[R] ubuntu and rgl package vs suse ?? static plots

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 7/17/2008 2:54 PM, H. Paul Benton wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I've switched over my OS to ubuntu from Suse 10.3. In suse I was able to 
> load up the 'rgl' library in R and then move my plots around after I had 
> plotted them. Which I assumed was part of the openGL. However, since 
> switching to ubuntu I am unable to 'move' my plot around, they are just 
> static plots. :( I have done some things differently such as install R 
> from the .tar.gz instead of rpm. The rgl package doens't complain when I 
> install it. Is there something I'm overlooking? Same laptop same 
> graphics card?

This is a bug in Ubuntu/compiz.  This message

http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/130549.html

describes a workaround; there are probably other messages with more 
detail if you search the Ubuntu forums.

Duncan Murdoch