[R] problem with plot() and R 2.1.0

[Patrick Burns]

I can confirm that on my system running Windows 2000 that the
command using R 2.1.0 hangs -- the graphics window appears but
nothing happens subsequently.  Under 2.0.0 it works okay.

Patrick Burns

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Errol Wayne Robinson wrote:

> The following line when pasted into an R Console window causes Windows 
> XP to flash a blue screen and then restart.
>
> R version 2.1.0
>
>> plot(x=c(1:100000),y=sin(c(1:100000)), type="l")
>
>
> Windows XP SP2
> I installed the precompiled version of R 2.1.0
>
> This isn't the data I was originally trying to graph, but a way to 
> reproduce the error I observed.  Plotting without the sin() did not 
> reproduce the error.
>
> I realize this might be unique to my system, but I thought I would 
> report the problem and see if anyone else had encountered this 
> difficulty.  I have also tried a variety of other plots and those 
> results are summarized below.
>
> Other plot() attempts:
>
> R version 2.0.0
>
>> plot(x=c(1:100),y=c(1:100), type="l")
>> plot(x=c(1:100),y=sin(c(1:100)), type="l")
>> plot(x=c(1:1000),y=sin(c(1:1000)), type="l")
>> plot(x=c(1:10000),y=sin(c(1:10000)), type="l")
>> plot(x=c(1:100000),y=sin(c(1:100000)), type="l")
>> plot(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="l")
>> plot(x=c(1:10000000),y=sin(c(1:10000000)), type="l")
>
> all plotted without problem (if you try the last one it might require 
> some patience to plot)
>
> R version 2.0.1
>
>> plot(x=c(1:100),y=c(1:100), type="l")
>> plot(x=c(1:100),y=sin(c(1:100)), type="l")
>> plot(x=c(1:1000),y=sin(c(1:1000)), type="l")
>> plot(x=c(1:10000),y=sin(c(1:10000)), type="l")
>> plot(x=c(1:100000),y=sin(c(1:100000)), type="l")
>> plot(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="l")
>> plot(x=c(1:10000000),y=sin(c(1:10000000)), type="l")
>>
> also all plotted without problem
>
> R version 2.1.0 (further tests)
>
>> plot(x=c(1:100000),y=sin(c(1:100000)), type="p")
>
> works
>
>> plot(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="p")
>
> works
>
>> plot(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="b")
>
> works
>
>> plot(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="o")
>
> works
>
>> plot(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="n")
>> lines(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="l")
>
> no plotting
>
>> plot(x=c(1,1000000), y=c(1,-1), type="p")
>> lines(x=c(1:1000000),y=sin(c(1:1000000)), type="l")
>
> crashes the computer
>
>> plot(x=c(1:10000),y=sin(c(1:10000)), type="l")
>> plot(x=c(1:15000),y=sin(c(1:15000)), type="l")
>> works
>> plot(x=c(1:20000),y=sin(c(1:20000)), type="l")
>
> The screen resolution is set to a very low level.
> The color depth has been set to a very low level.
> windows displays an error which reads:
> "The ati2dvag display driver has stopped working normally.  Save your 
> work and reboot the system to restore full display functionality.  The 
> next time you reboot the machine a dialog will be displayed giving you 
> a chance to upload data about this failure to Microsoft"
>
> I was convinced that I had a hardware /driver issue until I saw the 
> plots work in older versions of R.  Now I don't know what to think.  
> So I'm sending out this email to see if anyone else has similar 
> problems or can suggest a solution.
>
> Errol Robinson
> ewr at berkeley.edu
>
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