R] Graphics

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Adrian Dusa wrote:

> Prof Brian Ripley <ripley <at> stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:
>
>>
>> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 Cedric.Ginestet <at> tvu.ac.uk wrote:
>>
>>> The R platform that I installed on my Windows XP crashes everytime that
>>> I try to run some sophisticated graphics (e.g. Demo Graphics). Is that
>>> to do with the configuration? Shall I reinstall it?
>>
>> Please consult the rw-FAQ.
>>
>> It is likely to be a problem with your Windows installation, as R runs on
>> literally thousands (maybe tens of thousands) of Windows XP machines.
>>
>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>>
>> which points you at the rw-FAQ.
>>
>
> I have a similar problem; I am sure there's something I should do on my machine
> but I just can not figure out what.

Excuse me: you are not on Windows XP and your R is *not* crashing (see the 
posting guide).  So in what way is the problem similar?  My advice you 
quote is not pertinent to your problem.

> On:
>> demo(graphics)
>
> after two enters, I get:
>
>> title(main = "January Pie Sales", cex.main = 1.8,
>    font.main = 1)
> Error in title(main = "January Pie Sales", cex.main = 1.8, font.main = 1) :
>        X11 font at size 22 could not be loaded
>
> I read the "R Installation and Administration" manual, I recompiled R using all
> the options (e.g. --with-x), I have all the requred packages...

This is a problem with your X configuration, not with R.

> My system: SuSE 9.2 Professional
>> version
>         _
> platform i686-pc-linux-gnu
> arch     i686
> os       linux-gnu
> system   i686, linux-gnu
> status
> major    2
> minor    0.1
> year     2004
> month    11
> day      15
> language R
>
> Any hint would be highly appreciated,


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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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