[R] rgl/compiz problem

[Duncan Murdoch]

Barry Rowlingson wrote:
> I have just encountered the problem with rgl where plot3d figures
> don't interact with the mouse. My plots zoom in and out with the mouse
> wheel but the mouse buttons do nothing. I can't rotate the plot.
>
> This has been mentioned and discussed here and in other lists before,
> and the solution is to turn off Ubuntu's fancy graphics.  Back in
> March, Ben Bolker said:
>
> """
> unfortunately rgl and compiz/etc. both try to use
> the same OpenGL interface, so you can't use both at
> the same time.
> """
>
> This has echoes of when TCP/IP was in its infancy back in the days of
> DOS, and only one program could access the network interface at a time
> (until TCP/IP software got its act together). Is OpenGL really in the
> same position now? Or is Compiz being "greedy" in some sense? Surely
> two OpenGL applications can run at the same time? Or is it because rgl
> is running 'within' another OpenGL window already, so there's some
> nesting problem going on?
>   
I think it's an Ubuntu bug, because nothing like it occurs anywhere 
else.  So I'd suggest you turn off compiz or switch to a reliable OS 
like Windows ;-).

Duncan Murdoch
>  Google Earth works fine, and I think that uses OpenGL. Anyone had any
> ideas since March?
>
> I'm on Ubuntu 8.04 and R 2.7.1
>
> Barry
>
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