[R] Some problems with X11

[Yuelin Li]

Since you are running Ubuntu Edgy, you might want look at the "Files"
section in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.  Perhaps R is looking for
fonts not available to the X windows system.  You can compare the
"Files" sections between your laptop and desktop.  My font path
settings are attached.

Section "Files"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/CID"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
        # path to defoma fonts
        FontPath
	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection


-- Joerg van den Hoff wrote --|Thu (Mar/08/2007)[10:18]|--:
   
   in `R', getOpton("X11fonts") tells you which font family `X11()' is using by
   default (but you can alter this in the `X11' call if need be) and the size 8
   subtype seems to be missing.
   
   you may compare the above with the output from `xlsfonts' in the unix shell,
   or use `xfontsel' to browse interactively through the installed fonts
   to verify whether `R's complaining is justified.
   
   probable solution: use some existing sufficiently complete (different sizes)
   font-family  in the `X11()' call or copy over the default fonts from the labtop
   where it works.
   
   hth,
   joerg

 
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